Newt Takes Two-Week Vacation

Politico reports:

After two weeks on the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich has had enough — for now. 

Following a bumpy debut as an official candidate which included fumbling an answer about his support for House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan and a report that he carried as much as $500, 000 in “revolving charge account” at luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co, the former House speaker has set off for a vacation with his wife Callista. 

Gingrich’s last public event was a May 27 Rotary Club lunch in South Carolina, and he won’t return to the spotlight until a June 8 screening of his documentary about Pope John Paul II in New Hampshire. 

“They had long scheduled time off early in the campaign,” said Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler. “They spent a long time, really with no break, preparing for the campaign. This week was an opportunity to get away together, and they decided it was important to stick to that schedule. We’ll be back next week.” 

Tyler declined to specify where the Gingriches are spending their time off. 

“I wouldn’t want to say,” Tyler said. “It would defeat the purpose of a vacation.”