Are you ready for the tirade from Santorum people that Newt has been paid by Romney to stay in, otherwise he would leave and Rick would win in a landslide?
Are you ready for that??
Go Newt !
No way.
Newt loathes Mitt.
Tirade? You mean like calling folks “delusional”? Guess which faction that came from.
The beauty about Newt and Newtbots is that we don’t give two hoots what Santorum’s people have to say much less the lying cry-baby shills paid by Mitt.
It looks like Newt and Rick have developed a strategy to deny RINOs, liberals and GOPe enough votes for Mitt to “seal the deal”. The closer we get to Convention and with Mitt still stuck at less than any majority, more will see Mitt for the non-finisher he is.
I haven't come across a serious discussion of that theory, even among the strongest Newt doubters. If I did see it, however, I'd call it total rubbish.
BUT:
It does seem that Newt's campaign would collapse into Ron Paul territory without the huge contributions from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson. It's rumored that Adelson dislikes Santo with a passion, fearing that Rick's strict morality would put a damper on Adelson's gambling empire. Moreover, Adelson has stated that he would gladly support Romney as GOP nominee.
So just ask yourself and draw your own conclusion:
What kind of motive drives Adelson's continued funding of Newt? Is it "ideologically pure" fondness for the Gingrich agenda? Or is it a desire that Santo not be able to knock Romney out of the race?
Hint: You don't get to be a Las Vegas billionaire by being ideologically pure.