Early last year an editor friend of mine asked me to write an article about the rumored presidential candidacy of Newt Gingrich. "Nah," I said. "He's not going to run."
A month or two after Gingrich announced he was going to run, the same friend asked me to write about the kind of campaign Gingrich would conduct. "Forget him," I said. "He'll be out of the race by summer."
Autumn came, and another friend asked me how Gingrich managed to stay in the campaign despite empty coffers and microscopic poll numbers. I told him the point was moot. The Gingrich campaign...
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