Newt got spanked bad all over tonight. Time to to quit the game with dignity and party loyalty. Anthing less, and....Newt makes a fool out of himself. Newt’s ability to effect change or have impact on the upcoming election recedes every day he remains in active campaign mode. Sad to watch a great man wallow in fantasy. The real world game begins tonight, Anybody But Obama.
Anyone but Obama doesn’t automatically equal Romney. If you really are for anyone but Obama you won’t mind others voting for someone other than Romney too.
Just like pro-choice doesn’t automatically mean you always choose abortion. Only pro-aborts say you can’t be pro-choice if you choose life. Only ABO-types say you can’t be ABO if you don’t then vote Romney.
Agree 100%. Ever since Gingrich was badly beaten in FL ( a”must-win” state in the general) where he lost in every major demographic he should have quit and most definitely after Santorum’s dramatic one-day trifecta win. Had he done so then Romney who won by 3% in MI and under 1% in OH against Santorum would most definitely have lost. It is widely accepted that had Gingrich quit as much as 60% of his votes would have gone to Santorum. Indeed on Super Tuesday, Carl Cameron for FoxNews reported the “Romney Team was happy to see Gingrich still in the race.” He served as a useful idiot for Romney. Now he’s toast. You are quite correct, unlike Santorum who made a dignified exit despite winning 11 states and over 3 million votes, Gingrich is forced into an embarrassing exit.
But we don’t take our primary battles into the general election. As Sarah Palin put it were need to make Obama a one-term president and at least on this score Gingrich is on board. Our job is to hold Romney’s feet to the fire and make sure he doesn’t veer to to the center-left.