ok, so Newt withdraws. And we nominate Rick Santorum. I will work for him and support him if that happens. Does it make me happy? No. Do I believe he can win? Never. but if it makes some of you happy, we then that’s something isn’t it.
Newt did enough damage by depriving Santorum of a win in the key state of MI where Romney won by 3% over Santorum and Gingrich siphoned off 7% of the vote. And we know from exit polling data by PPP (the poll you guys like to cite, like the one that appeared several times which showed Newt leading the pack in AL and MS) showed that 57% of Gingrich votes would go to Santorum if he withdrew. And then of course don’t forget the crucial battleground state of OH where despite a thunderstorm of negative ads by Romney and being outspent by over 6 to 1. Romney squeaked by less than 1% over Santorum with Gingrich pulling in 13% of the vote. Now you folks would like to sit back and relish the notion of a Santorum defeat in IL and use negative WaPO article to hammer Santorum. Sure, Santorum doesn’t want the type of Goldman Sachs financiers to run the nation. Look what they have already done.