I think it means to us now that Santorum has been seen not to compete against Mitt Romney head on 1-vs-1 then it gives Gingrich an opening to sew up the “not-Romney” vote and possible take “Super Tuesday”.
-J.S.
I'll try, and this does not mean I necessarily agree with it 100% - but I think I know where they're going with this.
In this crazy world of 2012 politics, it seems like there is only one non-Romney at a time. And for some reason, it seems like the public gives that non-Romney a couple bites at the apple, and if they don't take him down, they reject him for another non-Romney.
Santorum was crushed by Newt in SC and Florida, but after Florida, said that "newt has had his chance" and "now it's my turn" to be the non Romney. Now of course that makes no sense when you consider that Santorum was "having his chance" in SC and Florida too.
But dammit - the public bought it - and Santorum, who was crushed by Newt in SC and Florida - was nonetheless "given his chance" to be the non Romney. Thus with his epic fail in Michigan just days after having a big lead, the thinking is - now it's Newt's turn again.
I'm not sure it will work or not, but I think that's the translation.
Just sent the Newt $250 more.
And the only cure is more cowbell.
I think Laura is on LSD. It’s over for Gingrich. OVER.
As I said before, a Romney nomination equates with the death of the GOP.
The conservative branch will split with the RINO establishment (which will collapse by lack of voters), and create the Republican Conservative Party - RCP.
Blech.
Romney will get slaughtered in the General.
This was actually my first thought on hearing that Romney won Michigan. Santorum weakened, the anti-Romney vote goes back to Newt, who was already gearing up for Super Tuesday, after helping Rick (and trying to stop Mitt) by not campaigning hard in Michigan.
“I can think of no other reason why they opposed (Romney) other than the fact that he is a clear thinker and smarter than they are and will not be lackey to their initiatives and agendas as George W. Bush was.”
Whaaaaa?
The Bushites have all been Romney backers from the Get Go.
That said, the article does bring one thing up. If Gingrich mentioned he’d consider Perry in the number two spot, that might seal the deal. (I know, I’d love Palin too)
The problem is that Gingrich was already the insurgent, with huge momentum out of South Carolina, and then he had a good one-on-one matchup with Romney in Florida, and got crushed (so badly that even with Santorum’s entire vote count, he couldn’t have beaten Romney).
Then, he essentially skipped the next 5 contests, choosing to go for a “super tuesday” strategy. Maybe that will work, I certainly hope one of the two (Santorum/Gingrich) can get momentum back and win, but Gingrich has become an afterthought everywhere but in a few conservative circles, so he’s got a tough road to travel to get the general population to remember he’s around and move back to him.
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