Ann is just playing the odds.
If she supported Newt, and he were to lose out to Mitt, and then go down in the General, she would be frozen out by the both the Georgetown cocktail party set (Establishment Republicans) and the NYC social set — both of which have deemed Mitt the “acceptable” Republican candidate.
On the other hand, if Mitt gets the nomination and loses the geneal, she’s safe in both because she acted to maintain the status quo.
Of course, if Mitt were to both get the nomination and win in November, she’d be in Heaven. The Lincoln bedroom would be her private crash pad. Every hostess in town would be begging for her dainty feet. That is her greatest hope.
Of courses, should it come to pass that Newt defeats both Mitt and Bammy, she’s still safely part of the East Coast “in” crowd, and figures if she throws enough red meat at the Tea Party types in flyover country, they’ll forget about her dalliance with Mittens, buy her books, put her back on her pedestal and keep making her rich.
Sad to say, she’s probably right.
Nope.
I will etch her memory into everyone’s mind when this all over.
Lot’s of reminders and treating us like “the people” isn’t going away for me.