“What do you suppose Mitt’s campaign strategists are thinking about the scenario you’ve just laid out? They’ve also got to realize that Florida is the do or die state for Mitt.”
They will do what Romney always does. Sleazy attacks that Romney will pretend he had nothing to do with. They will double down on Newt to try to destroy him.
I don’t think it will work. It is effectively a one on one race now. Santorum can’t be revived. Palin has weighed in for Newt. The scenario is hardening. Romney can’t face the numbers. There are too many conservatives in the GOP primary for him to win a one on one race or even a one on two race. Add to this the fact that he is a nebbish and a very bad candidate who people just don’t like or trust and you begin to see that Mitt ain’t gonna make it. Newt is a strong personality, and a towering intellect who is resolute and his record of governance is staunchly conservative. He is the worst candidate for Romney to be paired against at this time.
I think Mitt is toast, particularly when you examine the disproportionate number of delegates the southern states have. These are states that are even more conservative than South Carolina and Newt is really gonna skunk the greasy flip flopper in Dixie.
They will do what Romney always does. Sleazy attacks that Romney will pretend he had nothing to do with. They will double down on Newt to try to destroy him.
I kinda figured that would be your assessment. Mitt's lost the high road. Despite the many presidential debates, his sales pitch has failed to close the deal with enough voters to give him an unassailable lead. Compared to Gingrich, he comes across as what he is - a sleazy used car salesman, who will say whatever he has to say to get you into that Buick today.
Newt, on the other hand, comes across as genuine, and plain spoken. He never hems and haws, doesn't take a moment to 'collect' his thoughts, never rambles while trying to find an answer, doesn't deflect or divert the question to more favorable and familiar territory.... In short, he begins speaking eloquently, the moment the question is asked.
I just heard today that he doesn't do any preparation for these debates. He even joked that his idea of debate prep, is to pop a diet Coke while chit-chatting with one of his grandkids in the TV room!
Mitt, on the other hand, has been rehearsing his canned debate answers for years and years. The man's a phony, and it shows. Especially when he's debating someone whose answers come straight from a heart and mind that have been immersed in our nation's majestic history for all his life.
Well, Mitt has campaigned negatively against Newt already, and besides a few days media kerfuffle, it didn't hurt him at all. At least not where it really counted. We'll see how effective his slime machine will be in Florida, but I don't expect it will be.
Thank you for your thoughts.
They will do what Romney always does. Sleazy attacks that Romney will pretend he had nothing to do with.
If there was EVER, EVER a political candidate of any party that resembled to a Tee the phony kiss-up apple-shiner Eddie Haskell of "Leave it to Beaver," it's Mitt Romney. In fact, Romney is an insult to Eddie Haskell -- at least Eddie had his moments of sincerity and self-reproach. Ultimately, Eddie Haskell ain't got nothin' on Mitt Romney.