Thanks for the FL closed primary info. I would tend to think then that it won’t so much hurt Newt as if they were open. My thinking is that MOST of the libs on FL’s East Coast aren’t registered as R’s. So I’m happy they can’t vote in the R primary. I absolutely loathe cross-over voters, including the R’s who crossed over to vote for Hillary! in ‘08.
“The base is revolting because they swept the GOP back into relevance in Washington just under two years ago and they have been thanked with contempt ever since.
Adding insult to injury, the party and thought leaders now try to foist on the base a milquetoast moderate from Massachusetts...
...Basically, today’s vote is about Republican grassroots giving the Washington Republican establishment the finger. The base is angry, and right now, only Newt is left to fight for them, as imperfect as he is.”
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/01/21/newt-gingrich-wins-what-it-means/
The bad thing is early voting which has been going on for about 2 weeks so Romney will have a jump on Newt here. A good thing though I think Romney will have to debate twice this week even though he has not committed to them yet. Here comes the Romney media assault for the next ten days here.