Gingrich campaign's collapse

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Newt Gingrich's Campaign Director and staff resigned last week apparently because they thought that Newt had to get down into the business of retail campaigning and could not soar above the campaign with high flown rhetoric.
In reverse order PBS's opinion meisters offered the following (paraphrased):
Alan Shields: I've seen candidates fire staff before, but this is the first time I've seen a staff fire a candidate.
David Brooks: They thought he was running a presidential campaign and he thought he was running for a place in Aristotle's Pantheon.
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