It seems to me that having a long lull in the primary schedule helps Newt. It gives him time to build up a cash reserve. It deadens the “momentum sting” in peoples’ minds. It gives him an opportunity to spend more time doing actual campaigning, instead of debate prep, etc.
Plus, the media seems to be turning on Romney now that he’s supposedly got it in the bag (after only 4 states?). Instead of flaking for him, they’re going to start covering all his negatives and gaffes, which will help Newt.
Newt can’t build up a cash reserve if people aren’t donating (and they don’t seem to be, from all reports) and he keeps over-spending (which every time I read an article about his finances, he’s in massive debt from over-spending, such as on travel).
I’ve said before that it seems incredible that not one of these dudes took note of how an unknown pizza executive made it to the front of the pack: by relentlessly talking about massive tax reform!
The first guy that can learn from Herman Cain’s amazing ride could win the nomination and the election.
I think rather than worry about money, Newt needs to worry about ideas. That’s his forte, and even without a lot of money, he can get his ideas out there via social media, the internet, and in personal appearances that will keep his face in the news.
I just checked, and “ngingrich” has 382 videos on Youtube. Who can make sense out of that? Instead he could first create his “contract” and second, lay the message out in simple clear fashion just as he would in a debate, to show in one minute long crisp and clear videos how he will roll back Obama’s bad policies, reinvigorate American exceptionalism, recapture the excitement of discovery with a new privately-run space program, and all the rest.
People want IDEAS. Not just begging for money and “click here for more”.
Newt.org looks like any other political website. If he can transform the country like he says he can, then he can figure out how to transform the internet into a more effective sales channel.
In the next few weeks expect to see dozens come forward to endorse Mitt—Football stars, Movie Stars, old politicians, etc... Newt will be a forgotten man. he had better come out with a good slogan and a good plan—when I read the article it sounded at first like Newt should put out a contract on Mitt with the Mafia! Romney is on the run away train to the Nomination—Then he is to be ripped to shreds by the Democrats. What he did to Newt—will soon be coming to Mittens.