Is It Over? Gingrich Campaign Manager, Droves of Top Aides Quit (Vows To Fight on)
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — 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. Still, he’s vowing to continue the campaign.
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 told The Associated Press.
Gingrich, a former Georgia congressman, has long been viewed by even his closest allies as a fountain of policy ideas but a man who is unable to avoid speaking in ways that spark unwelcome controversy.
The former speaker told the group he intended to stay in the race, the officials added. They declined to be identified by name, saying they were not authorized to discuss private conversations.
Gingrich could not be reached for comment immediately. However, in a short message on his Facebook page, he vowed that his campaign would continue despite losing his senior staff and numerous top aides.
“I am committed to running the substantive, solutions-oriented campaign I set out to run earlier this spring,” he wrote. “The campaign begins anew Sunday in Los Angeles.
Even before the sudden departures, Gingrich’s campaign was off to a notably rocky start. Within days of formally announcing he would run, he was assailed by conservatives for criticizing a plan to remake Medicare that Republicans pushed through the House.
He called the author of the plan, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, to apologize but did not back off his objections.
Within days, he had dropped from sight, embarking on a cruise to the Greek Isles with his wife, Callista, while rivals for the Republican nomination kept up their campaign appearances.
He returned to the United States earlier in the week to confront a rebellion that had been brewing for some time among the senior echelon of his campaign.
While Gingrich told his now-departed aides he would remain in the race, he faces formidable obstacles in assembling a new team in time to compete in a campaign that’s well under way.
Most immediately, he is scheduled to participate in a debate next Monday in New Hampshire.
Johnson and another key aide, strategist David Carney, joined Gingrich’s campaign after working as senior political staff members for Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Perry ruled out running for the White House earlier in the year, but more recently has said he might reconsider. It was not known whether his former aides were interested in returning to him.
Gingrich, 67, last served in public office more than a decade ago. He resigned as speaker of the House after two terms following an unexpectedly close mid-term election in 1998 in which Republicans gained far fewer seats than he had predicted.
In the years since, he has established a virtual one-man think tank, publishing books and speaking publicly.
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Comments (185)
ChiefGeorge
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:24pmIts just not meant to be. Nice try Newt but the country needs a fresh start on our side. Cain can be that fresh start. Get behind him everyone. He’ll take us all the way!
Report Post »deerjerkydave
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:24pmProof that Washington power is like a drug. Like Weiner, Newt can’t let it alone.
Report Post »WeMustNeverForget
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 7:39pmWell said, couldn’t agree with you more!
Report Post »texasken
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:23pmHopefully David Carney is one of those who resigned, and now he and Rob Johnson can fly back to Texas to be by Rick Perry’s side when he announce his candidacy for the Presidency.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304778304576373712869124184.html?mod=e2tw
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:23pmVery good. One RINO down leaves one to go (Romney)!
Bachmann/Cain 2012
Report Post »realjohn
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:23pmNewt: Your 15 minutes are up.
Report Post »SnowWolf
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:22pmIt was over before he started….everybody seemed to know it but him
Report Post »MichiganPatriot
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:22pmNewt is a RINO, hopefully he and his fellow RINO‘s don’t get a chance at the presidency.
Report Post »DougLambert
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:21pmYou little turd resign get out now you are a shame to the left they now hate you get out now you turd!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »SLOWBIDEN
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:21pmLooks like fig NEWTons next ad campaign went down the crapper
Report Post »notmeatglennbeckdotcom
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:21pmHe should have been the guy to face Clinton in ‘96. He was the guy behind the CWA, and he should have been front and center in the debate and not Dole. Another Republican mistake. Now he’s rejected Reagan, embraced Hillary, embraced Nancy, dissed Ryan and insulted Sarah and he thinks he can undo it all and appeal to Conservatives.
See ya Newt. You’re a very smart man, but too stupid to know better.
Report Post »duckman1911
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:21pmsee ya later Newt ole boy….. now if we can get rid of Romney and Pawlinty…. no room for global warmers….. its time for Herman Cain to lead
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:33pmI watched Herman Caine on Glenn Beck’s program and I am afraid he has no chance because he makes too much sense. I especially liked his idea about legislation being short, concise and understandable by the average American before he would sign it. Quite a change from the monstrous, incomprehensible Obama care bill the democraps passed.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:22pmI have a better chance of winning than Cain. At least I didn’t pi$$ away my employee’s retirement fund.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:21pmwhew! Good. Never did think he was suitable for the candidacy.
