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That’s just false. You guys are the ones who will not under any circumstances vote for a social conservative. If Newt were the one who rose and Santorum had faded, I’d be backing Newt. I backed Newt before Santorum’s rise. I was interested in stopping Romney and Newt would have done just fine had he proven capable of taking the lead in the Not-Romney movement.

But he didn’t. And not because of anything we social conservatives did to him. Newt’s just got too much baggage and it caught up with him. I’d have been willing to overlook it if he were the only one capable of stopping Romney.

But he ain’t and to try to cast him as still capable of being the one to stop Romney is just plain stupid at this point. And to blame Santorum for the fact that he finished dead last in half of the Super-Tuesday states is just plain stupid. For a month now on FR Newt supporters have done about 90% anti-Santorum and 10% pro-Newt. It’s a telling sign when all you’ve got left is negativity. That’s Romney-lite, if you want to see Romney-Lite.

Santorum’s picked up at least 15 delegates here, maybe more depending on how the splits work out.

That’s just false. You guys are the ones who will not under any circumstances vote for a social conservative. If Newt were the one who rose and Santorum had faded, I’d be backing Newt. I backed Newt before Santorum’s rise. I was interested in stopping Romney and Newt would have done just fine had he proven capable of taking the lead in the Not-Romney movement.

This is an excellent post by Titans, and your way of thinking is mentioned prominently and accurately, maybe you could learn a little something:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2861639/posts?page=96#96

For a month now on FR Newt supporters have done about 90% anti-Santorum and 10% pro-Newt.

Those are your statistics, and do not match my sense of things at all. I often find many positive things about Newt here that encourage me... why would you post numbers that you have no way of backing up, without saying they were your opinion only...

In case you hadn't read the media reports today, the WH has once again responded to Newt, regarding the inappropriateness of a comment about the next first lady. Obama has responded several times to Newt's statements, and on fox and friends, the other morning, the hosts said that President Obama was borrowing some of Newt's lines, much the way Santorum does about every speech. Doesn't sound like a loser to me, sounds like someone who has already engaged, annoyed, and called out the White House.