The Des Moines Register reported Thursday night:
“Since the start of your campaign in the spring there have been several incidents that, publicity wise, turned out very poorly from the cruise to Tiffany’s to last week with the incident at the Capitol to not getting on the ballot in Virginia,” Sibley resident Matt Winter said to Gingrich during a question and answer portion.
Winter, 28, continued: “We all know that Barack Obama is a tremendous campaigner. With your history of campaign missteps, how can we trust that you can run a campaign that will be able to take on Barack Obama?”
Gingrich said the question was fair to ask. He said he can’t control if an Occupy Des Moines person will make a fool of themselves. He then outlined past successful campaigns, including his efforts in 1994 where he helped Republicans won the majority of the U.S. House, the first time in four decades.
Gingrich compared called himself to Ronald Reagan saying he is a threat to the political establishment and that the elite media is not going to give him a break.
