The ads that ran here all had Newt’s PAC listed in the disclaimer. I suppose you would call them mild as I have heard much harsher out of Gingrich’s supporters on FR. They spent over half the ad on Santorum, then switched to Romney as if the two were the same. I know candidates are not supposed to communicate with the PACS, and in Newt’s case I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
==> this makes me wonder a bit: “He’s had two weeks of being the alternative,” Gingrich said of Santorum. “I think there are profound reasons why Rick lost his Senate race by the largest margin in Pennsylvania history.”
The Knoxville Republican made his announcement in a post on his blog. In an interview, Campfield said he believes that conservatives need to unite behind a single candidate and that Santorum is best positioned to defeat “establishment Republican” candidate Mitt Romney.
Campfield’s decision comes after a conversation with Santorum earlier this week.
In his blog post, Campfield said he was “twisted inside because of my loyalty to Newt, my loyalty must first lie with my country and getting a country with a conservative leader must take precedence to my own personal whims of fancy.
==> I knew about the resignation. I seem to have a great deal of difficulty locating anything about delegates switching. Can you help me out here?
Newt never considered Santorum a fiscal conservative because of a lot of his big govt votes, there were many. And that was the comparison, almost a bullet point, romney v rick of financial conservatism. A legitimate point.
==> this makes me wonder a bit: “He’s had two weeks of being the alternative,” Gingrich said of Santorum. “I think there are profound reasons why Rick lost his Senate race by the largest margin in Pennsylvania history.”
This was the sunday before Santorum quit. Newt wasn't campaigning in PA. And for two weeks, after WI, the field was pretty much rick v mitt, and santorum had lost something over 25 points in the preceding 4 weeks to romney, and wasn't making that up despite Newt's absence.
Plus the fact, Rick was facing $2 mil of mitt's negative ads in PA. They hadn't even started running yet, and Santorum had lost 25 points, and once Mitts negative ads start, well, look out...
The Knoxville Republican made his announcement in a post on his blog. In an interview, Campfield said he believes that conservatives need to unite behind a single candidate and that Santorum is best positioned to defeat “establishment Republican” candidate Mitt Romney.
Campfield’s decision comes after a conversation with Santorum earlier this week.
In his blog post, Campfield said he was “twisted inside because of my loyalty to Newt, my loyalty must first lie with my country and getting a country with a conservative leader must take precedence to my own personal whims of fancy.
== I knew about the resignation. I seem to have a great deal of difficulty locating anything about delegates switching. Can you help me out here?
The following pretty much says it all, and Newt's campaign felt so strongly they plan to deal with it at the convention.
Campfield was a member of the HOUSE GOP in Tenn, and has some problems with some incendiary statements he made, and needs the GOP behind him. That, at least to me, appears to be the reason he switched 24 hours before the voting. I mean, COME ON.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/humphrey/2012/03/gingrich-campaign-tries-to-dro.html