Gingrich sure does take off a lot for a guy who says he is running for President.
Polling is almost non-existent for the LA primary. But Newt is spending time there trying to get his numbers above 25% of the vote which is the mandated number in order to share proportionally in 20 of the 46 delegates to be selected via the primary vote. JMO ...
It would be nice if both Santorum and Gingrich could get 25%, although the goal is to keep Romney from getting that 25%.
Not that it matters much. There is no guarantee that the 20 delegates will even be chosen based on the primary results, and even if they are, the delegates are unbound, as are the 26 that get picked in June meetings.
Loiusiana in the end is a small plate of delegates who can be used by the establishment at the convention in whatever way they seem fit.
Still it will be best if Romney is shut out, and it if takes Gingrich and Santorum together getting enough votes to stop Romney, then that is what should happen.
I just don’t see how Newt attacking Santorum in Loiusiana (and on the same issue that Romney is attacking Santorum for) will swing a single Romney voter. If anything, people who were torn between Romney and Santorum might well switch to Romney when they find out that Romney is “right” about Santorum.
Now, if there was a chance for Gingrich to actually single-handedly stop Romney AND Santorum, that would be great. But is there a single freeper here who thinks Newt has any chance at all to come back and sweep the remaining states, claiming the nomination? He has beaten Santorum 3 times so far in this election — South Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada.
And he has beaten Romney a few more times, but has been beaten by Paul more than he has beaten Romney.