Onyx, if just 10% of Gingrich’s support here in Ohio had gone to Santorum, then Romney would have lost Ohio, lost momentum, and lost delegates. That would have been a Newt victory in that it would have slowed down the Romney accumulation of the 1144 necessary to get the nomination.
If you are going to see Newt, then perhaps there’s a way for him to communicate to his supporters that slowing Romney is a win and that they should, at least for the time being, go for whichever non-Romney is higher in the polls the eve of an election.
If Santorum gets so many delegates that it, too, becomes a worry, then he can deal with that when it happens. In the meantime, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
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OHIO: ......”With Santorum ineligible for delegates in the 6th, GOP voters in Columbiana voted for Newt Gingrich, who finished a distant third, to receive delegates.........“When you take Santorum out, Republicans went with Gingrich.”......