Newt Gingrich will not be the Republican nominee — even if it means a brokered convention

The Washington Post ^ | 12/09/2011 | Ezra Klein

[katiedidit1]

Silver doesn’t quite go so far as to say that it makes a brokered convention or a late-breaking establishment candidate likely, but I’m willing to go that far. There’s just no way the Republican establishment lets Gingrich become their nominee. As Andrew Sullivan pointed out today, you’re already seeing the anti-Gingrich mobilization among conservative thought leaders: Here’s George Will, Charles Krauthammer, David Brooks, Ross Douthat, Tom Coburn and Ann Coulter, just for starters. There’s this Politico story about all the Washington Republicans who hate Gingrich.

Now, I think it’s more likely that this mobilization leads to a Romney win then a brokered convention or a new entrant. But I think it makes a Gingrich win almost impossible to imagine. And if something once considered so impossible begins to look likely, then correspondingly extraordinary events — again, like a brokered convention — will become likely, also.

[newzjunkey]

Paul Ryan is just 41. That’s very young to run and, frankly, he’ll be desperately needed as chair of the budget committee if Republicans keep the House and should even a Republican become president in 2013.

[upcountryhorseman]

A brokered convention may help Perry. Newt has problems
as does Mitt.