Christopher Ruddy’s salute aside, it appears that Newsmax is not quite ready to give up on Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign.
An April 24 article by Paul Scicchitano in an interview with Gingrich in which the candidate repeats his usual attacks on Mitt Romney and plays down the near-impossibility of Gingrich actually winning the nomination.
While acknowledging that “Gingrich lost Tuesday’s Delaware primary — where he had spent a significant amount of time campaigning and had hoped to win,” Scicchitano also portrays Gingrich as an “underdog” who faces “funding challenges,” suggesting he still has a chance.
But then, Newsmax turned its news operation into a hype machine for Gingrich for much of of December and January, so it’s probably not a surprise that Newsmax is still clinging to the idea of Gingrich as a president.