Well, Perry was ahead of everybody, and then he wasn’t. Then Cain was ahead of everybody, and then he wasn’t, and before that he was polling 4%. Newt was written off by good conservatives and the rest of the electorate back in May, and polled horribly, and then one day all the Cain people decided to love Newt, and now he is ahead of everybody.
If He suddenly ISN’T ahead of everybody, maybe his supporters will jump to Santorum, and Santorum can take his turn in front of everybody.
Why was it completely possible for Newt to suddenly jump to the front after languishing, but impossible for Santorum to do the same? He was actually coming on pretty good in South Carolina before Newt’s ex-wife attacked him, and Newt won the wife-nagging sympathy vote.
Highly improbable.
“Why was it completely possible for Newt to suddenly jump to the front after languishing, but impossible for Santorum to do the same? He was actually coming on pretty good in South Carolina before Newt’s ex-wife attacked him, and Newt won the wife-nagging sympathy vote.”
Because Newt has follow through with his speeches and the fact that he pushed for Contract with America all the way until it was signed into law by a Dem prez. All Santorum had to do was cast his vote.