Well that tactic didn’t work out for Newt in Iowa, where he lost a 20 point lead under a multimillion dollar assault of unanswered negative attacks in a 2 week period, did it?
No, point taken. But Rick is not Newt. Newt is “all baggage, all the time” and has tremendous negatives, simply vast. I also think his peak lead over Romney was not at all sustainable and may well have been a planted story.
Perhaps I’m wrong, but I don’t think Rick has that kind of vulnerability, and I also believe the electorate is getting damned tired of the relentless negativity. Pick whomever you want, I seriously doubt GOP’ers of any stripe want their primaries run that way. Regardless, I most strongly believe that if Rick allows himself to be defined by whatever poop Mitt throws at him, that’s a guaranteed loss.