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NAPLES, FL -- Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich defended his immigration policy after days of criticism from other GOP contenders – reiterating that he does not support amnesty -- on Friday night before his largest crowd yet on the campaign trail.

First Read - Gingrich: Most illegal immigrants should leave, reapply to become citizens

For someone who's arguably the smartest politician ever to walk the earth...Newt's sure digging a deep hole.

It really is a shame Mitt is so hard to like.

-spence