That’s my take as well. If this gets as far as the convention, I figure an 80% chance Rick will tell his delegates to support Mitt vs Newt.
With this clip of Rick and the Etch-a-Sketch and “no ties to Republicans” clips for Mitt, any intelligent voter would realize they are both idiots and vote for Newt in the remaining primaries.
If only there were intelligent voters ...
Why it come down to Mitt and Newt? If anything, based on delegate count and states won, it would come down to Rick and Mitt. I’m pretty sure Rick will tell delegates to vote for him.
Santorum’s supporters really don’t want Mitt.
Santorum may very well be a Pied Piper using heavy speeches to suck conservative voters in so he can become their leader and deliver them to Romney for the fall.
At the point Rick changes his tune to support Romney may be the point that conservatives who support Newt can say “See I told you so” and maybe change the equation.
I hope the Santorum delegates are in a position to say NO to Santorum if Rick throws his support to Romney to get Mitt over the top in delegates.