It’s also just remotely possible that NR has recognized that their to-this-point-boy is in deep doo do and that Santorum is more electable and the most Reaganesque because he can bring together factions of the party and get the Reagan Democrats (which is why the polls out of Michigan are so interseting).
Perhaps they are having a real change of mind at NR?? It’s possible.
Blindly to assume that because they’ve been in the tank for Romney they will always be in the tank for him all the way down the drain
might
just
be
wrong.
FR folks need to see the handwriting on the wall. Newt is finished. Newties can still be spoilers to ensure that we get Romney. What we can’t get anymore is Newt. Newt is this cycle’s Huckleberry now.
Or they can close ranks against Romney. Which will it be?
I don’t think so. JLo and her stooges at NR have been in the tank for Romney for about six years. And the fact that he never could make it much above 20% last time around didn’t seem to make them think about switching. He was actually getting slightly higher poll numbers this time. For a while.