There were no attacks in that post. The proof is in the pudding.
The final tally is what it is.
6.5 is close to what was projected for Newt from the start in Michigan.
Wheres the beef? Better yet, where’s the surge?
Newt had a great debate before these primaries, but it didn’t change much.
The point is that in both of these states, Newt did 2-3 times better with people who decided on the last day of the vote than he did with people who decided or voted early in the weeks/month prior. Like one of you said, if Newt got 6.5% overall in MI, but on the last day he got 11%, that means his popularity is on the way up. The newer votes favored him more than the early votes.
That is despite Newt not doing any special campaigning, advertising or push this weekend in AZ/MI.
That is a sign that Newt’s overall message to the country has been starting to resonate these last couple days. It means there’s a chance his message will work for him when he takes it to Super Tuesday states this week. It also may be a sign people are souring on Rick and Mitt, which is also good for Newt. Rick’s numbers definitely collapsed like a rock on the last day in MI, and it appears Mitt’s may have dropped in AZ, which I would guess is because whenever Mitt isn’t hammering the voters in one state hard with millions of dollars in ads and constant campaigning, the voters just naturally lose interest in him. He has no depth to his ideas or policies and makes no emotional connection so his messages evaporate in voters’ minds very quickly.
I don’t hate Rick, he’s about 50% of the candidate I want where while Mitt is 0% and Newt is 100%. But Rick is clearly not ready for prime-time. I would fully support him as a V.P. understudy under Newt who could learn how to speak to a national audience from the master for the next 8 years.