JediJones: Just where do you crunch the numbers to get a win for Newt to be the nominee? Just how do you see his path to the WH being a reality at this point? I like him too but Denial is Not a River in Egypt.
This is a battle to defeat Romney and victory will be obtained if and only if the Newt and Santorum camps come together for this common purpose.
You Santorum bashers should be ashamed. You are makin’ alot of noise but to what end?
We asked the Santorum people to come to Newt and stay with Newt weeks ago and they didn’t. Now they’ve given Romney everything he wanted. He has Santorum, a candidate who endorsed him and called him a conservative, now trying to base his whole race against Romney on a flip-flop on that position. It’s the exact same thing Romney would be trying to do on Romneycare in the general election. And it’s likely to be just as ineffective. The establishment and RINO pundits were uncorking the champagne as soon as Rick shot to the top of the polls and Newt fell, because they know how weak Rick is as a candidate. Now we’re seeing the unvetted Rick sink under his first volley of attack ads and media exposure, just as me and all the Newt supporters said would happen weeks ago as Rick first started moving up in the polls. Rick is a non-starter and a guaranteed loser against Romney.
The path to victory for Newt is simple and is based on what you said, the Rick and Newt camps coming together. The Rick supporters need to come to their senses and back Newt, a far stronger and more threatening candidate to either Romney or Obama, not to mention someone who has what it takes to create true conservative reform in Washington while he is President. We cannot hang this country’s future on a lightweight like Santorum. A go-along-to-get-along guy cannot reform the government the way it needs to be. The path to victory involves the polls switching quickly back in Newt’s favor, which is obviously possible since the polls have switched quickly many times before. Not to mention Adelson just have Newt’s group possible $10 million and Newt is killing it in speeches and interviews, the only one continuing to give interesting new sound bites to the media. I don’t think Rick should drop out until about April, when more states become winner-take-all and we can’t afford to risk splitting the vote and letting Romney win with a plurality above Newt and Rick. He can accumulate delegates and use them to help Newt at the convention.