V-man, you make a good case that your guy has a path to the nomination.
If you seriously believe he could defeat Obama in November (with the electorate of 2012, not 1950), please make the case.
I just don’t see it at all.
Were Newt to lend his solid ideas and Mitt his solid organization, I have no doubt this fantasy could become reality.
The bottom line is that whether Newt or Mitt becomes that nominee, they are going to need almost all of Santorum's supporters plus most of their opponents supporters to limp across the finish line in November. Given the current bad blood between the Romney and the Gingrich people, I see Rick Santorum as the best way of making that happen. Possibly even the only way, at this point.
I'm looking at the new trends from Florida, the states remaining and the building rancor between the Gingrich and Romney camps. I'm considering how bitter the Romney people will feel if Gingrich takes it to the convention and wins a nasty floor fight. It was their turn, they played by the rules and they got the nomination snatched from them anyway.
I'm also considering how bitter the Gingrich people will feel if the Romney organization and money machine rolls over them and limps across the finish line to the convention. You have the nomination, but no united party for the big contest in the fall.
Unless one or the other can open up a decisive lead by, say, the last big round of primaries on April 24, I see no other way than a compromise candidate out of this pickle. Do you?