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It is not about winning states any longer with this corrupt game that is taken place now. There is so much fraud and the point at convention is to have the BEST qualified person to take the helm of America. Newt will give his case through experience. It is like what Palin has said, the media has played this whole shell game. What you are seeing now, it's not going to matter. If Romney gets the delegates, it's his..If Romney wasn't a jerk, a liberal and a lair, Newt would probably get out to endorse him since he loves his country more than winning. Newt says he thinks that Rick cannot set bold plans into action. Newt thinks Romney will go along with the country club republicans and no changes. He is our best chance to either get changes or begin the conservation for conservatism that no other can explain in such detail. Imo.

You've made the only sane comment on this thread so far. Newt Gingrich has had his chance with the voters, and the voters have not picked him. He is unlikely to win another state, and he will not be able to position himself as the consensus candidate.

Newt Gingrich supported Rockefeller against Goldwater in 1964. He really wasn't a Reaganite in 1980. Many of his delegates and supporters are going to be old line party people who are supporting him because of his years of party service. I realize that none of his foaming at the mouth supporters can accept this fact because they think the whole world revolves around their little echo chambers online, but much of Dr. Gingrich's support will be made of people who would rather accept someone like Mitt Romney who has has been through the primary process than to have an ugly fight at the convention in order to satisfy the mindless screamers.

The other factor will be whether the Ron Paul delegates are the kind that we find on forums spouting irrational rhetoric or whether they will be more experienced political activists who know when to accept a compromise in order to prepare for the general election. If a good number of Ron Paul's delegates are activists who put the country ahead of their vanity, they will support other candidates when they realize that Dr. Paul cannot win the nomination.

If we have a brokered convention, we may find that about half of the Newt Gingrich and half of the Ron Paul delegates are willing to support Mitt Romney in order to avoid a long fight that accomplishes nothing beyond further dividing the party. The Missouri caucuses showed that Ron Paul's people are willing to cooperate with Mitt Romney's people. Newt Gingrich may ask for some reward, but he's not likely to watch the convention go through dozens of ballots that only make the party look schizophrenic.

Finally, Sarah Palin is not going to be on the ticket. In many ways, I like her, but she's become damaged goods politically. She couldn't deliver Alaska for Joe Miller in 2010 or Newt Gingrich a few weeks ago. To most Americans, she's a joke. That perception is unfair, but crying that the perception is unfair won't change the perception.