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WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's already shaky presidential campaign suffered a stunning and perhaps irreparable setback Thursday as all his top staffers quit.
"I think our path to victory was at odds with the candidate's," said Rick Tyler, Gingrich's spokesman. He resigned along with campaign manager Rob Johnson and campaign officials in the key early caucus and primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Among the disagreements, Tyler said, was "the amount of time the candidate would have to spend in different states."
Gingrich vowed to stay in the race, saying on Facebook, "I am committed to running the substantive, solutions-oriented campaign I set out to run earlier this spring. The campaign begins anew Sunday in Los Angeles."
The departures could be a lethal blow, said Craig Robinson, the editor and founder of The Iowa Republican.com website, which follows GOP news in the state that traditionally holds the nation's first presidential nomination voting.
"Gingrich is virtually done," Robinson said. "His campaign has been a calamity of errors."
Gingrich, 67, has been a candidate officially since May 11. Four days later, he ignited a conservative firestorm by labeling House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's plan to begin ending traditional Medicare in 10 years as "right-wing social engineering." He later apologized to the Wisconsin Republican.
Then came reports that Gingrich and his third wife, Callista, once owed up to $500,000 to Tiffany's, the luxury jeweler.
The final blow to staffers was apparently Gingrich's recent Mediterranean cruise vacation. Staffers wanted to see more dedication to the campaign from Gingrich at a time when the race is heating up and his rivals are working hard, according to insiders who asked not to be identified so as not to incur the candidate's wrath.
The presidential campaign has entered a crucial phase that requires intensive fundraising, courting of small groups and individuals in key states, and barnstorming those states from dawn till well past dark.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
That WOULD explain his string of failed marriages, wouldn't it?

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
That WOULD explain his string of failed marriages, wouldn't it?

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Maybe in your world....

He's still married to Callista, no?

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