Newt Gingrich's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

"Of course I have a tab at Tiffany. Look at Calista. Look at me. You
do the math!" Photo from source, Politico.

So, on Tuesday, Newt Gingrich--who is allegedly running for President--got some bad news. Piling on to last week's mass exodus of his staff, he lost two more major ones today, the raising money guys. Perhaps not coincidentally, it was discovered that Gingrich has a second Tiffany's credit line, this one double the amount of the first. Gingrich was unable to explain what in the world he needed a half-million dollar tab at a jewels and baubles emporium, at least without getting huffy, and ducking it. So how's he going to get around an additional million dollar one? This guy isn't really running. At the risk of over Rachel Maddowing again, her description of the Gingrich endeavor as a "SHAM-paign" is a good one.

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Newt Gingrich's implosion continues with new exits

Two weeks after his senior campaign staff departed, Newt Gingrich lost his two top fundraisers, dealing yet another blow to the former House speaker’s presidential campaign.


And more: the campaign confirmed a Washington Post report that he had a second line of credit for up to $1 million at Tiffany & Co. — which will be on the personal financial disclosure he filed an extension for earlier this month. . .

Read more at: Politico