Wow. There is some ugliness on this site lately. I get Jim has endorsed Newt but geez guys. Like it or not Santorum is in this race and doing not bad... This site has become a jungle gym. Sad
Santorum is not a pleasant person (unless you loved Jimmy Carter) and is not conservative except in social areas. The last 2 “victories” were non-binding caucuses and one primary in which Gingrich was not even competing.
He has always played to Romney, and I think he will probably end up going with him in some way. That’s not ugly, it’s simply how I see it.
Gingrich is pretty severely crippled at this point. He doesn’t appear to be able to win outside the south and has already lost one of the biggest states there. Add his main fundraiser pulling the plug and it doesn’t look good.
That said, I still want him to stay in the race if only to draw fire and pick up the states he can.
The ugliness is probably due to the frustration of a few things. My theories:
A: Santorum’s snottiness while pretending to be above it all.
B: Santorum’s followers refusal to admit anything wrong about him.
C: Newts supporters frustrated that their guy self immolated to a point.
D: Newts supporters frustrated that Romney unleashed an unprecedented series of attack ads that no one could withstand.
E: The goody two shoes sanctimony of Rick and MANY of his supporters.
F: The media’s falling for the fact that all four of Ricks’s “states” were among the teeniest and tiniest of voting populations.
Just some of the things that frustrate me, anyway.
I've been reading Free Republic for many years but just recently signed up. I get the feeling remarks are not welcome if they are anti-Gingrich. While I would vote for him, most conservative women I know would not. It's Jim's site and he calls the shots. But I really don't think Gingrich is going to be president.
Santorum is in this race and...doing better than Newt! That's why his supporters are behaving like mean, vengeful children.
Newt's campaign has all but collapsed. It is sad to see so many here in denial, instead of contacting him to construct a new, winning message, and coherent strategy to victory. Until last weekend, that strategy was "ride Adelson's wallet to Super Tuesday". With Shelly now on the sidelines, that is no longer viable, and he is near broke. Santorum beat Newt by 10% in Maine without a single appearance there. I don't know what Sarah sees that I do not.
>>Like it or not Santorum is in this race and doing not bad...
Which is really amazing, given that he seems really short on both ideas and charisma. Oh, and a record.