But after FL, Gingrich took a two week hiatus and Santorum romped in to win a crucial trifecta.
I know what happened- because I posted at the time. Within days after Fla, Rick ran ads against Newt picturing him with Obama and claiming Newt was no different. At the time, Newt was still up in Gallup- the ads were significant in elevating Newt’s negatives in the states you reference as “crucial”.
Newt, up until the last 2 weeks, had never run a negative ad against Rick.
That’s just fact. I don’t say anything negative about Rick- I’m just saying here, Rick had the opportunity to drop out and coalesce behind the frontrunner- but choose to compete and go negative. Fine, that was his call.
But now, he can’t apply a different standard to Newt.