****The deciding factor, Gingrich said, will be Romney’s margin of victory. “If he’s at 25 or 30 [percent], we’re still in a serious race,” Gingrich said. “If he gets up to 40 or 45, you have to be realistic.”****
Too bad Newt is not a math professor:
i.e. There are two Romneys in the race.
If Romney reaches 40% it only means that 20% are voting for Romney the flipper and 20% are voting for Romnney the flopper.
So if Newt loses he’s out? Works for me. I want someone who’s willing to fight Romney all the way, not someone who’s already setting the terms for his exit.
Doesn’t seem like Newt intends to fight beyond SC - he’s giving his supporters a chance to ease out.
If it were not for Ron Paul, Romney would be beached by now.
Ron Paul runs Third Party inside the Republican Party in the primary, and hands it off to weakling Romney.
In the general election, Ron can run Third Party and hand the Republicans the loss to Obama.
Ron Paul is defiant, has had enough, and is playing Russian Roulette with the Republican Party in DC, and we fall into Marxism. He is a genius. Coo coo puffs to boot, or he couldn’t do this.
Or, we get Newt on a wing and a prayer. I’ll be going with prayer.