[JCBreckenridge]

“It’s all about forcing a Brokered Convention and recovering our position with either Newt/Sarah Palin, or starting a new party with the two at the helm.”

Well, what happens if Romney gets 50 percent plus one? Wouldn’t this strategy be kaput if he gets a delegate majority?

“Santorum is the main reason this thing is in the mess it is in right now.”

How so? You don’t see Santorum as the stronger candidate? It seems to me given how the states have gone so far that Santorum has attracted significantly more support than Newt at this point.

I can understand supporting Newt, but I’m not really clear on how supporting Newt is more helpful to obtaining a brokered convention over Newt endorsing Santorum at this point.

Can you lay that out for me, because I’m really not seeing it.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

There is no way we can afford having Santorum as the nominee. We will lose in a landslide.

Newt knows this, as do most of Newt's supporters. Especially Newt's financial backers.

If Romney gets the nomination, you can expect a sudden emergence of a third party option. If there ever was a time, it would be now.

[El Gato]

by having two 'conservative' candidates, you might have a better chance of attracting away some of Romney's and Paul's voters. Those who wouldn't vote for Santorum, on social issues, might go for Newt instead of Romney. Those who won't vote for Newt on personal behavior, might go for Santorum instead of Romney. People who like the fiscal polices of Paul, might not like his foreign policy and would vote for Newt.

This is the primary, not the general election, when the time to really hit the Obama economy with be ripe.