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Gingrich staying in presidential race after campaign staff walkout
[Beirut Daily Star] Newt Gingrich is vowing to remain in the presidential race despite the walkout of his entire senior campaign staff. But whether he remains a viable candidate is in serious doubt.Already, his opponents in the Republican field are scrambling to capitalize on the upheaval, courting disillusioned Gingrich donors and picking off campaign supporters of the former speaker of the House of Representatives. Shortly after news of the Gingrich staff exodus broke Thursday, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was trumpeting word that one of Gingrich's national co-chairmen -- former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue -- had jumped ship and joined Pawlenty's White House campaign. Two top staffers who decamped Gingrich's campaign -- including campaign manager Rob Johnson -- have close ties to Rick Perry, ramping up speculation that the brash Texas governor could jump into the unsettled Republican race. Perry has so far said only that he is considering a White House bid. Other contenders for the party's nomination to take on President Barack B.O.Obama in next year's election include former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Rick Santorum, Rep. Ron Paul and former Utah Gov Jon Huntsman, who had been Obama's ambassador to China. Among the potential candidates who have not declared their intentions is Sarah Mama GrizzlyPalin, ... the babe libs love to hate ... the Republican 2008 vice presidential candidate. Posted by: Fred 2011-06-12 |
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