Gingrich rollout revives discipline questions
By: Jeanne Cummings
Politico.com
March 3, 2011 04:10 PM EST
Newt Gingrich’s bizarre launch of his expected 2012 presidential bid, in which he scooped his own news in a morning radio interview and took just one question at the brief official afternoon event, was a déjà vu moment for many political veterans.
The message: Welcome Back to Newt’s World, where an enduring axiom is to expect the unexpected.
As a House member, and in his later iteration as a pundit, Gingrich could get away with running a freewheeling operation. But now, as he’s poised to make a bid for the White House, the most immediate question he’ll face is whether he — and his sprawling political enterprise — can muster the message discipline demanded by the rigors of a national campaign.
His track record, littered with grand pronouncements and intemperate remarks, suggests otherwise.
(More here.)
Politico.com
March 3, 2011 04:10 PM EST
Newt Gingrich’s bizarre launch of his expected 2012 presidential bid, in which he scooped his own news in a morning radio interview and took just one question at the brief official afternoon event, was a déjà vu moment for many political veterans.
The message: Welcome Back to Newt’s World, where an enduring axiom is to expect the unexpected.
As a House member, and in his later iteration as a pundit, Gingrich could get away with running a freewheeling operation. But now, as he’s poised to make a bid for the White House, the most immediate question he’ll face is whether he — and his sprawling political enterprise — can muster the message discipline demanded by the rigors of a national campaign.
His track record, littered with grand pronouncements and intemperate remarks, suggests otherwise.
(More here.)
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