Posted on 01/18/2012 6:21:59 AM PST by rocky88
Buoyed by his strong debate performance in Myrtle Beach, Newt Gingrich has called his rivals to drop out of the race because "consolidating into a Gingrich candidacy" would "virtually guarantee victory" in the South Carolina primary and stop Mitt Romney becoming the Republican nominee.
Making the case to a crowd of almost 200 in an art gallery in the old railroad junction town of Florence, South Carolina he said: "If you look at the polling, I’m the only conservative who realistically has a chance to be the nominee.
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In a nut shell, Newt is right about that. But the type of people that go this far in a presidential election campaign (Newt included) are not “quitters”. They are the type that go into the fourth quarter, behind by three touchdowns, believing they can still pull off a win.
And sometimes they do, which just encourages them.
I think it’s grossly stupid for Paul to be in this race. I have to believe followers are all really Dems....doing a job....and I’m almost betting that they’re getting paid one way or another.
They won’t drop out in SC but they will be dropped out for lack of funds and votes after SC.
For the sake of the country, Santorum and Perry should drop out. Otherwise, Romney may still win.
Rather arrogant of him. If he were truly serious, he shouldn’t be saying this publicly, but meeting with Perry and Santorum to discuss it. He is putting public pressure on the others to drop out so he can advance. We can all agree that we should unite behind a Conservative, but Santorum is the most conservative left in the race. Who appointed pro-amnesty Gingrich as the lead conservative?
I agree with Newt on this, Romney and Paul should drop out.
And then what? Newt was willing to drop after SC if he didn’t win as recently as Sunday. So we’ll have one candidate and he might bail if the going gets rough, giving it to Romney by default?
Levin said last night to take “a first look” at the other candidates. Said it’s early, that FLA lost half its delegates and past patterns mean “butkus”. I’m with him, get over this pressure for our guys to drop out and take care of your own campaign.
And sometimes they do, which just encourages them.
They're just dreaming.
Newt is correct. Consolidating support would push him over the top. I trust he is negotiating privately with the other candidates — not just making boastful noises in public.
—They’re just dreaming.—
I agree. I think part of the problem is that some of them still in the race may prefer Romney to Newt.
Really!
Wow, that was a quick Zot.
While I agree with Newt. I think it is better left unsaid from the candidate himself. I think the voters are smart enough to understand the dynamics.
It just comes off as arrogant. And could backfire with soft Santorum backers.
He’s awfully cocky to have, what 4 delegates? As your colleagues said many times.
Shut up, Newt.
I heard someone say if Perry would have waited until he fully recovered from his back surgery he would have done better in debates.
He was probably dealing with pain and medication issues
Santorum voted against right to work in Pennsylvania and stupidly wasted time in the debate argueing with Romney over felon voting rights...a big time loser as far as conservatives are concerned...how conservative is that? Rick Santorum is not ready for the Presidency.
The only possible path to victory is with Newt, warts and all.
If Newt is not the nominee then someday soon all of us will be watching the first presidential debate and saying to ourselves “If only Newt was up there instead of this turkey”
This is the time to push forward a man who can fight and win.... it simply does not matter that he is flawed. At this critical moment it only matters that he can defeat the enemy.
Make no mistake, Newt is the one they live in fear of. He cannot be controlled, he cannot be restrained, he will say the things they dread to hear and at the worst possible moments.
When Newt exercised power what did he do? what were the results of what he did? Were you pleased? These are the true measure of the man.
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