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CONCORD, NH and DES MOINES, Iowa-- While filing papers for the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, Newt Gingrich announced his campaign fundraising totals this month alone have surpassed the amount raised in the entire third quarter.
"As of today, [we] raised more money in October than we raised in the entire last quarter. And we have more donors as of 2 days ago than we've had all the last quarter," Gingrich said.
Campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond confirmed to NBC News that Gingrich "surpassed the $800,000 mark today." According to the campaign, they have received 11,200 donations this month at an average of $75. Three out of four donors are first-time contributors.
This comes after Herman Cain said he'd been raising $1 million a week since Oct. 1. Gingrich's team gave no indication of how much exactly they've raised, just that it was more than the $808,000 it took in from July to September.
"There was a long stretch where we didn't have much resources and a lot of people thought we were dead," Gingrich told reporters.
Gingrich - who recently expanded his staff and hired a New Hampshire state director, Andrew Hemingway - also hired a former Michele Bachmann staffer. Matt LeDuc recently left the Bachmann campaign in the Granite State during the staff exodus this week, Hemingway confirmed to NBC News today.
The former House Speaker called this an "upward swing that gives us the resources to be more competitive" across the country. The Gingrich campaign's Iowa headquarters will be officially opening in the coming weeks.
"If we continue to improve at this pace, I think we'll be able to run a full-blown campaign and be totally competitive in terms of advertising and other things by the time we get to early January," Gingrich said.
“Money translates into ground game and ground game is important in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina,” Hammond said. The addition of paid Iowa staffers is forthcoming.
Gingrich also declared his commitment to competing in the New Hampshire primary, arguing that front-runner Mitt Romney will face a challenge in the state's contest despite the former Massachusetts governor's strong poll numbers that put him in a double-digit lead in the state.
"I do not believe that Governor Romney has a lock on this state," Gingrich said. "The governor has a strong lead here, but the campaign has only begun in terms of ideas and issues and drawing contrast."
Gingrich is polling nationally at 8 percent, according to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
When asked why he felt momentum in his campaign, Gingrich credited his recent debate performances and criticized his fellow candidates.
"I do think that bickering is destructive for the Republican Party," he said of the debates. "I think that it diminishes the respect people have for the process..I think it's bad for the party."
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BFD!
Newtsie isn't going ANY where other then Tiffany's to buy his b*itch some more bling!
Feisty
Are you getting cranky and foul mouthed in your old age ? Maybe you missed your naps today.
Wow, Feisty you took the words right out my mouth. I was thinking Newt shouldn't use it to pay his Tiffany bill.
Seriously GF - this douche bag and his whore of a wife ain't going NO WHERE!
You can't get away with serving your first wife divorce papers on her hospital bed!
ya know Feisty, sometimes it's OK to just not say anything.
Good Lord what a sad life you must live to have these people have you so worked up that you feel the need to use language like that.
Sounds like Feisty is the one that is the whore bitch. It's a shame what jealousy will do to some people. I guess Feisty never had anyone buy her jewelry, other than what comes in a box of cracker jacks.
Mr. Gingrich is stepping up and reaching for the gold ring, good luck Mr. Gingrich, we are all cheering for you.
Rangewolf I bet your Newt's whore bitch. Your words may as well use them! The only ring Newt going to pull is the brown one thats around the toilet.
I guess carrot top had no luck at her favorite truck stop last night! She had to buy her own boilermakers this time!
Gingrich can't be too serious about NH... he's not got the tea party and he's hired some children to work for him.
Going nowhere.
What's the difference between Newt's huge head and a pumpkin?
At the end of October the pumpkin will have a light in it.
What's the difference between Newt and a corndog?
Republicans like corndogs.
What's the difference between Newt and a stripper?
Not much; both slide down polls. But the stripper can get up again.
"That's right folks,.....just a couple decades ago he had his head ripped off by a big, mean Democrat. Now,...thanks to your dollars he can say "Contract with America" again."
The amazing thing is one of these candidates has to actually win the nomination, right?
Mr. Newt Gingrich is the only candidate that can get us out of the mess Obama has gotten us in to. He has the knowledge, experience, the ideas and the plans to get our country back on track.
