DES MOINES, Iowa – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich leads the 2012 pack in buzz but trails his rivals in just about every other category in Iowa.
The former House speaker is striving for a remarkable comeback with the smallest staff and the fewest precinct-level campaign backers of the seven candidates competing in the Jan. 3 presidential caucuses that kick off voting in the fight for the GOP nomination.
Gingrich, who casts himself as the idea candidate bucking convention, is betting that his prescriptions for what ails America — more so than tried-and-true campaign tools — can help him win in Iowa, a state where a stellar organization traditionally has been the key to turning out supporters to local political meetings called caucuses on a cold, Midwestern winter night.
“The traditional ways might not be the most efficient way. Newt has shown us campaigning now is different,” said Katie Koberg, Gingrich’s deputy Iowa
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