I have no idea what happened to change this and it's none of my business.
What I do know is that I've been trying to caution a number of Santorum supporters and others who aren't sold on Gingrich (at least not yet) to remember that as conservatives, we need to remember that an owner can do what he wants with his property.
Jim Robinson has explained his reasons for wanting to stop bashing of Gingrich on Free Republic. The reasons make sense to me. If they didn't, I would quietly defer to the site owner and stay quiet, but in this case I can not only accept but defend his reasons to fellow social conservatives.
I can live with either Santorum or Gingrich among the remaining candidates, and unless things change quickly for Santorum, all of us in the conservative movement are going to have to do the same and accept that Newt Gingrich is going to be the only candidate capable of stopping Romney.
It's not as if Gingrich isn't getting supporters from strongly conservative Christians. I just today read an internet post from a leader in my denomination saying that Newt Gingrich lost the precinct that includes Bob Jones University by **ONLY 15 VOTES!!** If Gingrich can do that in the heart of the Bible Belt, he's obviously succeeding in winning a significant number of conservative Christians.
Let's try to remember that the goal is to get rid of Barack Obama, not to attack our alternative conservative candidates.
We agree. I'm no fan of Gingrich, but the alternative of a Romney presidency is unacceptable to me. When the time comes, I will cast my vote for Gingrich over Romney.
I refuse to vote for pro-aborts, not as a single issue, but because it is an indicator of a horribly flawed character. If you don't respect innocent life, then all your moral principles become suspect. If your moral principles are suspect, you can't be trusted on any issue.
In Romney's case we see many examples of his malleable positions on moral issues from abortion to the homosexual agenda to state control of life decisions through state-mandated and regulated health insurance.
On moral issues, I see no difference between Obama and Romney. Neither has a remote chance of getting my vote.
Who did you have in mind? Who are they?