If it were switched with Gingrich and Santorum Gingrich supporters would not bend in Gingrich stepping down. They would hope for a miracle.Very few will bend on they’re candidate.We need someone from the tea party to nationally step up to the plate and endorse someone.Gov. Scott of Fla. refuses (awhile back he was endorsing Perry but now he won’t endorse anyone)...Paul is the spoiler as the SC tea party supposedly endorsed him and in the end we are all screwed.
I happen to have never had a diehard set candidate.I am waiting.But others won’t bend.Herein lies the entire problem.
http://www.wltx.com/news/article/167867/2/SC-Tea-Party-Favors-Ron-Paul
http://htpolitics.com/2012/01/04/rick-scott-still-not-endorsing-presidential-candidate/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60762.html
Not true. Many of us Newt supporters were formerly supporting Cain, and before that, we were holding out for Sarah Palin to enter the race.
When she made it clear that that wasn't going to happen, we did what we had to, and threw our support behind someone who was A) in the race, B) was polling well enough to contend against Romney, and C) came closest to what we wanted in a candidate. When he was rubbed out, we shifted our support again.
If, as you say, the circumstances were switched between the three conservatives left in the race, we'd do it again, for the greater good.
I've already changed horses twice in this race. It's time for others to do the same. We need to coalesce around the only remaining conservative who has a prayer of taking out Mittens - AND who has what it takes to beat Obama in the general, and that is Newt.
At this point I’m willing to say that whichever two of the NewtRicks finish behind in SC should drop out and endorse the other one. I believe Dick Morris yesterday said that was basically the only possible path he saw for anyone to defeat Romney.
What might need to happen is for a wide swath of Tea Party-esque groups to get together and sign a pact that they will all hold their own polls, combine their results and then all agree to endorse whichever candidate comes out on top. Might be too late now but that would be a great way for the Tea Party to get influence over the primary next time.