We NEED him and nutcase to drop out. They aren’t doing us any favors..
“We NEED him and nutcase to drop out. They aren’t doing us any favors..”
There is a school of thought out there that Santorum staying in actually hurts Romney, cause many of the Evangelicals backing Santorum will reluctantly back Romney cause they can’t stomach Gingrich with his personal baggage. Plus, keeping Santorum in keeps two guys attacking Romney, and Rick only gets 10% to 15% of the vote anyway. In states like SC, his percentage didn’t really hurt Newt. Another thing-if it’s down to just Newt & Mitt, then the guns will REALLY come out after Newt to take him out. I kind of think it’s a good insurance policy to keep Santorum around.
As for nut job Ron Paul, he’s not getting out regardless who asks him to. In addition, a lot of his voters are independents and moderate types who like his anti-war anti-U.S. stance. Many of those voters would either go to Romney or not show up at all, so Paul getting out would probably be a wash.
Bottom line-I’m with Newt, but cautiously. Newt can win states with 4 in the race-he proved it in S.C. I heard today he made some campaign staff shake-ups and is trying to be better disciplined and stay more on message. If these changes help him get it together, then he can be the anti-Romney choice regardless of what the other 2 guys do.