Not on this thread, but elsewhere I read JediJones posts that he does not believe the polling that shows at least half, or more, of Newt voters prefer Romney to Santorum, if forced to choose between them.
When JJ says forget everything but the so-called math and facts, I always recall having read that from him.
His definition of math and facts EXCLUDES the fact of polling data on who Newt voters prefer if forced to vote for one of the others.
I have no problem believing it. Newt Gingrich fell off the top tier, after Romney destroyed him, but prior to that was leading the nation, and for a considerable period was by far, the leading non Romney. Now that he’s fallen, if you look at WHO supports him and not the total numbers, he has broad appeal across political and social groupings.
The man is extremely smart, an incredible communicator, incisive, quick on his feet etc. Great debater. Theory, reason, common sense, flush with all kinds of knowledge and able to put all the pieces together. He is religious but not claiming holiness. He understands how religion works in America from its founding and can explain that without offending people or getting dragged down into the weeds.
THose who would pick Mitt over Rick are in no way saying they like or admire Mitt.
They are saying they have bigger problems with Santorum after they lose their true guy, Newt, than they have with Mitt.
Rick isn’t even a shadow of the things I lauded about Newt that draw people to the man. The contrast is jarring.
With Mitt, you get a typical pol. So what else is new?
They would vote for that in the vague hope somehow Obama loses.
Sometimes I wonder if it’s possible to combat the Establishment (even starting ahead) with an articulate, bold, clear thinking candidate.
I guess I just expected too much from “our” side.
You’re not acknowledging the key point of my post as to why Newt’s voters would go to Santorum, and that is that I’m advocating for Santorum to announce Newt as his V.P. and for both to continue making campaign appearances together. We need a game-changing move like that to change the course of this primary. That would help us with both excitement, extra donations, and the delegate math and rules which insists our winning candidate must start getting over 50% in some states to shut Romney out of delegates and must certainly not let Romney win by us splitting the vote, like we did in Illinois where 18 out of 28 Romney counties could have went to a candidate with Rick and Newt’s votes combined.