uh....well....um....did you keep reading? That was precisely my point, along with the focus on each other and NOT the problem...and the problem in Jan, Feb, Nov and for the next four years? OBAMA!!
No American was in trouble because Mitt gave Mass what their voters wanted or because Perry gave Tex voters what they wanted or because Fannie gave Newt a contract or because Mitt was rich from Bain. Americans were in trouble in Feb for the same reason they are now; too damned much liberalism for decades and Obama ism for four years. Period.
When they all lost focus on that, thanks primarily to Mitt, Ron Paul, and Michelle (the 3 who first abandoned running against Obama and ran against Newt) - the goose was cooked I think.
the 3 who first abandoned running against Obama and ran against Newt”
THIS point is spot on. Newt didn’t run against the other Republicans. He ran against obama. And that was the right approach.
I don’t know if Newt would have won the general. But we know NOW, that he couldn’t have done worse. Hell, we should have gone with McCain and hoped that everyone who voted for him in 08 just showed up. Do that, we win. We didn’t even do that.