Former Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign is taking a West Coast swing next week, including traveling to the not-so-consequential primary state of Hawaii for two events.
The Republican's public schedule shows two stops on the island of Maui -- a Saturday visit with local GOP activists and a Monday visit to a prep school in Makawao -- with no publicly scheduled events in between.
The Republican's public schedule shows two stops on the island of Maui -- a Saturday visit with local GOP activists and a Monday visit to a prep school in Makawao -- with no publicly scheduled events in between.
Gingrich will stop in California on the way to the islands, and head back to New Hampshire after his brief vacation. But it's yet another deviation from the norm for a campaign that has already taken hits for Gingrich's Mediterranean cruise earlier this year.
Then again, Maui's a rich place. Perhaps Gingrich is headed out there to retire some of the $1 million in debt his campaign reported at the end of the second quarter.
Or maybe he's trolling for votes. Hawaii held a relatively late state convention in 2008, awarding every one of the state's delegates to presumptive nominee John McCain.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2011/08/gingrich-detours-to-hawaii-17
Then again, Maui's a rich place. Perhaps Gingrich is headed out there to retire some of the $1 million in debt his campaign reported at the end of the second quarter.
Or maybe he's trolling for votes. Hawaii held a relatively late state convention in 2008, awarding every one of the state's delegates to presumptive nominee John McCain.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/hotlineoncall/2011/08/gingrich-detours-to-hawaii-17