People remember the latest they’ve seen and heard. The negative ads hurt him badly because he was not in a position to respond. The bulk of those ads came after the Dec. 17 debate, probably Newt’s high point. Now, Newt is fighting back and for all that the debates last weekend were not good overall, Newt did well. The Monday night debate could have a big impact. In all cases, Newt is visible right now. That has its positive and negative impacts, but Newt generally does well when the lights are on him.
What can we do to help Newt or to stop Mitt? I find myself wishing that we had some young activists who have the time and means to go to S.C. and attend all of Mitt’s rallies to ask him pertinent questions about obamacare, abortion, gay marriage, etc. He seems to be getting a pass on all these issues. The Bain thing seems to be a boring diversion. I think he is happy it came up. Although, when I saw him on TV at a rally today he looked and sounded desperate.
I’m not sold that even if we were to get behind Newt that he would win.