There is no reason at all to claim that “it’s time” to do anything.
The tea party conservative will battle until the end against the establishment RINO.
Newt vs Romney is Establishment vs Establishment. If tea party flirts with supporting Newt, or Romney, one tv commercial will solve that. There still will be a tea party candidate, and this is a good year for a tea party candidate, since they did great ground game last Fall. Cain, Bachmann, Paul are tea party.
Paul is not Tea Party, he is nutball. Cain is very inexperienced and will continue to wilt as is Bachmann.
Gingrich is all that is left.
Sorry truth but the Tea Party is already reaching out to Newt...just a couple as examples follow:
Billie Tucker, head of the First Coast Tea Party....
“He has not reached out to us, and we have reached out to him..... to give him an opportunity to meet with our tea party. said Tucker, whose group boasts 10,000 members.......
“He has shown himself to be the most well-informed on how politics works. .....And he has an ‘attitude’ — which we tend to like. Attitude means saying it like it is and not holding back.”
Jesse Phillips, on the steering committee for the Tea Party Network, a coalition of 70 tea groups around Florida
“I really like Newt. ... I think his experience, knowledge of the issues, consistently conservative stances and ability to debate and articulate conservatism is very appealing.”