Although in the general, appealing to the ignorant squishy middle and the disaffected democrats might get him votes, despite the fact that it enrages his own base who would be stuck with him, he is not there yet. It is he, not Newt, who may implode. He only has 60 delegates.
After all, Newt, despite his big-mouth reputation, is a canny old politician, a clever strategist who has won many many elections not only for himself but for a lot of other republicans. When Newt, the master politician, veers to the left it has a purpose, it isn't because he has no core values — remember all those democrat congress critters he brought into the GOP fold back in the day?
He may appear a bit disorganized from time to time, indulge in flights of fancy from time to time and talk about such things as moon colonies (which it seems IS happening after all) he never EVER loses sight of the goal which he just about always eventually achieves. He knows what republicans think and believe and wish to accomplish, and there is always a part of his brain that never loses that focus. Because he really is not a RINO; but came from the Young Turks and was the one to whom Reagan passed the torch by name — he, not romney, really is one of us. He is Mr. Republican.
So let us not give up, this is not over yet, Romney is not a done deal despite the fact that the establishment is trying to demoralize us and shut us out.
By the way, I understand that the reason Newt has not asked for or been given SS protection is only because he does not need it. As a former speaker, he already has federal protection — so don't let that apparent sign of Romney's front-runner status get you down.
Very good observations! Thank you!
Yesterday somebody commented that Romney’s appearance with Trump needed only the faux Grecian columns and faux Presidential seal to make it his Obama coronation moment.
He’s taking a lot for granted and so are his supporters. However, we have to remember that this actually did work for Obama. Pretending that he had already won and that he, not Bush, was president of the US even before the election actually seems to have wowed a lot of people (other than Freepers, of course), and I think Romney is actually trying the same thing.
He uses the same scorched earth tactics that Newt talked about when he "attacked Capitalism". Romney will do anything and destroy anything to get the prize. Soros is correct - not much difference between Romney and Obama.