As much as I love Newt this simply isn’t going to happen.
It’s not impossible.
Newt may simply be allowing Romney and Santorum to spend (money and political capital) and then go for the kill.
I think Rush has been struggling with a bout of what’s been going around: thinking whoever the leading not-Romney is there must be another better not-Romney to be had.
Newt’s strong point is his potential to deal knock-out debate performances - if he is on his game and the moderators don’t hamstring that - they know better now than Juan Williams did.
I think Rush’s estimation that further debates could bode Newt well is correct on the face of it. But, contrarily, I believe that the last thing on Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney’s minds is opening up the potential for Newt to break out fast and hard in another debate. It just won’t happen. If they didn’t allow him to debate in Georgia, a place where they know he has a majority, they will not allow the chance in states where Newt has even less support. Why give Newt the chance to shine?
It will boil down to massive use of resources for Romney, and prominent publicity for Santorum by the media, even if it is negative from a Christian Conservative view point - that publicity will translate into Christian Conservative dollars for his campaign.
Newt is going to have to hustle and speak EVERYWHERE as much as he can. He needs to muster dollars for adds that don’t whine, but address the economy, jobs, defense and drastic spending reduction. I hope he has the money and stamina. The cards are stacked against him.
If you’ve been on this forum for the past three months or so, you should realize we don’t have an idea in the hot place about what’s gonna happen.
We’ve made so many positive statements that have been wrong that it’s ridiculous.