Mr. Newt Gingrich - 2012 President.
It was Bush that got us into this mess --- not Obama. Listening to these Republicans, one would think that on January 19, 2009 the country was in great shape with a massive surplus, record low unemployment, a booming economy, increasing wages -- everything was just outstanding. Then -- Obama took office on Jan 20, 2009 and everything immediately came crashing down.
Now -- how about a reality check. The nation was much closer to that ideal on January 19, 2001 when Clinton left office but on January 19, 2009 when Bush left office, we were on the verge of a depression.
Rangewolf I want ten dollars of what your smoking. Newt is just there for the money.
No matter who got us into this mess, we are in this mess. President Obama promised that if the stimulus bill were passed, unemployment would not rise above 8% but that did not happen. President Obama stated how bad deficit spending was and he vowed to half the deficit by the end of his first term. That means that the 2012 federal deficit should not be more than 229.27 billion dollars but that does not seem to be happening. Despite the poor results the President seems convinced that his spending approach will work and has proposed a second stimulus bill that looks a lot like the first one. President Obama seems to be pushing an ideology and not really fielding solutions to our economic problems. It will be interesting to see what possible solutions Newt's approach comes up with.
I like Newt's "solutions" approach. I think that he can really reach across the isle to find workable solutions to our current economic problems. I was hoping that the current administration would recognize that what they did in the stimulus bill did not work, but the second stimulus bill seems to indicate that they have not learned much. Win or lose, I hope that Newt's efforts will be of value to the country.
Can't imagine why Newt's efforts would aid the country now when he has certainly never aided it in the past.
It did work and you'd know that if you actually checked the facts instead of repeating Rovian talking points.
Paul M,
...and they will have spent an amazing amount of money before one of them even gets to the convention.
Unbelievable!!
I don't think old Newt could even win an election for county dog catcher so you know he's not going to be president!
Diva
If Obama was elected, then ANYONE can be elected. Why not vote for the one and only that can clean up the crap Obama will leave behind?
Obama has been trying to pass bills and laws that he believes will impair the next president and make him/her look bad. He has also started other wars that will be left for the next president to either support or end.
Hopefully once Obama is out of office in 2012 we won't have to see or hear from him again. Our country deserves much better and Mr. Gingrich is the person we need. It's a shame that to save ourselves and our country that we have to also save Obama's sheeple.
Vote for Mr. Newt Gingrich for president. He is really the best choice we have.
You really are a VILE excuse for a human being penguinboy!
Tick Tick - enjoy it while you still have time!
another dem not for obama
I think Feisty is talking about Obama. LOL Feisty is having another hate filled day. Poor old gal. you have to pity her if nothing else. She voted for the loser and doesn't know how to admit she was wrong.
another dem not for obama,
What is wrong with you, what kind of person would make a joke like that?
Anyone watching over this board needs to get rid of this fool NOW!.
Your are one jacked up person.
Thank you thetotas - I couldn't AGREE with you more!
You earned my vote! ;o)
It's only a matter of time before Newsvine catches up with the fomer; dontgivemethepenguin!
Christian Family Values Newt ...... A man with a history of Hypocrisy, Infidelity, Ethics violations, etc Etc ETC
The phony Christian right wont stand for that!
justina777
What does your history say about you ? Obama has so many ethic violations against him that I don't understand why he hasn't been impeached. He should be impeached and spend the rest of his life in prison. He is also a traitor, has sided with the Muslims and is more concerned about the terrorist being mistreated than he would be about any of our armed forces being mistreated.
Obama's ONLY concern right now is being re-elected. Too bad, he is going to be a one term president and I say that loosely because he has been the worst president we have ever had.
Mr. Gingrich will put our country back on track. He is the ONLY candidate with the experience, knowledge and plans. Obama set out to destroy us and our country, Mr. Perry and Mr. Romney are too busy bickering to come up with any plans and even though Mr. Cain claims to have the answers with his 9-9-9 plan he lacks what it takes to be a real leader.
I bet it's all "tax free"...how cool is that for Newt. Aren't you loving it Repubs?
Obama again in 2012