Gingrich Begins Charging $50 for Photos at Events

[jaxx]

Gingrich Begins Charging $50 for Photos at Events
Candidate previously posed for free with people attending his appearances.

By Sarah Huisenga
Updated: March 27, 2012 | 1:26 p.m.
March 26, 2012 | 9:15 p.m.

HOCKESSIN, Del. – In a sign that his campaign is in need of fresh funds, Newt Gingrich on Monday began charging $50 to have a photograph taken with him following a campaign speech to Republican groups here in the northernmost part of the state.

"Some campaigns make you travel all the way to Wall Street to pay $2,500 for a photo with a candidate," a Gingrich spokesman said in an e-mail. "We are trying out a new tactic and asking our supporters at our rallies for a nominal donation. And guess what, it is working."

<..> The campaign limped out of the month of February posting more debt than cash on hand. And poor showings in the recent primaries of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama -- all Southern states Gingrich had once expressed optimism he could win -- are likely not going to help any fundraising pushes.

http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presiden...-20120326?

5 bucks is a nominal donation, 50 bucks is significant. Newt is done.

[MilesColtrane]

Gingrich campaign $20,719,137 money raised
-$19,176,106 money spent
-$1,550,517 outstanding debt
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= $-7,486

No money means no more campaign.

Bye bye, pig boy.

[Brewman_Jax]

I wonder what took him so long, self-centered selfish bastard!

[azmouse]

I'd give $50 to NOT have my pic taken with the nasty bastard.

[jaxx]

Exclusive: Newt Gingrich cuts staff, aims at Tampa
By MIKE ALLEN | 3/27/12 9:39 PM EDT

Newt Gingrich is cutting back his campaign schedule, will lay off about a third of his cash-strapped campaign’s full-time staff, and has replaced his manager as part of what aides are calling a “big-choice convention” strategy, communications director Joe DeSantis told POLITICO.

Michael Krull, a former advance man and a college friend of Callista Gingrich’s who took over the campaign after a staff exodus in June, was replaced last weekend by Vince Haley, who has worked for Gingrich for nine years and currently is deputy campaign manager and policy director.

“We’re focusing exclusively on what it’ll take to win what we’re going to be calling a big-choice convention in August,” DeSantis said in a phone interview Tuesday night.

<..> “Newt is staying in the race because he owes it to his 176K donors to continue offering his bold conservative solutions and taking the fight to President Obama. Newt is committed to ensuring the Republican Party remains the party of conservative reform.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74569.html

Newt is toast, and he'll stick around to get his ass beat in Tampa. What a farce.

[KonaKane]

50 bucks to get your picture taken with 100 pounds of mashed potatoes poured into a suit. Where do i sign up.

[Dimwitted Fool]

is anyone buying?

[KonaKane]

Somebody should make one of those life size cardboard stand-ups of ol Newtie, stick it out on the road and advertise. $50 for a shot with Newt. Video how the day goes, and see how many customers line up.

[OptimistesMaddie]

to the Republican party that they cannot retreat from the film footage.

Bravo Gingrich...you have exceeded our expectations!

I expect no less from Scrantorum....