It looks like Santorum is playing spoiler because evangelicals want social issues to be the top priority.
Would not be surprised if it was a Romney front.
This disinformation campaign benefits who, precisely? Willard. The Romney campaign is known for its dirty tricks, e.g. leaking rumors of endorsements that never happen.
Rick I love but I swear by the power of Zues, you are wasting good money and dividing the conservative agenda.
Please do the right thing and support Newt.
You absolutely will not get anywhere near close to a nomination.
Iowa was an aberration on so many fronts.
Please do the right thing.
yeah..split the vote and you get Romney...and social issues are down the tube. Think folks...
If he’s a genuine conservative, Rick will leave the race and not spoil it.
I feared that Newt could not win either the primary, or the general election. He has proven me wrong once. If he keeps his promises, I believe now he can prove me wrong on the general as well. In any case, he is better than Obama or Obama lite. I have to apologize to everyone on the board for not believing, and for running him down in hopes that a better would take his place. There is no chance for that. Indeed, after South Carolina, I never expected there would be.
I suppose I will sit back and eat crow for awhile.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/285680/newtzilla-rescue-jonah-goldberg
‘How do we stop Newt?”
I’ve now been asked that question by a lot of conservatives. It’s not that I’m the go-to guy for that sort of question. Rather, one gets the sense that many “establishment” conservatives are asking everybody that question — in staff meetings, at the chiropodist, even at the McDonald’s drive-thru. (“I’ll have two happy meals, two chocolate milks, and — by the way — do you have any idea how to stop Newt?”)
The other night while having drinks with some prominent conservatives, I said I thought there was a significant chance that Gingrich will not only win the nomination but that he might be the next president. Going by their expressions, I might as well have said I had put a slow-acting poison in their cocktails.
The stop-Newters have no doubts about how smart Gingrich is.
As to whether he can beat Obama, opinions vary. But many feel that a Gingrich victory might be scarier than a GOP defeat. Gingrich’s defenders say such fear is a compliment because it shows that he’s a “change agent” threatening the status quo.
They have a point. Inside D.C., it sounds very strange to say that Gingrich is an “outsider.” Gingrich has eaten from just about every trough imaginable inside the Beltway. And yet, he’s always been very clear that he wants to (“fundamentally,” “historically,” “categorically,” and “radically”) overturn the existing order. Some critics always thought, plausibly, that such pronouncements were part of his act or a sign of his megalomania.
But there’s another possibility: It’s true. Moreover, the times may be ripe for precisely the sort of vexing, vainglorious, and all-too-human revolutionary Gingrich claims to be.
Gingrich, after all, is the only candidate to actually move the government rightward. While getting wealthy off the old order, he’s been plotting for decades how to get rid of it. To paraphrase Lenin, perhaps the K Streeters paid Gingrich to build the gallows he will hang them on?
he voted against the “right to work” because PA. is not a right to work state. That coupled with his support of Arlen Spechter says volumns about Mr. Integrity......Rick S.
“If Newt wins, we won’t be able to make family values an issue in the general.”
That is absolutely SILLY.
Following this “logic,” no sinner will be able to make sin an issue. Thus, no human will be able to make sin an issue.
Let’s talk about Santorum’s wife who lived with an abortion doctor -OUT OF WEDLOCK- before she was married.
What a bunch of loons.
The current socialist establishment want to drag out the process so they can hand select Romney at the convention, this is their plan. Be a true warrior Rick. Get out now and take the ring in a more conservative nation in 2016!
I like Santorum. He has a great future as a conservative and can turn it into a tremendous advantage for all Americans if he does the right thing now and help us defeat the GOP RINO elite...
While I like Santorum I have to say he is beginning to wear a little thin. I don’t have a problem with him staying in but I believe he reached his zenith after Iowa and is pretty well toast at this point!
I really couldn't care what the GOP leaders in DC think. They seem to be part of the problem. And as for 'Evangelical' leaders; if they can't be named why should we believe them? It sounds like the infamous 'they'. Of course the DC elite want Gingrich out; how can their boy Romney win if Gingrich wins the debates?
I am sorry but Jesus Christ is not on the ballot. This country is at the brink of distruction. We have a leader that has asked for forgiveness and is willing to lead this GOD given country out of the pit that Obama has created.
GO NEWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This pretty much confirms that Santorum will endorse Romney when his run ends.
So, the GOP moderates are trying to turn evangelicals against Gingrich -— to what end?
To support Romney, of course!
I don’t think Santorum will keep going very long. A poor showing in Florida and others will force him to suspend his campaign evenutally.
This shows the desperation of the moderate GOP establishment.
This looks like wishful thinking on the part of Erick Erickson at RedState.
Is is just me or has RedState become a lot more liberal ala Fox News?
It really bothers me when one, two or a dozen attempt to speak for and represent evangelicals--it's like herding cats BTW
This Baptist and I believe many many other evangelicals can see the big picture and are not compromising principles by supporting someone who gives us most of what we want in a candidate...