imagine the polling was concluded before a) Sarah Palin said she’d vote for Newt and b) Marianne Gingrich’s story was ‘leaked.’ The change has everything to do with Newt’s performance in Monday night’s debate.
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I think you’re right on, Ed- at least, there was an inkling where the polls were going.
Sarah endorsed because of the polling- she didn’t want to lose her credibility backing a loser 20 points down- and Romney Establishment forces reacted to the new numbers-—
except as of last night when she said that, the most recent polls had Newt down by 11. She had no way of knowing what they’d say today.
Now. since Todd endorsed Newt and apparently has some connections to the campaign, maybe they filled him in on some internal news yesterday and said “you know, Todd, you might want to say a few words to the missus, we’re on the upswing here and she could really do some good”
But she still backed someone who was down double digits in SC and nationally and had been given up for dead by most of the media and establishment.