“Mitt crushed Newt after Newt won South Carolina. Fox News and Drudge who was buds with mitts gay communications guy plus Kitts 30-50 million ad buy killed Newt in Florida.”
Yes, I remember it well. I guess my point was, avalanche of campaign ads aside, Newt should have trounced Mitt on message, personality, and intellect, alone.
Trump trounced 16 opponents while facing into a headwind of hundreds of millions of dollars in negative ads. He wound up winning more votes than any Republican presidential candidate in history, and did it on time and under budget.
Not trying to knock Newt, but if he’d fought like Trump did, he might have won that primary.
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