Just saw Newt on GRETA, and I am pretty sure he said the same thing we are discussing. I would have to catch it on a rewind, but he is definitly convention bound for a purpose, and it includes hoping to short Romney on delegates.
The odds for change rise or fall with holding delegates from Romney.
The man invented how to score big. He knows.
Just hope we don’t fail to get the message.
Rewind here. :-)
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1496616401001/newts-last-stand-in-the-south/?playlist_id=87485
I just managed to catch bits and pieces of it... but his message was Endurance, a big-picture, long-road focus. It would make me feel better if I could know how much of this alliance is being stoked behind the scenes. Did you catch it when he said, “it’s all a game” - candidates calling on each other to get out? He is just holding his cards close, not a blink.
If Gingrich was really focused on shorting ROmney delegates, he would have told some of his supporters in the Alaska Caucus to vote for Santorum, so Santorum could beat Romney and take more of the delegates.
And if he REALLY was focused on shorting Romney delegates, he would have backed off on attacking Santorum in Georgia with robocalls, beause if Santorum had gotten just 4000 more votes, it would have cost Romney 4-5 delegates.
That doesn’t even count all the other states where Gingrich votes kept Santorum from beating Romney and taking delegates — just the two that were the most obvious.
Gingrich isn’t trying to stop Romney, he’s trying to win. That’s what candidates do.