http://www.nationalreview.com/node/435715/print In Trump’s World, Newt Gingrich Is King — and Maybe VP
The two men are kindred spirits in more ways than one.
By Eliana Johnson — May 23, 2016
He has an uncanny ability to dominate the media and shape a narrative, and he harnessed the anger and anxiety of lower-middle-class whites to reshape the Republican party.
If the description fits Donald Trump in 2016, it applied equally to Newt Gingrich in 1994, and it helps to explain the relationship the two have developed during Trump’s ascent to the top of Republican politics — one that many close to both men say could eventually result in the announcement of a Trump-Gingrich GOP ticket.
Gingrich has, in effect, launched his own campaign to secure the nomination. “I think Newt is lobbying to be the vice president, and I think their people are paying a lot of attention to him,” says Ed Rollins, a Republican operative and former Gingrich staffer now working for a super PAC supporting Trump’s candidacy. “It’d be a ticket with six former wives, kind of like a Henry VIII thing,” Rollins says. “They certainly understand women.” (Between them, Trump and Gingrich have four former wives; both are currently married to their third wives.)
Trump’s search for a vice-presidential nominee is underway. The campaign confirmed last week that it had tapped veteran Washington lawyer A. B. Culvahouse to vet potential nominees, and Bloomberg News reported earlier this month that Gingrich is among a handful of people Trump is considering. Both the Trump campaign and a spokesman for Gingrich did not respond to requests for comment.
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