s ▁G OP ▁riv als ▁in ▁tele vised ▁sl ime ." ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁c auc uses , ▁G ing rich ▁stated ▁that ▁Rom ney ▁would ▁" bu y ▁an ▁election ▁if ▁he ▁could ." ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁campaign ▁and ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁results ▁came ▁in , ▁G ing rich ▁expressed ▁anger ▁toward ▁Rom ney ▁and ▁the ▁negative ▁" Rest ore ▁Our ▁Future " ▁campaign , ▁stating ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁future ▁" We ▁are ▁not ▁going ▁to ▁go ▁out ▁and ▁run ▁nast y ▁ad s , ▁but ▁I ▁do ▁reserve ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁tell ▁the ▁truth   ... ▁If ▁the ▁truth ▁seems ▁negative , ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁more ▁a ▁comment ▁on ▁his ▁[ R om ney ’ s ] ▁record ▁than ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁politics ." ▁ ▁A ▁study ▁conducted ▁by ▁Kant ar ▁Media ' s ▁Camp aign ▁Media ▁Analysis ▁Group ▁showed ▁that ▁by ▁December ▁ 3 0 , ▁some ▁ 4 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁all ▁television ▁ad s ▁in ▁Iowa ▁were ▁negative ▁ad s ▁against ▁G ing rich ; ▁ 2 0 ▁percent ▁were ▁negative ▁ad s ▁against ▁Rom ney ; ▁ 1 0 % ▁were ▁positive ▁ad s ▁for ▁Rom ney ; ▁ 6 % ▁were ▁positive ▁ad s ▁for ▁G ing rich ; ▁ 8 % ▁were ▁negative ▁ad s ▁against ▁Perry ; ▁ 8 % ▁were ▁positive ▁ad s ▁for ▁Perry ; ▁and ▁ 3 % ▁were ▁positive ▁ad s ▁for ▁Paul . ▁G ing rich ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁candidate