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Gingrich argues that should he leave the race, his supporters will split between Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney and that Romney will turn all of his considerable resources on defeating his remaining foe-Santorum.

And those are two very good points. Right now, Mitt has to spend time, money and energy fighting two candidates. If Newt goes, RINO-Rom will pummel Santorum. Like Newt said: Rick had Romney all to himself in Michigan and Ohio and lost both. Do not think that all the Newt votes will go to Santorum. THEY WILL NOT!!!

The article is extremely important and 100% right based on my own analysis of the winner-take-all rules in upcoming states. This analysis is far better than mine and I endorse it wholeheartedly. They went into far more detail than I've had time to look into involving the threshold and mixed rule states, and came up with the same conclusion. That is that we have a far better chance of stopping Mitt if Newt officially suspends his campaign and endorses Rick. I say that as a longtime Newt supporter who donated money to him and to no other candidates in this primary. I feel that Mitt as the nominee would leave us with the untenable choice between voting for Mitt and destroying the last vestiges of the conservative GOP as we know it, perhaps beyond repair, or voting "present" and letting Obama destroy the country, perhaps beyond repair.

I am sending a link to this article to Newt's web site and telling him as a donor that I think he needs to back out and endorse Rick. And I will be sending Rick's web site the link and telling him he desperately needs to cut a deal with Newt, up to and including offering him the presidency if it goes to a contested convention, knowing that Rick could step into 8 years as President himself after being Newt's V.P.

Neither Newt nor Rick have ANY path to the presidency without each other's help at this point. They have a choice, cut a deal now and possibly win the nomination, or keep holding out for everything and likely end up losing everything in the end.

Do not think that all the Newt votes will go to Santorum. THEY WILL NOT!!!

Did you even read the article? It's premised on 56% of Newt's votes going to Rick. I think if Rick announced Newt as his V.P., who he has said at least twice before he would consider, then I think Rick could get far more of Newt's votes than that.

Here is how many delegates go with each of the article's categories. Newt is endangering over 70% of them by staying in the race:

Gingrich's Presence Will Help Romney: 707

Gingrich's Presence Will Likely Help Romney: 231

Gingrich's Presence will Hurt Romney: 238

Not mentioned: 134 (Missouri, Puerto Rico, D.C., Utah)