Yep, must be that Mitt wants Newt out.
..forcing Romney to fight a two-front war will result in his demise—ask Hitler...
NRO’s argument that Newt should drop out is based on a fallacy. NRO says Newt should go because he has only won one primary. But Ron Paul has not won a single primary to date, so by that same logic shouldn’t Paul drop out before Newt does? NRO’s editorial makes no mention of Paul for that reason.
Actually, if neither newt or rick folds, the combination will give us romney. Someone needs to exit stage left.
In el nomre del Padre y del Hijo y del Spirito. For those interested.
NR is just another schill for Romney. They want Newt out so Willard can finish off Rick.
Fete accompli. This is NOT about advancing little Ricky, that’s for sure. Checkmate.
National Review is for the status quo candidate, Mitt Romney- Obama Lite. Both Obama and Romney are utopian politicians.
NR has lost its way.
(and its mind)
the worm has turned...now calls for newt to drop out...after everyone yelled for ricky to drop out...but now the drop out folks must face their own logic and their own guy failing..fate is a fickle mistress..of course if ricky had dropped out..he wouldnt be ahead right now...
I want to thank NR for confirming everything Newt has said about the prissy, easily frightened, GOP establishment.
Just a part of the GOP Elite who think they are going to again pick our Republican candidate like they did McCain. Sorry, not this time around. Get together with Ann Coulter and maybe you can come up with another hair brain idea
Interesting. There’s not a chance that the pundits at NR are actually going for Rick Santorum. Mitt Romney is still their guy, and has been for years.
The plan was that the various conservatives would split the vote, and that Romney would walk away with the electors. Now, why would they want Newt to drop out and maybe put Rick over the top?
I happen to like Rick better than Newt, because I think he is more reliable. But I don’t want to push Newt out of the race, not unless and until he’s ready to go. We’ve seen how this race can change suddenly as the voters suddenly shift to the other side of the boat. It’s dangerous to have only one conservative candidate left.
Still, I’m not sure what NR is thinking here. How would Newt dropping out help Romney? Do they still think he is the toughest guy to beat?
Romney should drop out.
Cram it clowns.
The best strategy right now, would be to see Santorum compete as strongly as possible where he feels he can come out on top and for Gingrich to do the same. The one caveat would be for either camp to pull back hard in states where their competition will end up giving Romney the delegates. Any state with a predominantly regional split of delegates (like where they assign them by who did best in each congressional) should be competed for and hard.
What is most important right now is that between Gingrich and Santorum combined they gain 50%+ of the delegates. If there was a clear possibility for either of them to do it alone then the case could be made but not in this environment. Not yet.
My guy Rick will have to solidify his case first (similarly Gingrich would need to stop the bleeding and show some wins before Santorum would be back in a position of thinking about getting out).
This is “noise talk” and mostly promoted by Romney no doubt. I don't trust Romney and Ru Paul cutting a deal at the convention if they have a combined 50% or more.
It is a free country. Anyone can run as long as they like. National Review is a liberal publication now.