If that’s the case - why the NEED for negative ad$ against Newt? That’s reality.
And why does the White House respond to Newt's comments as if he were already the nominee. Newt starts talking about energy for a few weeks, and barack shows up at a keystone photo op. Newt starts talking about a brokered or open convention, and soon all the talk is about taking it to the convention.
He is setting the agenda because he is formidable enough to do it, even at 3rd place. His biggest problem is he isn't running for Pope...
I was talking about the general. Mittens’ strategy has been to knock off his opponents through driving up their negatives. Unfortunately people respond to negative ads, and because no one has the money to return the favor to Mittens on the same scale as his ad buys, Mittens has managed some very weak plurality wins. He obviously needed to go negative against Newt and Santorum to “win” in Florida, Ohio, and Michigan.