Gingrich has become a major spoiler. Romney would have been finished in MI had it not been for Gingrich who garnered 7% of the vote and zero delegates. Romney wins WA with a margin of 11% over Santorum which is exactly the percentage that Gingrich received and came a distant fourth in the race.
And now he flails around in key states like TN (where his campaign manager just embarrassingly switched over to Santorm); in OK, and in vital OH.
After Santorum’s trifecta sweep, Gingrich should have honorably withdrawn just as Bachman, Pawlenty, Cain, and Perry did. Instead, we have Gingrich staying in the race on account of an oversized ego, his negatives are through the cellar, his gender gap is of Grand Canyon proportions, and there is no math that allows him even a hypothetical shot at the nomination. While Santorum trails Obama by 2 points in Gallup, Gingrich finds himself out of the viewfinder in the rear-view mirror.
No one in the media is now taking him seriously, and proposals for permanent lunar-based colonies within eight years and $2.50 per gallon gas regardless of global demand and energy markets and without reference to geo-political conditions in the Middle East are now so risible that they have become the butt of SNL.
Gingrich leads in GA only because of their “familiarity” with him and not on account of his grandiose ideas.
Romney owes Gingrich a lot, quite a lot if and when he wins the nomination.
Fixed it for you...
After Gingrich’s historic South Carolina win, Santorum should have honorably withdrawn just as Bachman, Pawlenty, Cain, and Perry did. Instead, Santorum stayed in the race on account of an oversized ego, his negatives are through the cellar, his gender gap is of Grand Canyon proportions, and there is no math that allows him even a hypothetical shot at the nomination.
BTW, please post the statistics on Newt’s gender gap. Here’s how badly Santorum was polling with women on 2/25:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2851275/posts?page=71
Santorum leads Romney 43% to 32% among men...
Romney leads Santorum 47% to 26% among women...
This is more absolute LYING BALONEY because the only way anyone can criticize Newt is by lying. Does Santorum approve of you breaking one of God's commandments? Newt's got just two problems to overcome...how to deal with people constantly lying about his record and proposals and how to educate people too ignorant to understand what he says.
Newt has outlined his energy strategy in great detail and specifics, as he does with ALL of his policies, unlike his opponents. It is all about energy markets. Once the supply goes back, people won't be speculating on oil anymore. He said Middle East turmoil will NOT be a factor because we'll be making our own energy and won't need theirs. Duh! He said China and Europe will have to worry about dealing with the Middle East. He also pointed out adding supply has already worked for natural gas, prices are way down despite global demand, so there's every reason to believe it will work for oil. You also don't seem to understand that the way human beings succeed, and the way Newt succeeded beyond all expectation in his political career, is by SETTING A GOAL first, never giving up and doing whatever it takes to get there. That's now Newt won Congress after 40 years out of power and that's how he passed welfare reform.
Oh, and, we got to the moon the first time in about 10 years, didn't we?
What's Santorum's campaign slogan going to be, "No, we can't?" So inspiring...
Washington is a very liberal state. Want Proof Ron Paul came in Second. Not sure a win here would be anything to brag about. Who knows.
But to the math.
Mittens got 18,771
RonPaul 12,248
Santorum 11,935
Newt 5,175
So in other words if EVERY single vote cast for Newt had went to Santorum. Santorum would still have come in Second.
Newt Voter in Washington did not Prevent Santorum from winning.
Santorum got 3 NONBINDING delegates being they come from Washington they will probably flip and vote Mittens in Tampa at the convention.