He's broke, slashing his staff and charging you $50 for a photo with him*, but still promising "very big, very bold" ideas on how to win the GOP nomination:
In practice, that means that Mr. Gingrich will participate only in primaries in which his campaign thinks he has a real shot at doing well. Mr. DeSantis said early polls in North Carolina looked somewhat promising.
...The campaign scaled back its travel this week, canceling a trip to North Carolina.
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*"'Some campaigns make you travel all the way to Wall Street to pay $2,500 for a photo with a candidate,' consistently ill-spoken campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond said in a statement. 'We chose to do it differently and ask our supporters for a nominal donation . . . We also have an online store where supporters can buy hats, shirts and even a bandana for your dog.'"
Previously Gingrich tried to raise money based on his own, new system of liquid measurement: "'Just tell all your friends we're setting it up so you can go online at newt.org and you can give one Newt-gallon which is $2.50, or you can give 10 Newt gallons which is $25, or 100 Newt gallons which is $250 or a thousand Newt gallons which is $2500,' Gingrich said to the 500-strong crowd in Dalton.'
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