I think it’s possible for a Newt comeback, expecially if we look at the existing EC votes. The states Santorum has won don’t ammount to much in EC votes. Newt’s still in it while we see what the South does.
nail on head and that is why Romney, the establishment and Santorum backed out of the debate in GA.
WHat were they thinking, yes it might help them get the nomination and together they keep Newt out of this but they are hardly helping themselves if they want to face obama
Santorum’s currently killing in Texas...45% to 48% combined for everyone else. My guess is the real reason for Santorum’s momentum is all those evangelical endorsements he got. It seems like the “information underclass,” which probably includes a lot of old people who are probably the majority of primary voters, takes about 2 weeks to find out the information that we internet people hear about in 2 seconds and have forgotten about by the time they hear about it. I get the feeling they hear about all this news only when they’re mingling around the church on Sundays. So, I agree I see it hard for Newt to find a game-changer especially with only one debate scheduled on Feb. 22nd and the next tentative one on March 19th. I think Newt would need that $100 million from Sheldon and need to put together a prime time infomercial of some sort.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/20/3748951/poll-santorum-in-first-by-wide.html
A new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll released Monday indicates that Rick Santorum’s support among Texas Republicans is almost equal to the combined support of his three leading rivals in the GOP primary.
Santorum was favored by 45 percent of respondents. Newt Gingrich came in second with 18 percent, followed by Mitt Romney at 16 percent and Rep. Ron Paul at 14 percent.
The survey was conducted online Feb. 8-15. The presidential preference portion of the poll had a margin of error of 5.1 percentage points.
The results suggest a major reshuffling of the race in Texas in light of Gov. Rick Perry’s exit and Santorum’s recent nationwide surge. Last month, a poll of Texas GOP primary voters from Public Policy Polling found Romney leading with 24 percent support, followed by Gingrich, 23 percent; Perry, 18 percent; Santorum, 15 percent; and Paul, 12 percent.