Newt Gingrich, the candidate who announced that he would run for the presidency and then immediately left for vacation, has been abandoned by the top people in his campaign.
As reported at the reference, in part:
WASHINGTON — The entire top echelon of New Gingrich's presidential campaign resigned on Thursday, a stunning mass exodus that left his bid for the Republican nomination in tatters.
Rick Tyler, the former U.S. House speaker's spokesman, said that he, campaign manager Rob Johnson and senior strategists had all quit, along with aides in the early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Other officials said Gingrich was informed that his entire high command was quitting in a meeting at his campaign headquarters in Washington. They cited differences over the direction of the campaign.
Scott Rials, a longtime aide who joined the departure, said he doubted Gingrich's ability to win the nomination.
"I think the world of him. But at the end of the day we just could not see a clear path to win, and there was a question of commitment," Rials said.”
Given Gingrich’s disastrous start wherein he attacked Paul Ryan’s budget plan as “right wing social engineering,” and made other unflattering remarks about the GOP, it seems as though the time is perfect for Newt to simply step aside and let real Republicans vie for the chance to retire Barack Obama!
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