Romney is a ruse and after watching him all these months, I agree with something that has NOT been said, but for Paladino; Romney is NOT that smart. He’s just rich. His wife will have to run his presidency, if he were ever to buy the office, because she will have to float this quirk and one-note ruse for four years.
Santorum is so weightless and Ron Paul is still, Ron Paul.
There is but one president among them. Newt.
If you saw him Sunday on Fox Sunday, I saw a humble man, who seemed genuinely at peace with how things are so far. I don't think he is giving up, I think he has a very clear-eyed view of the nasty nitty gritty of the now and now. And I think he knows that one of the words to describe the current state of his campaign is hopeless.
I don't think it's in him to give up. I don't think he knows how to give up. I think he is focused on the convention and having some power input to the platform. He thinks historically the republican needs to emerge again as a truly conservative party. Some of the planks he talked about are formidable.
I've been working most of the day but have been posting the following wherever and whenever I could...
People like to talk, and they like to think when the chips are down they have what it takes to come through... Well, I believe we are on the banks of the Delaware right now... I don't know how many are up for the journey but I pray and pray...
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/255792/america-s-first-christmas-rich-lowry