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brooklynite

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Wed Mar 7, 2012, 11:45 PM Mar 2012

Gingrich spokesman: Alabama and Mississippi are must-wins [View all]

Source: The Hill

Newt Gingrich is canceling planned events in Kansas and instead pivoting his campaign to focus on racking up delegates in the Deep South, with campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond acknowledging Wednesday that the former Speaker needs wins in Alabama and Mississippi to remain a credible candidate.

“Everything between Spartanburg all the way to Texas, those all need to go for Gingrich,” said Hammond, according to The Washington Post.

The Wall Street Journal pressed Hammond as to whether Gingrich "has to win" in Alabama and Mississippi and whether the former Speaker's credibility rests on carrying the states next Tuesday.

Hammond responded affirmatively to each question.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/214723-gingrich-spokesman-alabama-and-mississippi-are-must-wins



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