[Yaelle]

You are dead on right. Newt cannot win, even at a brokered convention. I do not understand the denial of pure logic by the newt supporters here.

The ONLY way one could still support and enthuse over Gingrich for president is if one wished for Gingrich, but Romney were your second choice. Because at this stage for the Gingrich campaign, it’s time to say , “Well, Newt can’t get it, but his still being in the race helps Romney, my next best choice.”

And I’m not sure how conservative that thinking is, but it’s a free country. Obviously a lot of people out there like Romney. I just thought Free Republic wasn’t among the fans of Mitt.

[PaleoBob]

You are dead on right. Newt cannot win, even at a brokered convention. I do not understand the denial of pure logic by the newt supporters here.

The ONLY way one could still support and enthuse over Gingrich for president is if one wished for Gingrich, but Romney were your second choice. Because at this stage for the Gingrich campaign, it’s time to say , “Well, Newt can’t get it, but his still being in the race helps Romney, my next best choice.”

And I’m not sure how conservative that thinking is, but it’s a free country. Obviously a lot of people out there like Romney. I just thought Free Republic wasn’t among the fans of Mitt.

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But the Newt fanatics are fanatical about Newt. Look at my post #106 and what I was responding to. The instant you state the obvious about Newt’s role in the race, here at FR you are simply castigated and accused of all sorts of treachery and treason and blah blah blah.

The fact is, a percentage of the conservative movement is pathologically self-defeating. They only trust candidates who eventually lose in the end. A winner? Has to be something wrong with them.