Romney got a “bounce” just before New Hampshire ~it’s called Christmas I think. Then, he started the long slide to the bottom ~ of course his bottom is still near 20% so he’ll continue to hang in there trying to use credentials checks, peculiar notions of who got on the ballot, and other tricks to amplify that 20% into something meaningful in terms of delegates.
So was this 'bounce' orchestrated by the unexplained inability to calculate the Iowa caucus votes? Something still does not smell right about how long it took to count. From all appearances to me thus far Romney and his 'establishment' campaign are emulating the strategy used by the Obama campaign.
I think the Romney campaign believed after Iowa they had put Newt away. But when Newt fought back using Romney's own claims (Bain capitalism was just like Obama's auto industry bailout.) they then went real dirty and brought out x-wife, who stated her sole purpose was to end Newt's political career. Course don't forget before ABC put the x-wife under the bright lights, Miss Meggy McCain wrote her tutorial to the 'values' voters regarding the present Mrs. Gingrich adulterous ways.