Thursday, June 09, 2011

The Gingrich implosion

 I said several weeks ago (right after his appearance on the Meet The Press) that Newt might as well withdraw from the race and walk away. The man literally self destroyed his campaign before it ever began.

Criticizing Rep Ryan's budget as radical and calling the Obama health care plan something that he agreed with was way over the edge for most conservatives and Newt's numbers reflected that reality the very next day. and they haven't improved since.

Gingrich's campaign is over..
The entire top echelon of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign resigned on Thursday, a stunning mass exodus that left his bid for the Republican nomination in tatters. But the former House speaker vowed defiantly to remain a candidate.
"I am committed to running the substantive, solutions-oriented campaign I set out to run earlier this spring," the Gingrich said in a posting to his Facebook page. "The campaign begins anew Sunday in Los Angeles."
Rick Tyler, Gingrich'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 headquarters in Washington. They cited differences over the direction of the campaign.
"We had a different vision for victory," Tyler told The Associated Press. "And since we couldn't resolve that difference, I didn't feel I could be useful in serving him."

1 comment:

XtnYoda said...

Thank god he went down quick.