Newt will rise again.
The Bulldog 2012
Let's hope sanity prevails and we pick the best conservative candidate instead of settling for another milquetoast. Too many, normally sane Freepers seem ready to settle despite all the past rhetoric about doing just that.
I wish he would have spent more time in Michigan and been more competitive there.
Santorum won the IA caucuses. Had Gingrich not split the conservative vote in Michigan, Santorum would have won, and Romney’s candidacy would have been up in flames. At this point in time Gingrich is sadly playing the role of spoiler. With an unbridgeable gender gap with women (some 20-24 points behind Romney) and with sky-high un-favorability ratings, we really don’t have a recipe for a revival. PPP polling is notoriously unreliable. They were predicting a Romney blowout in MI and it simply did not happen.
Santorum won the IA caucuses. Had Gingrich not split the conservative vote in Michigan, Santorum would have won, and Romney’s candidacy would have been up in flames. At this point in time Gingrich is sadly playing the role of spoiler. With an unbridgeable gender gap with women (some 20-24 points behind Romney) and with sky-high un-favorability ratings, we really don’t have a recipe for a revival. PPP polling is notoriously unreliable. They were predicting a Romney blowout in MI and it simply did not happen.
Newt has to win more than just Georgia to be able to stay in the race.
I now have doubts if he or Rick can do it. If they eventually have to drop out, then I would have a sit down with the candidate (establishment) and tell them that they had better either get in line with the conservatives or they will see a third party candidate and VP candidate.
“Gingrich: ‘I’m taking Santorum’s advice’”
Of course he is taking Santorum’s advice. If he took his own advice he’d have to quit.
bfl
I am a realist. The reason Newt has had problems is his past, fair or unfair, is that he is a known commodity. He has been on the same page as Romney at times. Not because he was a Senator or Congresscritter or that he was supporting the agenda of his President, but because he joined in with policies that were left when he had no reason to do so other than that is what he wanted to do.
In this election, on the GOP side, you can be for Romney, and the whole election is about finance policy, or you can be for Santorum, who is a blend of finance and socially conservative policy. In between, gets you Mitt, who has far more private sector experience than Newt.
It really is that easy.
I will say I will vote for the nominee, because there is no person worse than Obama.
I leave it up to the candidates.
Duke it out as long as you are smart enough to know when you are doing more harm than good.
I will vote for the winner.
GOP Needs Brokered Primary Now! Rick as temp Placekeeper Nominee; Decide Final Nominee @ Convention