Based on Newt is the superior candidate and time. Still much time left and 80 to 90% of delegates are left to be won. How long did it take Rick to get in the game? He was mired for months in single digits. Newt has been on top twice before and can be again.
Plus, Red Steel, Newt is strongest in the South, where there are a disproportionately large number of delegates. He leads many places there now, including Super Tuesday’s biggest delegate state of Georgia; and if Rick continues to fall, Newt will sweep-up in the South, probably running the table there.
And there is a Santa Claus and an Easter bunny too, isn’t there Red Steel?