Report Post »TeaPartyNation_
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:21pmLooks like Mr. ETHANOL gingrich will now plenty of money from his masters in the ethanol lobby to spend on jewelry for his current wife instead of paying for those campaign staffers. HINT: Buy stock in Tiffany NOW – you’ll make a fortune!
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:20pmHit the road Newt, Don’t you come back no more.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:20pmWeren’t they still in the discovery phase? Guess that phase is over.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:16pmGingrich is not recognizable anymore, not sure what happened to his mind. Very inflexible.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:11pmokay…one less distraction to deal with.
Report Post »Newt was moot, anyway.
wzd1a
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:11pmGood deal.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:10pmI would hope that “this” is over. Newt’s time is past.
Report Post »shane2813
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:10pmPoor little RINO can’t take the heat!!!!!
Report Post »rightwinglefty
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:09pmThe Party was over for Newt before he even started. He is no different than Anthony Weiner.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:09pmMaybe the worst campaign of all time?
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:24pmIf not the worst, definitely the shortest!
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:07pmI hope Newt hasn’t been “Hacked” like Congressman Wiener!
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:06pmIs it over? It never started. Sitting with Pelosi doomed him even if nothing else did.
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:33pmI agree, what the hell was he thinking sitting with Mrs. Hilter.
Report Post »Joseph28
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:48pmUnless we can take down ALL of the RINO’s including Romney, this means nothing.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:05pmCareer politician. Time for a new line of work Newt.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:20pm@JOSEPH28
Report Post »Yeah that’s it, just keep making that tent smaller and smaller. As someone just said recently, purity is the enemy of victory. Sure fire way to lose.
OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 5:27pmTo Jedi.Kep- perhaps Newt can get his CDL and start driving big-rigs?
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 7:53pm@REETZBEE Hey now I have better Taste than that…..
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 11:56pm@simple truths…..Like Glenn said. (paraphrasing) ‘What, now we want to be a circus?” No more Rino presidents.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:05pmHopefully he goes away quietly, along with all the other RINO’s of which there are many.
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:16pmMore troubles for the Gingrich campaign. Not looking too good so far. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/05/gingrichs-campaign-off-to-rocky-start.html
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:18pm@BLAZE>>>>> why are you deleting all my comments??? there are a ton of people here who link their blog or other site, and they stay up… I’m an insider extreme member, and my site has ads for Glenn’s books so why single me out? and all of my comments are on topic and respectful. You can email me at my email address that is on my account and let me know what to say or not say… help me out here.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:18pmOne down……
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:25pm^____^____^
Wont lose any sleep here as he along with the majority of GOP candidates are not the one we are looking for.
As I wrote last week after being on a live chat during a BHO speech I have concluded we facing massive trouble come ‘12. The zombie army is larger than ever and silent. They continue to run media matters and MSNBC etc talking points blaming Bush and repubs for their boykings failures. Dont know if any GOP candidate will be able to beat him.
Trouble is coming
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:27pmGo Newt……….go away from the presidential race!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:28pmGoodbye Mr Gingrich.
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:28pmIseedanger,
Report Post »We may not have a George Washington available, but we have a pretty good Thomas Jefferson – Ron Paul.
Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:35pmHopefully he will get the message and fade off in to the sunset quietly and not say something else stupid.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:44pmThese things happen all the time, I doubt this is the end because those advisers are consultants looking for the best chance and biggest pay day.
Report Post »Leadthemtothelight
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:47pmWe need someone like Herman Cain who is not a lifetime politician completely bought and paid for by special interest groups or so jaded from many years spent in the Washington game. I would rather have an actual business professional running this country than a darn politician. We need someone not in the Washington club to turn things around.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:51pmI would bet it was because Newt didn’t want to change his image. Doesn’t bother me, the more I heard from him, the less I liked him.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:51pmI totally agree with you! The last person I would vote for on a Repub ticket would be Mr. G. I gag every time he opens his mouth spewing his garbage about all his projects and Calista! He id one Repub, I litereally cannot stand or even worse have to listen to! His puffed up chest is an automatic turn off! Thank heavens
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:51pmI hope Sarah takes all his campaign staff and announces she will run, and I hope she walks right over his sorry fat little carcass.
