Politics: Newt Until the End

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Politics Newt Until the End Gingrich says goodbye, for now. By David Weigel Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2012, at 11:16 PM ET Join David Weigel and John Dickerson for a live chat about the end of the GOP primary season and the start of the general election on Slate's Facebook page today at 2 p.m. EST. The embeds found the hotel before anybody else did. The ballroom where Newt Gingrich would suspend his presidential campaign was tiny, and there were only four comfortable tables for the press, so the embeds snagged them first. Only fair. These TV reporters, none of them older than 25, had been collecting video of Gingrich until long after their networks stopped using it. They did not earn the approval of Winston Cornwall, a strategist who said he'd done some work with Gingrich in the 1990s, who stalked the hotel hallway in a blue blazer. "The teenagers are here," said Cornwall. "I'm disappointed. I guess I was expected some kind of rally with Newt's supporters and staff. But it looks like a press conference. I don't even see any top reporters." He craned his neck toward the hotel elevators. "I stand corrected. There's press royalty right here!" He'd spotted the Washington Post's Dana Milbank, who writes a daily "Washington Sketch" and materializes at events that carry a Defcon 1 risk of farce. Newt Gingrich, who has been written off as a has-been at least twice, had never really given a speech like this. In 1998, when he gave up the speaker's gavel, the announcement came via a statement ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Obama Says Everything Got Better When He Took Office. Romney Says the Opposite. They're Both Wrong. Yglesias: Can the New Microsoft and Barnes & Noble E-Book Alliance Challenge Apple and Amazon? Do Educational iPad Apps for Preschoolers Work?	Advertisement
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