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  • Danny Schwartz
Ha ha ha ha ha:

Newt Gingrich’s top staff quit en masse Thursday, throwing into question whether his already troubled presidential campaign can continue.

Two sources close to the situation confirmed that campaign manager Rob Johnson, strategists Sam Dawson and Dave Carney, spokesman Rick Tyler, and consultants Katon Dawson in South Carolina and Craig Schoenfeld in Iowa have all quit to protest what one called a “different vision” for the campaign.

The sources said Gingrich was staying in the race.

The mass resignation was, one source said, “a team decision.”

“We just had a different direction in which we wanted to take the campaign,” said a second source.

The people running Newt's campaign wanted to go to in a different direction. That direction? Away from Newt. Savor this moment, kids: Gingrich will not be in the race for much longer.

UPDATE: On his Facebook, Newt says "The campaign begins anew Sunday in Los Angeles." A screengrab of some comments to his post comes after the jump.

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