FTA:

Gidley worked as a communications strategist for former Arkansas Governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, Sarah Sanders’ father. He also worked on the campaigns of Rick Santorum and Elizabeth Dole.

Gidley said that he was inspired by Chris Matthews, who had worked in politics himself. Gidley told GQ that, even though he’s a Republican, he’s always admired Chris Matthews.

“The reason I left TV is because I wanted to go into politics and get back into TV, because I thought, instead of going market to market to market, I could jump out and do politics and then have more knowledge of what I wanted to cover, which was politics,” he said. “And the reason I did it was Chris Matthews. The reason I got out of TV to get into politics was because I knew Chris Matthews had worked for Tip O’Neill and he was—and now I was a Republican—but he was can’t miss TV. Now this was pre-leg thrill, this was pre-thrill leg here, but he was can’t miss for me.”

FTA:

Gidley worked as a communications strategist for former Arkansas Governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, Sarah Sanders’ father. He also worked on the campaigns of Rick Santorum and Elizabeth Dole.

Gidley said that he was inspired by Chris Matthews, who had worked in politics himself. Gidley told GQ that, even though he’s a Republican, he’s always admired Chris Matthews.

“The reason I left TV is because I wanted to go into politics and get back into TV, because I thought, instead of going market to market to market, I could jump out and do politics and then have more knowledge of what I wanted to cover, which was politics,” he said. “And the reason I did it was Chris Matthews. The reason I got out of TV to get into politics was because I knew Chris Matthews had worked for Tip O’Neill and he was—and now I was a Republican—but he was can’t miss TV. Now this was pre-leg thrill, this was pre-thrill leg here, but he was can’t miss for me.”

FTA:

Gidley worked as a communications strategist for former Arkansas Governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, Sarah Sanders’ father. He also worked on the campaigns of Rick Santorum and Elizabeth Dole.

Gidley said that he was inspired by Chris Matthews, who had worked in politics himself. Gidley told GQ that, even though he’s a Republican, he’s always admired Chris Matthews.

“The reason I left TV is because I wanted to go into politics and get back into TV, because I thought, instead of going market to market to market, I could jump out and do politics and then have more knowledge of what I wanted to cover, which was politics,” he said. “And the reason I did it was Chris Matthews. The reason I got out of TV to get into politics was because I knew Chris Matthews had worked for Tip O’Neill and he was—and now I was a Republican—but he was can’t miss TV. Now this was pre-leg thrill, this was pre-thrill leg here, but he was can’t miss for me.”

FTA:

Gidley said that he was inspired by Chris Matthews, who had worked in politics himself. Gidley told GQ that, even though he’s a Republican, he’s always admired Chris Matthews.

“The reason I left TV is because I wanted to go into politics and get back into TV, because I thought, instead of going market to market to market, I could jump out and do politics and then have more knowledge of what I wanted to cover, which was politics,” he said. “And the reason I did it was Chris Matthews. The reason I got out of TV to get into politics was because I knew Chris Matthews had worked for Tip O’Neill and he was—and now I was a Republican—but he was can’t miss TV. Now this was pre-leg thrill, this was pre-thrill leg here, but he was can’t miss for me.”