I agree that I think Newt can outperform Santorum. The establishment and the Left no question would like to go against Rick over Newt. I think the Left would rather go against Santorum than Romney (which I think would be a mistaken thought by the Left).
I just listened to Pat Caddell, one democrat I find worth listening to. He said something interesting. Apparently Newt has received about $9M in donations recently. Caddell thinks Newt will be inclined to go nuclear against Romney in NH and Romney responds in kind and the whole selection process will come to a head much sooner than thought. My thought is that if Newt rolls the dice and goes for the jugular against Romney and Paul now, does this really help him in SC, or sacrifice himself to Santorum’s benefit? The talking heads all think Santorum is the clear anti-Romney, but I don’t see that yet.
Bottom line to me is that the only chance the GOP has to stop Romney is Newt. Now whether he has to sacrifice himself for that to happen is the real question. The more I think of it, I am going to send Newt some money because he is the best we’ve got to beat Obama. We will see...
That Vander Plaatz guy was on Cavuto saying everyone including Newt should drop out and throw their support behind Santorum.
Based on what? Has this cornfield kingmaker looked at a national poll?
Rick Santorum barely registers outside of Iowa.
Gingrich is the only one that can knock off Romney.
Why was Romney so thrilled tonight with Santorum's numbers.
Cause he knows Newt Gingrich is his main threat.
The minute Gingrich is no longer a threat to Romney he will loose the hounds of Hell on Rick Santorum, who up to now has had a free pass.