Following former President Donald Trump’s dominant wins in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich penned an op-ed in which he urged Trump to employ what he calls a “sandwich” strategy throughout the remainder of the presidential campaign.
As I read it, Gingrich was spot on.
In a Wednesday op-ed titled “The Longest General Election,” Gingrich laid out the reality:
We are now living through the longest general election campaign in history.
With President Donald Trump’s victories in Iowa and New Hampshire — and his massive lead for the Republican presidential nomination in national polls — the Republican nomination was decided on Jan. 23.
No one has ever tried to have a national conversation for 286 days before an election.
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There will be constant pressure to find something negative with which to attack and undermine the Trump…
