[samtheman]

The fact that Santorum is the front-runner among the anti-Romney’s shows a fundamental flaw in the conservative community. Huckabee in 2008; Santorum in 2012. It shows how far up our collective ass our collective heads are.

And I say that as someone who feels duty-bound to vote for Santorum when this circus gets to NJ.

Newt is by far the better candidate but the Fundamental Flaw in the Conservative Community prevented Newt from being where Santorum is now: in position as the only viable rival to Romney.

In the words of Winston Smith and Julia, “we are the dead”.

[Rational Thought]

All Gingrich has now is around 140 delegates, which gives him a prime-time speech at the convention. Problem is (in fairness), the same can be said for Ron Paul.

The proportional delegate formula mostly ends now. There will be no delegates gained for running second or third in primaries.

Should Etch continue to win traditional blue states, he will get to his 1144.

I would hope both of our Conservative hopefuls would now form a powerful partnership, as that could be the way to stop Etch.

[Happy Rain]

Newt can stay in and help Mitt Romney all he wants by splitting the conservative vote even though the former Speaker is horribly embarrassing himself with miserable showings in HIS South—I'm still supporting Rick Santorum the last true conservative (yeah yeah, bring on the Romney campaign anti-Rick talking points—both Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin know he is a conservative) who actually still has a chance of winning.

So stay in Newt—your numbers are dropping so much so fast hopefully it won't matter anyway--cuz we really don't want Mitt Romney.

[conservative98]

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do. – Napoleon Hill

Do not quit.

[Sola Veritas]

I think Newt needs to stay in. He really is the best “balanced” choice of the conservatives and what he says is important and needed. However, realistically he cannot win it now....but he has an important role. I wished that he and Santorum would team up and start running as a Santorum/Gingrich ticket - and let everyone know. I think they compliment each other on strengths and weaknesses.

Santorum/Gingrich 2012! (although I agree that reversing it would be better)

[loveliberty2]

Gingrich should stay in for these very simple reasons:

- Gingrich is a candidate whose depth of study of the Constitution's essential foundations prepares him for focusing voter attention on core principles;

- Gingrich possesses an ability to contrast those ideas with so-called "progressive" ideas;

- Gingrich has the requisite quickness of mind to unmask the "emperor's" benevolent smile, and reveal the tyranny which hides behind promises for "goodies" which are purchased at great price by hard-working Americans who, in turn, are enslaved to government, just as are the recipients of the "goodies."

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C. S. Lewis

All who doubt the wisdom of Lewis might watch the video of the President's recent remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. There, Obama arrogantly misappropriated Jesus's spiritual challenge to individuals, claiming those words as validating and authorizing abusive use of coercive power by himself and his cronies to "take" from some in order to buy votes and accumulate more power to themselves--all in the name of "helping" the beneficiaries of such unconstitutional "takings."

Hear Samuel Adams:

"Is it now high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an important question which ought to be decided. It concerns more than anything in this life. The salvation of our souls is interested in this event. For wherever tyranny is established, immorality of every kind comes in like a torrent, it is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice.” - Samuel Adams

If Romney is the forced candidate, and if liberty is to be rescued from the jaws of the "progressive tyranny" which is now being inflicted upon Americans in the name of "taking care" of them, then someone who is articulate and quick minded must either stay in the race, or emerge, who can and will prepare the minds of voters prior to November. That person seems to be Gingrich at this point.

Romney does not connect, because ordinary common-sense Americans do not hear a man who has spent time studying and absorbing the ideas of Jefferson, and they're too smart to fall for another McCain. The very fact that Romney was delighted with McCain's endorsement speaks for itself.

[Kazan]

So if Mitt or Rick continue to screw up and neither gets enough delegates for the convention on the first ballot, Newt stands a very excellent chance of being selected.

The guy that is third in delegates, just got beat by 33 points in Louisiana and is behind Ron Paul and trails by 35% in Wisconsin in a recent Rasmussen poll has no chance of being the nominee.

[snyderart]

We need to get this thing to a brokered convention...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Palin-Our-Brokered-Convention-Selection/219407098154932?ref=tn_tnmn