Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
“You mean those who said I was dead in June? Those who said I was dead in December? They are about as accurate as they were the last two times they were wrong.”
— Newt Gingrich, quoted by ABC News, refuting predictions the presidential race would be effectively over if he lost in Florida.
He said the race would go on for “six or eight months” and then added: “unless Romney drops out earlier.”
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