No amount of money will matter at this point for Newt. The best I can ascertain from the FR comments tonight is that a fairly intense effort was made to paint Rick as a non-conservative. This is disingenuous and disgusting, but obviously some here have bought the excrement disguised as prime rib. Truly, I have little respect for the judgment of those who do not yetrealize that Santorum is the real deal. I could sooner paint Reagan as a moderate as Santorum.
Newt can only “bounce back” insomuch as he could hand the nomination to a REAL moderate, Romney. I wish that conservatives were savvy enough to realize this. Cordially, Bob
Money would make a big difference because the ABSOLUTELY ONLY thing holding Newt back from leading the pack is the problems in getting his messages out to the public. On a level playing field, no one who relies on negative campaigning like Romney can compete.
Santorum simply did not parry the attacks well and showed he could be destroyed in a debate with Obama while on the receiving end of attacks. It’s not so much that they showed Santorum is not a conservative, but that they showed he isn’t that articulate and will cave in on the big issues when the going gets tough. What we need is someone who will FIGHT and LEAD, which Santorum has never done.
Everything you say about the politics of voting for Newt could have been said about Santorum after South Carolina. That Santorum staying in the race could only take away votes from Newt and hand the nomination to Romney. Well, that proved wrong. Santorum showed that conservatives could rapidly switch to him and beat Romney in the polls. Now Newt can show the same thing happening to him on Super Tuesday.