That makes a lot of sense re - South Carolina.
I was surprised how well Newt did in NH, considering he didn’t really campaign there much. He was wise - why waste money campaigning in a forgone conclusion state.
But Newt had a big endorsement from New Hampshire’s conservative newspaper. It’s surprising that ended up being worth nothing in the end. I am pretty sure Newt did spend time campaigning there as well.
Let’s remember that Newt didn’t start attacking Romney on Bain Capital until South Carolina. Below is more evidence that the Bain Capital attacks WORKED. Romney got almost NO votes from low-income voters. His glass jaw was shattered. And that is why if Romney is nominated in the general election, he will lose. Having real human beings show real emotion and say Romney destroyed their livelihoods for his own profit or shipped jobs overseas is devastating among that segment of voters. And in this bad economy there are a whole lot more voters sensitive to that. These attacks destroyed Romney in the 1994 Kennedy Senate race and they are probably more potent than ever now. Without the Bain attacks, we probably would have had very different election results.
“The controversy over Romney’s experience at Bain & Co. also hurt him in the Palmetto State. Twenty-eight percent of voters saw it as a negative, a substantial number, especially when looking at the lower-income voters, among whom Romney got virtually no support.”