You are correct that Romney simply doesn’t connect. He is spending a tremendous amount of money to try to force people to support hims (forget liking him) and the entire Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to kill Newt.
Being in S. Florida I can only tell you it soon gets transparent. People catch on to the prickish stuff. I thought he stepped into a heaping pile when he started talking about how proud he is of his Swiss bank accounts and now we know his blind trust claim is bogus. He is a rich, self-absorbed guy who is throwing a lot of money around and I think it could well backfire.
My gut tells me that we haven’t seen Newt’s best yet. He is gathering huge crowds and getting good local press. He is saving his money for the end. Judging by last week, he can take down the Massachusetts Moderate fast. He just needs to pour it on and counter this junk. I just don’t see Romney pulling 40% of the vote. We will see...
“I just don’t see Romney pulling 40% of the vote. We will see...”
He doesn’t have to if Santorum takes a bite out of Newt.