[VanDeKoik]

It’s what cost him the Fl primary along with the barrage of negative ads from the GOPE.

Could have knocked Romney out after Newt’s win in SC, but apparently the idea of a moon base drove conservatives to stay home.

[samtheman]

It’s what cost him the Fl primary along with the barrage of negative ads from the GOPE.

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I remember it differently. I remember Newt getting smacked around the stage by Romney on the question of “peddling influence”. Newt was deer-in-headlights at the accusation and had no response. That was what killed him, as I remember it.