It is time for Newt to show that he cares about America by dropping out and getting behind Santorum. Mit
t cannot be allowed to win.
If Newt did drop out, calls would immediately "surface" for Rick to drop out.
Gingrich becomes the fly-in-the-ointment in the winner-take-all states.
If he stays in and keeps Santorum from winning those states, Romney could end the cycle with enough delegates to go into the convention with a win.
Now, Gingrich sees himself as king-maker. But that will only work if he doesn’t becomes the Hucka-hanger-on and end up causing Romney to get enough delegates.
If Newt drops out Romney can focus ALL of his time, effort and considerable MONEY in carpet-bombing Santorum into the stone-age. Santorum does not have the resources to survive a one-on-one fight with Romney. Newt staying in forces Romney to play a zone defense against both men and against social (Santorum) and economic (Gingrich) issues. If he bombs Newt, Rick surges. If he bombs Rick, Newt surges. If he bombs both, he comes in less than first.
Newt staying in the race forces Romney to fight until June and, even then, there’s a 47.8% chance he’ll not win the nomination outright (delegate math).
I’ll take the best odds we can get to stop Romney. Right now, an ongoing Newt campaign gives us the best odds.