This is not an Onion story, this is for real.
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Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign imploded Thursday afternoon with virtually his entire senior staff leaving en masse, according to multiple sources familiar with the moves.<\/p>\n
“When the campaign and the candidate disagree on the path, they’ve got to part ways,” said Rick Tyler a longtime Gingrich spokesman who was among those who left the campaign today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It all happened with the last few years ago. The differences seem to be mainly in how serious Gingrich is in running a campaign. Campaign staff were miffed when a disastrous launch was followed by Gingrich taking at two week vacation. And, on his return, he’s not been actively campaigning.<\/p>\n
It smells to me like there may be more to it than Gingrich being a lazy slob, though I suppose if your career depends on being involved with serious people, that would matter. It may matter that two of Gingrich’s now former aides are associates of Texas’ Rick Perry, who is now contemplating a run for the Oval Office.<\/p>\n