Gingrich vows to press on after losing AL, MS

Boston Hearld ^ | 14 March 2012 | APes

[Vigilanteman]

Since this is an AP wire, I believe we are allowed to post links only, right?

[Vigilanteman]

Meaty quote: "Gingrich says that rival Mitt Romney’s case for being the inevitable nominee has been crippled by his failure to win the two Deep South contests."

And, I suppose, Newt's case is right on track.

Hey, Newt, are you running against Santorum, Romney or Obama? The longer you stay in, the more it is looking like you are running against Rick Santorum.

[org.whodat]

Newt is running for newts ego.

[Riodacat]

Newt needs to step out of the way and let Rick and Mittens duke it out.

[Mr. K]

Gingrich vows to press on after losing nearly winning AL, MS

There... fixed it

[Riodacat]

Gingrich vows to press on after nearly winning AL, MS

Yup, like the Germans almost won WW1 & WW2.

[Joe 6-pack]

I think we’re about to find out if Sheldon Adleson is willing to throw away money like the people in his casinos.

[iowamark]

Let me fix it for you:

Gingrich vows to press on after beating Romney in AL, MS

[Mr. K]

Newt in the race keeps Romney from getting to the prize before the convention.

if newt drops out some of his support will go to Romney as well as Santorum

This way it proves 70% want someone MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN Romney

Romney is almost certain NOT TO win before the convention now, because he would have to get wins by close to 50% to sew it up. Which he has never done.

I hope Newt and Rick team up at the convention

[Mr. K]

I notice they didnt write “Romney vows to press on after losing” This is a gingrich hit piece

[conservative98]

If you want to stop Romney, Newt must stay in. Santo by himself will not stop Romney!

[TomGuy]

Gingrich is hoping to garner enough delegates to force the nomination to the convention.

His goal now is to play king-maker.

[conservative98]

Let me fix it for you:
Gingrich vows to press on after beating Romney in AL, MS

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Exactly.

[org.whodat]

Yes, newt is always for newt.

[VanDeKoik]

He’s running so those conservatives whom actually want to vote for substance can have something to vote for.

For everyone else, you have two equally empty suits to slobber over.

[TomGuy]

after losing nearly winning

He's been 'nearly winning' since SC, then GA.

Even if he got the nomination, the second week of November we would be saying 'he nearly won, but he didn't.'

Of course, in 2008, McCain nearly won also. He came in 2nd.

[TomGuy]

Newt in the race keeps Romney from getting to the prize before the convention.

That idea only works in Newt's mind.

His staying in will impact the winner-take-all states. With him in many of those go to Romney.

[org.whodat]

Real conservatives do not play kissie face with Nancy.

[Buckeye McFrog]

three more hours of Savage tonight spinning his conspiracy theories...

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I disagree (although there ia an exception that I will address).

Let’s look at the math in this. Most proportional States have certain rules about who gains delegates and in which way. For example, a lot of States have a rule that you must hit the 20% threshold in order to gain delegates, and you win bonus delegates by winning Congressional districts.

So let’s look at Alabama last night.

Last night:
Santorum 35% — 17 delegates
Gingrich 29% — 12 delegates
Romney 29% — 10 delegates

Now if Gingrich wasn’t in last night, we would like to assume that all of his votes would go to Santorum, but likely some would go to Romney. If as little as 12% of Gingrich’s vote total had gone to Romney, the results might have looked like:

Santorum 59% — 27 delegates
Romney 34% — 12 delegates

Now if you are hoping for Santorum to win the nomination, that is a better outcome. But the odds are very long that Santorum will win the nomination. If your goal, however, is to stalemate Romney and deny him the nomination, Gingrich dropping out would be a bad thing because it would allow Romney the chance to build more delegates.

Now, the exception is that I believe Gingrich should pull all efforts from any “winner take all” State and work behind the scenes to push Santorum forward. Texas and Illinois could both fall to Santorum if Gingrich would do that, and that would seriously hamper Romney.

[Vigilanteman]

Seven reasons for Rick Santorum

1. Who has won the most states without the benefit of their own money, last election's organization or a billionaire casino sugar daddy?
   
2. Who is everybody's second choice when he isn't their first?
   
3. Who can get both the Romney people and the Gingrich people, who hate each other, to vote for him?
   
4. Who has the best record on immigration?
   
5. Who has the best plan for repealing ObamaCare? And is the only GOP candidate who didn't help write or approve legislation which helped spawn this fiasco?
   
6. Who has the best plan for expanding the American economy and strengthening American families?
   
7. Who is the closest thing we have to the "generic Republican" which polls show consistently beating Obama and is most likely to make the election about Obama's sorry record rather than about himself?