Newt Gingrich, whose campaign has suffered from problems involving fundraising, personnel, policy gaffes and the candidate’s moral credibility, is now about to reach a major milestone: the opening of his first actual campaign office in Iowa.
The Des Moines Register reports that Gingrich will open the office in mid-October, somewhere in the Des Moines area.
“Iowa has always been the campaign’s top priority,” said Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond. “We’re moving forward with our campaign plan. I look at this as a sign of that we’re gearing up, that we will have an organization that is ready to turn people out to caucus and support Newt.”
Gingrich has had serious problems in Iowa, following the en masse resignation of many top aides in June, which included his whole paid Iowa staff at the time. In the Ames Iowa straw poll a month ago, Gingrich took 8th place with just over 2% of the vote.