Report Post »Gas137
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:55pmCouldn’t predict this mass exodus, but this retread seemed to be out of the race before he was really in it. The next pres is going to have to start from scratch, a broken country.
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 3:57pmYeah that leaves room for Trump to move in..Trump for President and Cain if Trump doesn’t run. Rice a Roni the San Francisco treat-Mitt Romney need to go soon.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:01pmDefinitely! Good riddance!
Report Post »bringiton
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:03pmAmen!
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:04pmDown but not out, He could run on democrat ticket now.
Report Post »Domin0z
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:14pmI agree. I am getting tired of the media (including Fox) feeding me who I should like as a candidate. Why in the world is Romney up at 20%+? I think Newt is a smart guy, but President? Nope. It is just more of the same. Just curious, anybody on here ever been called for a poll? I haven’t in all my years of voting. Who are the yahoo’s saying Romney is a good choice? So far Herman Cain looks the best to me but I am still looking into him.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:14pmGood story, Revere1. Thanks for the link.
Report Post »the zipper
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:24pmPerhaps they all left to help Weiner with his PR campaign
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:32pmRon Paul – Constitutionalist, proven record
Newt Gingrich – Filp flopper, inconsistent numerous times, opportunist, RINO-Done, out of race.
Mitt Romney – Romneycare mini Obamacare, global warming(redistribution of wealth) Rino
Tim Pawlenty – Cap and Trade (redistribution of wealth), ethanol subsidies, Rino
Herman Cain – Fed reserve employee, Globalist, Can‘t say what his foreign policy is or what he’d do in Afghanistan – Rino
John Huntsman – Globalist, Cap/Trade, Rino
Sarah Palin – ??? Not sure running
Michelle Bauchman – Seems consistent, says she is leader of TEA party, foreign policy is Rino, family received farm subsidies, and adopted 20+ kids she will have no time to help raise. Rino in my opinion.
Allen West – “Absolutely not” Is not running…Sorry Bob oathkeeper
Rick Perry- Bush the 3rd, Buildeberg, RINO
Rudy Giuliani- Seriously! Liberal, flip flops and is inconsistent on just about everything. No way…
Rick Santuram- supported Arlen Spector over Toomey. Said Catholic Priests weren’t molesting little kids that it was consensual sex between of age people. 2003. Believes Government should regulate marriage. Prescription drug Medicare benefit
There is only one with a proven Constitutional record. You are responsible for your vote. If you vote RINO (progressive) your equal to BO and shouldn’t complain. Restore America and vote Ron Paul!
Report Post »Bear
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:33pmThe Republican party elitist ( Progressives ) are starting to PIsS ME OFF! Newt is a Joke slamming his own party as economic Radicals,,, Romney couldn’t even beat John McCain the other Progressive Democrat that ran for President last year and to top it all off ran his own State health care failure and still thinks Al Gore was right about Global warming! Where in the F*** do we get these choices? Why don’t these ego Pigs stop running for the Good of the Country so that some one that can easily beat him will step forward and run?? The same God DaMn people year after year think they have paid their dues and it is their turn,,,Its the stupid Bob Dole syndrome! I say get the hell out of the way and make time and room for good men and women to enter the race like Allen West,anybody but the same old sudo Republican,ran a hundred time,Progressive backed tired of seeing your face Candidates,You guys aren’t the Thunder we need,,You are what will make us loose in 2012 Morons!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:39pmGive it up Newt,you will only be wasting your money,i don’t think you have a chance of being president,not now not ever,read my lips No More Rinos!
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 4:49pmThe GOP is beginning to eat its young.
