Newt bailed on Kansas to go all-in in Alabama and Mississippi. If he can’t win these states, where can he win?
I’m glad Newt isn’t dropping out, and has “grand ambitions.”
Santorum is winning the conservative base. God knows why. Obama will destroy Santorum. MittCare Romney has a better chance against obama.
WtH is wrong with the base?!
You’re a credit to your cause to get Newt supporters to vote for your candidate. /sarc
If Newt is not the nominee, which seems likely, it is a tragedy. If you are supporting santorum, you might as well support obumber because that will be the outcome. And wouldn’t you rather support a winner?
Newt:
Thank you.
I am a Newtonian.
I would have loved for Newt to win AL and MS.
That said, neither Newt nor Santorum is going to the convention with the 1144 bound delegates needed for a first ballot win.
The key at this point is to stop Romney. Tonight went a long way toward accomplishing that.
Folks asking either Santorum or Newt to bow out are making assumptions about where each of their voters would go. I don’t think all of the potential Newt voters would choose Santorum over Romney, nor would Santorum voters all choose Newt. Since neither Newt nor Santorum will get to 1144 they might as well both stay in and keep those delegates away from Romney.
Romney offering Newt something to stay in & keep Romney alive?? It’s the only thing that makes sense. If Gingrich endorsed Santorum it would be a Santorum landslide.
Romney offering Newt something to stay in & keep Romney alive?? It’s the only thing that makes sense. If Gingrich endorsed Santorum it would be a Santorum landslide.
The key is looking at his a) key big name endorsers, and b) key big name donors.
Game Plan: As they are way more accessible than the Candidate (or advisors) himself, the necessary and appropriate pleas and pressure can and should be put on THEM to put an end to this nightmarish Conservative Split Dilemma (CSD) the Party is currently suffering that is playing right into Mitt Romney's hands every day that it is allowed to continue. Email, phone, fax, telephone call, online SNS, etc.. Starting with beloved Sarah Palin, though she did not endorse openly, time to read the grassroots riot act to her loud and clear in Wasila that we need a solid united Conservative Front behind one candidate to stop Romney, the RINO, and not a moment too soon. I KNOW for sure she does not want Romney to have the nomination. I believe she could be somewhat of a factor in that outcome at this critical and sensitive time.
I and a few others will try putting in some e-mails tomorrow on this topic, I suggest Santorum supporters do this in addition to pro-actively fundraising, remote canvass phone calls to the states in play and additional work FOR Santorum, in Wisconsin, and Illinois, etc. Engaging in direct combat on this forum or otherwise with those who are very solid and unwavering in their support of the Speaker and do not want him to suspend, and particularly those who spout they would vote for Romney or Obama over Santorum, well, is quite a d*mned waste of time. I wouldn't spend as much time on arguing with one of them as I would going down the hall to pass a bit of water in the latrine. Eagles Up folks. Fasten seatbelts, the MSM and the Romney Camp hits are really, really going to get fierce now. I believe I can already smell the hand of Karl Rove at work. But I guess they dug up all the past dirt on "Big Ricky" (sic) as they could and have have exhausted their opppos ammo, poor babies.
The last man standing will get my support, and my Vote.
Until that happens, and the fat Lady finally sings, there is nobody else who has a plan to get the Country back on track except Newt.
Managing the decline is not a strategy, and that is all his competitors, including Obama, have to offer.
Nuh-unh. That doesn’t work. John King on CNN has some great stats he demonstrated tonight on is electronic delegate map, showing how gingrich staying in, even with generous state wins for Santorum, Helps Romney Get Delegates. If he steps out, Santorum quickly catches up to Romney.
It’s time.
The Friends just announced that some scoop just crossed their BlackBerrys that Newt will join forces with Rick. Stay tuned.
From the article, Santorum said “The fact is, the longer this race goes on the better we are. And having to go to the convention, if that’s where it goes, I don’t think is a bad thing at all because I think we’ll come out of that convention with a conservative nominee and that’s our best chance to win.”
If Santorum is willing to take it all the way to the convention, then there’s no reason for Gingrich or Paul to get out.”
Santorum knows the reality of the delegate math, he understands that unless MITT gets out neither he or Newt can get enough delegates.
It’s so confusing, this “he should drop out” thing.
Why don’t I ever hear that concerning Ron Paul? His supporters don’t even vote republican in the general elections, they vote dem. Why is he still on the ballot?
The best signs I saw last night were those held by Newt’s supporters - don’t believe the liberal media. Amen to that.
In hindsight that was probably the goal all along, which is a good thing.
If Santorum is the nominee, I’ll support him.
However, I fear that he is another Geo. W. Bush in the making. Heaven help us.
Some have said the candidates beating up on each other is bad, and they need to focus on Obama. But only Gingrich has been the bold candidate taking on Obama in the public arena. Romney is too cowardly to say anything about Obama which is not nice. Romney's critique is milquetoast. Santorum has also not strongly attacked Obama.
Santorum has critiqued Romney's lack of "bold ideas", but Santorum has offered no bold ideas, other than a crony-capitalism corporate tax which benefits a few selected winners. The candidate of bold ideas is Gingrich. Cain also had bold ideas, but he is gone.
While Romney and Santorum drop a comment or two in a speech about gas prices, Ginrich offers a point by point plan with a measurable goal. While Santorum complains about the secularization of society, Ginrich offers a specific example to illustrate the issue (the GCB vs. Good Muslim B-tches). But nobody is listening to Ginrich any more. Gingrich is yesterday's candidate.
The desire for a Romney alternative who is a Washington outsider has been dropped since Cain left the race.
The other thing which has really hurt Gingrich, and helped Santorum is the ending of the debates.
I think this primary always was a popularity contest of the social conservative base. First it was Bachmann, then Perry (until the Gardisil issue), then Cain (until the bimbo eruption), then Gingrich (until the hit piece by his second wife). Now we are left with Santorum as the Anybody But Romney candidate. The social conservatives have written off Gingrich, while glossing over, ignoring, or absolving Santorum of his sins against the conservative base.
Exit polls show there are voters who believe Romney is the most electable, and some who believe that then vote for Santorum. For some, Santorum is a social conservative protest vote against the "establishment".
What explains Santorum's success is the fact Santorum is a good family man with an intact family, who today is strong on social issues, and for the last six years has not have to deal with that pesky issue of having to cast a vote in the Senate. So like Romney, Santorum can discard past sins against conservatism as errors which he has overcome. It works in Santorum's case, but not Romney's, because Santorum is trustworthy and Romney comes across as a used car salesman.
It comes down to this: Conservative voters do not trust Romney when it comes to both fiscal and social issues. Social conservatives do not trust Gingrich on social issues because of his personal baggage. Social conservatives believe Santorum on social issues, because he is loyal to his wife and family. Gingrich will not win back supporters who left him for Santorum in the same way Bachmann cannot comeback and win them. He had his chance, and the popularity wave is a huge factor in primaries. But this time, Santorum is the last Anybody But Romney candidate left. There is no one else to go to, so social conservatives have doubled down on Santorum.