Rush Limbaugh is saying Newt is going to “define” Romney big time now and it will benefit Santorum. Rush also said there are all kinds of efforts out there now to paint Santorum as a big govt. guy. Rush said “big govt.” means welfare, high taxes, etc.. and Santorum is for low taxes and jobs so don’t fall for it.
” Newt is going to “define” Romney big time now and it will benefit Santorum.” <<<
If Newt goes after Romney directly himself, this is usually true, that with no surrogate doing the smash mouth for you, other than yourself, it usually hurts your numbers. (This is what Romney’s super PAC is doing for Romney, so he himself can keep his nose clean.)
However, don’t you think the voters are on to the game and more than ready for some push back against Romney for a changre and who can do it better than the Newtster?
I agree that Newt’s efforts to attack Romney will only help Santorum. It won’t draw voters back to Newt.
Santorum is now sitting pretty as the alternative to Romney AND the alternative to Newt. This is a deep well of support to tap into.
For all those people who were supporting Newt because they thought no one else had a chance, if Santorum continues to demonstrate that he does, indeed, have a chance — for example, by a solid second place showing in NH and a decent margin of beating Gingrich — I think Newt will be done for.