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WHEN Newt Gingrichs presidential campaignfoundered last summer, leading to the massresignation of his staff and reports that hiscampaign debt exceeded $1m, the problem wasnot that he seemed to prefer luxury cruisesthrough Greece and Turkey with Mrs Gingrich to the messy business of a politicalcampaign. The problem, as he was only too happyto explain, was that much like Reagan andMargaret Thatcher, Im such an unconventionalpolitical figure that you really need to design aunique campaign that fits the way I operate and what Im trying to do. 当纽特金里奇在去年夏天的总统竞选活动中败阵，导致他的竞选团队人员大量辞职，同时被媒体爆出因竞选他已负债超过100万美元时，他的问题并非比起竞选活动中的各种繁琐事务，他更喜欢和他的妻子一起来个希腊或土耳其豪华游艇巡游。正如他津津乐道的那样，他的问题在于他说的我是像里根和撒切尔夫人这样卓尔不凡的政治人物，因此你们要为我设计独一无二的竞选活动，要适合我所做的以及我想要做的。 What that meant in practice was shilling for money over the internet and turning in someincandescently angry debate performances. It worked, after a fashion. He began rising in thepolls. He announced directly, Im going to be the nominee. But then people startedvoting. The first three contests split, with Rick Santorum squeaking to victory in Iowa afterspending far more time there than any other candidate; Mitt Romney winning NewHampshire, where he has a home; and Mr Gingrich unexpectedly trouncing the oppositionin South Carolina. Then he lost Florida and Nevada in quick succession, his snarlingpomposity punctured by a Romney barrage of negative ads. | 
