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So, how did Newt Gingrich get all of his followers, anyway?

This crazy story’s been floating around the ether over the past day or so suggesting that Newt Gingrich’s campaign staff used a service to pay for most of his million-plus Twitter followers — a number which is ahead of every other presidential candidate besides Obama. But did he? A conflicting story’s been floating around suggesting that Newt has all those followers because he was one of the first Republican politicians on Twitter’s suggested user list, which to us sounds more realistic. No matter the case, the evidence is clear that Newt Gingrich is a social-media trailblazer who was one of the first politicians to use Google+. We’ll keep an eye on this one. source

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Though I admittedly do not care whether or not he paid for all those followers, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did: 38% of his campaign expenses went to advertising and web, a much higher percentage than fellow 2012 candidates.

I’m more interested in knowing when he plans to pay those bills:

The campaign still owes more than $200,000 on a $700,000-plus bill from the Austin, Texas, firm hired to develop his website and email distribution platform. [LA Times]

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If I wanted to follow an ass I’d get a cart and a donkey