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By ALEXANDER BURNS & JONATHAN MARTIN | 3/3/11 4:25 AM EST
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50569.html
Newt Gingrich appears poised to become the first major Republican to enter the race for president, a step that would give him a first-mover advantage in a slow-forming GOP field.
He’ll need it.
Before the former House speaker can start competing against his Republican rivals in earnest he must bring order to the unruliness and chaos that surrounds almost every aspect of his candidacy – from Gingrich’s organization, to his message, to the candidate himself.
His tumultuous political universe became clear this week, when one of his senior advisers told the Des Moines Register that Gingrich would announce an exploratory committee in Atlanta on Thursday.