It would seem to me that either one would have a better shot without the other. Am I missing something here? BTW, I’m not making a case against either of them.
“It would seem to me that either one would have a better shot without the other. Am I missing something here? BTW, I’m not making a case against either of them.”
The thinking goes something like this:
Neither Santorum nor Gingrich is likely to get the needed delegates at this point. The only realistic option they have (Santorum more than Gingrich) is to deny Romney as many delegates as possible. Some Santorum folks refuse to vote for Gingrich and vice versa (just look around FR for confirmation). If both stay in, conservatives can cast a ballot for their favored candidate that isn’t Romney and deny him a coronation in Tampa.
Then one can toss his delegates to the other and Romney can go home, never to be seen or heard from again. Newt despises Romney and will do anything at this point to deny him delegates. Whether or not this is a viable strategy remains to be seen.