Santorum withdrawing guarantees Romney wins as Romney is far and away the favorite with Santorum out of the race - Newt polls nowhere close. With Newt out of the race, Santorum still runs strong against Romney. I’m not suggesting either of them drop out - but the argument that Santorum dropping out helps Newt simply does not hold water.
I don’t want Rick to withdraw. I want him to get out of Ala and Miss-so Newt can get those delegates- as I would want Newt not to compete in states favorable to Rick.
I don’t want them to attack each other- I want them to attack Romney and the Gop-e.
Together, I hope they amass enough delegates to stop Romney- and at the least, have enough power at the convention to demand an alternate candidate acceptable to constitutional conservatives.
“the argument that Santorum dropping out helps Newt simply does not hold water.”
I keep hearing this, but as I recall, Newt was leading in Iowa until Romney carpet bombed Newt with negative ads and that is when Santorum had his “surge”. So as I see it, the Newt voters went to Santorum as the result of Romney’s negative ads.
Well if the Newt voters can go to Santorum, these voters can go back to Newt as the truth behind the lies of Romney’s negative ads comes to light and as Santorum’s record comes under more scrutiny.
And I see this happening. Newt is on message and he is leading the issues with Obama. Santorum and Romney are a couple of “me to’s”, after Newt frames the discussion on issues like domestic oil. Or they get bogged down with the Democratic Media Complex issues like contraception.
Go Newt!