” 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?
The headlines and talk on Fox will be ‘TWO AGAINST ONE’.
IMHO this is not a good strategery.
I agree that Newt has the best intellect and credentials for this race. One on one with Santorum, Newt is the senior player. So many people are going with Santorum right now, but Rick has not endured the onslaught that will come upon him if he stays up. Newt has taken it all and is still standing. I can’t wait for the Saturday debate. Newt is the most articulate and convincing and will remind everybody why his campaign caught fire just a month ago and why the base should come back to him.
Yes. I do think the voters are onto Romney. I look forward to Newt taking off the gloves and defending his record. Tonight on O’Reilly, Karl Rove said someone mentioned that Newt should put on a ski mask and have a chain saw in his hand as angry as he seems calling Romney a liar. O’Reilly said he has a right to be angry, but he kind of laughed at the idea. Rove and his merry band of propagandists are painting Newt as crazy, zany, angry, a loser, etc...Ticks me off!