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Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 2:21 PM UTC

Newt to Colbert: I lost because Romney had more billionaire friends

The former presidential candidate talked to Colbert about the "billionaire fight" that was the election VIDEO

By Jillian Rayfield
Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich  (Credit: The Colbert Report)

Newt Gingrich stopped by “The Colbert Report” and talked to Stephen Colbert about super PACs and his primary loss to Mitt Romney, pointing out that he had a billionaire friend who helped him out a lot (Sheldon Adelson), but Romney had many more billionaire friends.
“It turned out 26 billionaires beat one,” Gingrich said.
“That would make a great reality show, Billionaire Fight,” Colbert replied.
“We just had it, it was called the election,” Gringrich shot back.
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Jillian Rayfield is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on politics. Follow her on Twitter at @jillrayfield or email her at jrayfield@salon.com.