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During his live televised speech, which ended a few minutes ago, Gingrich singled out a number of people who particularly helped his campaign, including Iowa House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer. She was one of the first prominent Gingrich endorsers here and stuck with his campaign through some very low points. Gingrich also mentioned Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, who came on board two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, while a super-PAC supporting Mitt Romney was running countless negative ads about the former U.S. House Speaker.
Gingrich vowed to keep taking his message about important issues to audiences around the country during the rest of this election year. It felt like a long time before he mentioned Mitt Romney.
I don't understand why anyone would listen to Newt talk about fiscal responsibility. His presidential campaign is more than $4 million in debt. Chartered plane travel (Moby Dick Airways) accounts for more than $1 million of that debt. Gingrich should have listened to his old friend Greg Ganske. Former Iowa staffer Katie Koberg is owed more than $10,000, and several other vendors still haven't been paid for services rendered before the Iowa caucuses.
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