Newt Gingrich & his campaign director Michael Krull agree, not getting on the Virginia primary ballot is like Pearl Harbor:

Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941: We have experienced an unexpected set-back, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, commitment and positive action. Throughout the next months there will be ups and downs; there will be successes and failures; there will be easy victories and difficult days - but in the end we will stand victorious.
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