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Mitt Romney would stand to benefit just as much as Rick Santorum if Newt Gingrich exited the presidential race...

BS

[georgiagirl_pam]

Sorry, but it is not BS. The ultimate goal is to BEAT OBAMA! A lot of my very conservative friends would go for Mitt instead of Rick because they think that Mitt stands a better chance of beating Obama. They are convinced that Rick will get destroyed. Sorry, just the truth. Fortunately, I didn’t have to make that choice. I got to vote for my candidate.

Go NEWT!

[cripplecreek]

I’ll second that. Santorum would obviously gain the most.

[Mountain Mary]

BS

I absolutely agree. If Newt(and he’s the one to do it) were to drop out and ask his supporters to go to Rick, there would be a surge of hope for the non Romneys that would likely translate into more support for Santorum.

[svcw]

All the polls show that Gingrich’s supports are divided 40% each for Snatorum and Romney, if they are true if Gingrich leaves Romney takes it.
I haven’t seen any about Santorum leaving, my guess would be the same.

[gogogodzilla]

A lot of Newt supporters are small-government types whosee both Romney and Santorum as big government politicians.

And when faced with only big government types, they will still choose based on one criteria, which is 'who will leave me alone'.

To small-government types, when faced with unpalatable statist choices, tend to find the following true:

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be “cured” against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.

- C.S. Lewis

Which means Romney over Santorum.

(G-d, defending Romney... Barf! Thanks Santorum, for positioning yourself farther away from individual liberty than Romney. What a rotten b@$!@rd for doing so.)

[Mariner]

"BS "

Gallup released a poll yesterday that showed a close 50-50 split of Gingrich votes between the other two candidates.

That would put Romney in MAJORITY win in every states from here on out.