You are looking at it in the wrong way.
Let’s look at utmost certainty’s claim that Santorum would need to win 65 per cent of the remaining delegates.
Just ask yourself if that is possible, whether Newt is there or he isn’t there, for Santorum to beat his opponents or opponent by that amount, going forward.
I haven’t assessed those numbers, don’t know if they’re dead on, but it makes common sense to me. Romney has a BIG delegate lead, and don’t ever forget that. Romney’s problem is his big lead doesn’t mean he’s a front runnner in the true sense of that word.
So many, many do not like, do not trust, and do not want Mitt, that he is very, very weak as a front runner.
But mathematically, the claim is that Santorum cannot get to the nomination in Romney’s place.
Neither can Newt.
But what kind of an awkward position does that put Romney in, if he can’t get there either, and if two thirds or more of the primary voters DO NOT WANT HIM.
Meanwhile, Newt is driving the debate and taking on all comers, that are responsible for putting the country in the horrible position it’s in.
And Santorum is the religion canidate. Make no mistake. Other than that, he cannot hold a candle to Newt Gingrich.
I see you don’t appreciate Newt.
That’s too bad.
I thank the good Lord he’s there.
“Romney’s problem is his big lead doesn’t mean he’s a front runnner in the true sense of that word.”
Let me guess the follow on: “Just because Newt is in third place and dropping doesn’t mean he’s not the front-runner in the true sense of that word”
Newt is not driving anything in this election season. Do you really think nobody would talk about the price of gas? The sour grapes coming from Newt and his supporters get more unpalatable with each Gingrich loss. Eventually an ego the size of Newt’s will get the message.
What each of you Newt supporters are saying is that if he doesn’t win, he’s taking his ball and going home.
What he SHOULD be doing is stepping back and helping the other candidates. Instead, you rationalize that somehow Newt is relevant and his inexplicable hubris is somehow the only savior of America.
Nonsense. Newts a loser, and gets more pitiful and becomes more irrelevant and useless every day that goes by. It will come to a point when he wouldn’t be an asset even as an adviser to one of his betters in the race.
I’m not wild about Santorum, but hey, he beat Newt fair and square (and continues to do so - and will continue if you believe polls - which have been correct in terms of Newt’s standing with the electorate. If Newt had half the intellect he claims, he’d step back and help Santorum beat Romney in hopes of advancing the agenda that Newt claims he supports.
In reality, Newt is about Newt and he doesn’t care about America, the GOP, or anything else if it means HE isn’t President.
That is the Newt that I knew would always percolate to the surface - and why I’ve never supported him. He is an uncommonly selfish and self-centered man (even for a politician) that should never be nominated, and never elected.
“I see you don’t appreciate Newt.”
Watch Newt support Romney in the end so Romney can secure the nomination in return for whatever cabinet position he chooses.
He’s a serial betrayer in every aspect of his life.
If you are realistic as a Newt supporter, you know this is not the remote possibility that it should be.
Excellent post #66.
Newt is not splitting the conservative vote—he is ensuring there IS a conservative vote come the nomination.
Santorum has 150 HARD delegates now(not total); Newt has 133. Romney has more than twice of either.
Newt knows Romney, the Massachusetts moderate, is a disaster for the GOP in the general. By staying in, he is helping himself, and is actually helping Santorum to stay viable, because Romney has to expend resources on fighting two candidates, not one.
My belief is that Romeny would basically cream Santorum in attacks if it was just the two of them. Remember, Santorum endorsed Romney in 2008 very strongly.
At this point, the best outcome is for both Santorum and Newt to shadow each other all the way to Tampa, blocking Romney. It is blowing a hole in the m edia and GOP establishment positions that Romney is inevitable.
Also Newt staying in, is defining the issues in the campaign. Chu didn’t change positions due to Santorum or Romney—it is because Newt Gingrich has set the table, and has taken on Obama daily.
Newt is a leader—I do not see that in Santorum. Newt is helping to take and deflect fire that would solely be directed to Santorum.
The takeaway from MS and AL is twofold:
1. 70% of the primary voters did not vote for Romney.
2. Ron Paul needs to go away.
What is happening is what should happen in the primaries—candidates battling it out.
Newt is clearly the most conservative viable candidate in this race, to win against Obama.
I wish the ultra conservative Christians could see that we are not electing an altar boy, we need a fighter this go around, and that is Newt.
That's right...Santorum has not presented anything of substance outside the moral issues, which he was known to be staunch about throughout his political career and where he focused his career path. Even when he's wrong and proved so.
Newt on the other hand Knows how to incorporate his religious beliefs to the core of which points to the founding fathers and this nation UNDER GOD....and he intends to give that Glory back to God.....not as being self-righteous himself as Santorum does.