Gingrich's downfall: Not his wives, but his wife

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Gingrich's downfall: Not his wives, but his wife

Fred Barnes writes on today's mass resignations by the Gingrich campaign:

The problem was the wife. Aides to Newt Gingrich have resigned from his presidential campaign in protest of what they felt was a takeover by Callista Gingrich, the candidate’s wife since 2000.
The euphemism offered by departing staffers was they disagreed with Gingrich’s “strategy” for the campaign. Indeed, they did disagree. But it was a strategy – a part-time campaign, in effect – that Gingrich’s wife favored.

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