Gingrich launches attack-free Iowa ad

On the day of a pivotal final debate in Iowa, Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich launched a feel-good television ad in the state that promises to "rebuild the America we love" and takes a dig at rival Mitt Romney for going on the attack.

(Watch the ad at left.)

The ad opens with the former House speaker trying to seize the high road in contrast to Romney, who suggested in comments Wednesday that Gingrich lacked the "sobriety and stability" to be president. Gingrich looks into the camera and says, "These are challenging and important times for America. We want and deserve solutions. Others seem to be more focused on attacks rather than moving the country forward. That's up to them."

Against a backdrop of American flags and people working in an office and at a construction site, Gingrich's voiceover maintains that while he was speaker of the House in the 1990s, "our budget was balanced and 11 million jobs were created." (He does not mention the Democratic president who presided over the boom times, Bill Clinton.)

The ad ends with, "We can do it again and rebuild the America we love."