Rick won Iowa, and lost 4 in a row. Newt SC,and none since. Romney Fla and Nv- and now he fell flat. Perhaps Rick will break the trend. I wish your candidate luck.
I’m not settled yet. I’m still a fan of the “let them compete” school, like Sarah Palin — drag out the process.
I’m just tweaking those who argued against me a couple of weeks ago insisting that Santorum had to quit.
And I wonder, looking back, what they think would have happened if Santorum had dropped out right after South Carolina, before the two bad Gingrich debate performances.
For example, Santorum had two good debates, landing solid attacks on Romney, and keeping him off-balance. GIngrich did poorly, the 1st debate he claimed because people couldn’t cheer, and the 2nd because Romney wouldn’t tell the truth.
But if Santorum hadn’t been there to knock Romney and “win” the debates, Romney would have been considered the winner.
And if Santorum hadn’t been in Florida, Romney would have taken more than 50% of the vote.
And if Santorum wasn’t in Colorado, Romney would have easily had 50%. Now, maybe Paul would have beat Romney in Missouri. But Romney would likely have won Minnesota as well.
And we’d be hearing about how Romney had overcome the problems of South Carolina, having won every contest since except the “non-binding primary” in Missouri.
I think how things turned out was much better than what they wanted, when Santorum was a stalking horse for Romney and should get out before he embarrased us all and gave Romney the win.