As General Patton said, "This match will not be postponed." Obama wins anyway if Mitt is the nominee, so it might as well be now.
What if Gingrich falters, and everybody comes to realise Romney is damaged beyond repair, and they throw a new “establishment” candidate at us?
Would we stomp our feet and stay at home if they offered Jeb Bush, or Mitch Daniels, or Paul Ryan? What about Chris Christie — if our choice was Romney squeeks by with a nomination and fails in November, or we can draft Christie (a clear moderate who is not an acceptable conservative by any measure), do we accept Christie to stop Romney?
The “Tea Party — Establishment” fight isn’t just about Romney, it’s just that Romney is the only “establishment” candidate available to the “establishment” at the moment.
It’s not like Gingrich was our choice for the conservative flag-bearer. I’m still guessing if Palin jumped back in, half the Gingrich support would jump to her right away.
I don’t expect a white knight will save us. I don’t know that Gingrich is really electable, with his negatives and his inability to overcome that long-held perception amongst the general population. Romney has been so battered that I doubt he could win even if we wanted him to.
Sorry to sound pessimistic — it’s not like I’m going to do something to cause this to happen, and I’ll be glad if Newt can win the election, or if Newt crashes and Santorum comes on and wins the election.
The one thing I plead for — stop Romney before I have to vote for him. Because I am with Sarah Palin: If Romney ends up being our nominee, I WILL vote for him over Obama. I’d vote for Ron Paul before I’d vote for Obama.