“We make decisions as a couple. I think most couples would find that refreshing, not a problem and I think that what we’ve been trying to do is carry messages to the American people and listen to the American people and you’ll see us over the next few weeks doing it in new and dynamic and much more open ways than the traditional consultants are comfortable with.”
– Former House Speaker and 2012 presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, discussing his campaign staff’s defection with ABC News on Friday morning. Members of his senior campaign staff quit en masse this week following disagreements over Newt’s campaign strategy. But the defection may have also been partly linked with Newt and his wife Callista taking a luxury cruise rather than weathering the fallout suffered by his campaign after questions surfaced about his revolving account with Tiffany’s.
