Newt is merely helping Willard have a better Super Tuesday than any Massachusetts liberal deserves. And EVERYONE with a brain knows it. Period.I supported Newt back before the Florida primary, when that support counted. At that time there were a lot of people in FR who were posting all kinds of vicious lies about Newt, in an effort to boost their own candidate.
Now some of those people (no need to name names) are actively promoting Newt. Why?
Because they want to sabotage Santorum?
Look, I like Newt better than I like Santorum but what you say is absolutely true: "Newt is merely helping Willard".
I have no idea why Newt did so poorly in the 2 pre-Florida debates, debates which, in my opinion, cost him Florida.
But he did.
He blew it.
And he lost Florida. And without Florida, the Newt candidacy is a fantasy.
And now, suddenly, there are all kinds of people here in FR who were previously Newt-bashers are now actively promoting the fantasy.
Why?
I have no idea.
Name who these “strawmen” are that you base your entire post on. I haven’t seen anyone do what you describe.
Rick’s candidacy is imploding. He never had anything going for him other than endorsements by religious leaders and the other two guys attacking each other while they ignored him. He cannot compete or win on his own merits. His candidacy is dead in the water now and he would have the worst of all these guys against Obama.
If Newt needed to win FL, why didn’t Rick? Why didn’t Rick need Michigan or any large state at all?
Rick is the one who is handing states to Mitt by not dropping out after doing terribly everywhere except Iowa up through February. He gave people a false hope to find the “perfect” candidate after it was far too late in the process for us to risk wasting time vetting an untested candidate. He failed the test and is destroying Newt’s chance to beat Romney every day he stays in the race.