Report Post »OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 5:22pmI agree, HAUSCHILD. Newt doesn’t have a chance of winning the Tea Party vote, and if he wins the GOP primary, most of us will vote for a 3rd party candidate, essentially giving the election to Obama. Newt should just throw in the towel now, instead of wasting millions of dollars campaigning for what will be a lost cause. Of course, this also applies to Mitt Romney. I wish he would just go away… or run as a Democrat, which is what he really is.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 5:24pmCan’t say that I blame them, who would vote for Newt ? The liberals hate him and the conservatives don’t like him. I also hope he just goes away.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 5:57pmYES, GO away quietly. BACK CAIN, BACK PALIN if she runs. BACK a CONSERVATIVE if you can, NEWT…but GO AWAY. YOU are from another ERA , NEWT…. the world is moving TOO fast, NO one cares about your Contract with America…. WE care about CLEAN ING HOUSE…and when you have a former AID set up a “revolving credit account for you and your 3rd (or is it 4th) wife at TIFFANY‘S for pete’s sake for $ 500 K (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) (!!) … You are a self-serving, living-in-the-past, Arrogant Career Politician. You may have some decent thoughts about AMERICA, but PALIN has a lot better. YOU blew it, now go.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 6:02pmCAIN is NOT in ANY way a RINO. HE was on the Board of the Kansas Fed. Reserve in the 90′s when it was a symbol of Honor, leadership to be. NOT like it is now. HE is a PATRIOT and has always been one. IF that’s all you can say about him, then get over your obsession with PAUL…PAUL wouldn’t have shot Bin Laden, calling him Unarmed. IT will be PALIN/CAIN. IT may be PALIN/WEST.
Report Post »It will never be PAUL…he’s just way off the reservation.
JRook
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 6:18pmAnother solid conservative candidate. Poster child for family values.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 6:23pmSO, JROOK…. how much are you paid to be here and what do you think you’re going to accomplish?
Do we come on your SOROS- SPONSORED web sites?
Looks like you guys will be keeping WEINNER…that is so great for us!! He is the poster child for NOT voting for this SICKO-FREAK…he is SICK.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 7:39pmNow if NEWT World Order would just go away
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 7:52pmGo back to the Bohemian Grove
Report Post »chazman
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 9:30pmListen, Newt. Americans do not want professional politicians involved in the presidential process anymore. We want REAL people, who truly CARE about America! All you long time Politicians need to go away. You are the ones that have screwed up our country in the first place. GO AWAY …
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 9:35pmPatty Henry,
Report Post »Typical of Blaze posters who make negative remarks about Ron Paul, you’ve mis-represented what he said. In regards to Osama, he does not believe that we should have snuck into Pakistan and conducted a military operation, Period. Now you know that if Pakistan had a terrible criminal that they were looking for and they got information that he was hiding in Oklahoma and the Pakistani military snuck into Oklahoma and killed their criminal and snuck out, Americans would be screaming for war against Pakistan. Ration, rather than fear and emotion, would tell you that Ron Paul is right about this and every other policy he addresses because his decisions are based on both Christian and Constitutional principals. When you say things like “he’s way off the Reservation” it just tells me that you really know nothing about him. You’re just repeating the labels the liberals and neocons (who are all in the staus quo boat together) apply to to the candidate they fear the most. In reality Ron Paul is perfectly sane, extremely intelligent, highly moral, honest, and truly the most conservative candidate to run for president in our lifetimes.
LibertyWon
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 10:30pmMega dittos on the RINO status of Newt.
Report Post »Re-Launching a presidential bid on the conservative ticket in Los Angeles, CA of all places?
He might as well kick off his first debate wearing a tie dye shirt and love beads on.
bulletsinthegun
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 10:55pmbye bye newt
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 11:14pmIf Palin runs it will be Palin vs Romney right down to the wire. IMO Then after Palin wins she can take the rino Romney as her running mate. Some what like Obama and Clinton did. Then when they win the presidency Romney can go around and talk nice to folks and fix the economy while Palin cleans and delouses the whitehouse.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 11:30pm@Cous1933
Very well said. I appreciate how well you articulated the truth!
@Patty Henry
Yes Cain is Rino.
He will keep the Fed and not push for an audit. (Progressive)
He has zero foreign policy as he said he will rely on “experts”
Has said the bailouts were a good thing. (Progressive)
He is a Zionist (Progressive)
That’s too much progressive for me being some one who believes in the Constitution and Liberty.
Ron Paul would have ordered alive or dead if necessary not kill on sight. What good are laws it we do not enforce them and what better way to be a beacon of freedom then to bring the killer of 9/11 home, try him by the law and put him to death for the world to see.
As for Palin/West, I highly doubt it. Palin may not run and West for sure isn’t. Palin/Cain, I highly doubt that as well, but possible and I‘m not sure if I’d vote for that ticket. I like some of Palin but again I’m voting Constitutional and Palin has a few progressive views on some things IMO.
Report Post »101
Posted on June 9, 2011 at 11:33pmIt was over before it started
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