Senior Gingrich Campaign Staffers Demanded Gingrich End Films and Books: ‘We Didn’t Sign Up to Be Hucksters’
Like other perennial non candidates who flirt and run away Gingrich realized his cachet was fading, and thus had to appear to really run. Now that he’s made the appearance of a run he can say he has relevance and can pimp more books, talks, and other crapola. Politics always creates some sheep, and where there are sheep you can bet there are cynical parties collecting the fleece. Newt’s good at it, but he has a ways to go if he wants to catch Sarah or Glenn.
ABC News has learned that one of the major issues between former Speaker Newt Gingrich and his (now former) senior campaign staff revolves around the myriad projects he and his wife Callista work on, which staffers describe as a constant distraction from the campaign.
Senior staffers demanded that Gingrich focus on pressing the flesh and fundraising and stop touring the country promoting film projects with his wife. At one point Gingrich was so focused on film premiers and book signings, one senior staffer emailed the team: “We didn’t sign up to be hucksters for products for sale”
But sources say Callista controls the schedule. They say she refused to allow the candidate to attend a Memorial Day Weekend parade in key early primary state South Carolina unless a film screening was set up in the state.
South Carolina consultant Katon Dawson was pushing hard for the candidate to attend the parade, but the film screening couldn’t be set up.
