I think not.
That's not what I said. I said that by the big guns not jumping into the breach and exploiting the last chance the conservatives have to gobsmack the GOP, and get the candidate they choose, not the one chosen for them, they will get romney, who will be defeated by Obama.
And more importantly, the GOP establishment will know that they can cram anyone they want down the base's throat adn get away with it...
Blah blah I was perfectly happy when Newt was on top, but all this stuff about pushing down our throats. I watched Newt stumble in debates, then saw him self destruct by getting petty after primaries, miss opportunities to give a good speech when all the networks were covering him, etc.
If anything, all the alternates to Romney kept this thing going deep into the primaries. No one forced anything on anybody. And this isn’t the first time republicans failed to pick the most conservative candidate. I’m not sure why. 2008 I thought Fred Thompson was great but he’s doing reverse mortgage ads now.