[Steelfish]

Well said. Some of us stood up and cheered when Gingrich won S. Carolina. That was then, this is now. Gallup shows Santorum trailing Obama by two points and Gingrich has fallen out of view in the rear-view mirror. Had Gingrich done what Pawlenty, Bachman, Cain, and Perry, did after Santorum won the Trifecta, Romney would have gone down in flames in MI and Le Resistance would have won.

Gingrich has an unbridgeable gap with women and Evangelicals. He draws lop-sided percentages of the male vote and had he withdrawn, this vote would almost inevitably go to Santorum. And now his senior campaign operatives are quitting and his campaign is collapsing around him.

Whatever may be said for Gingrich’s big ideas (and we share a lot of this) yet his un-saleable political proposals for permanent lunar-based colonies within eight years and $2.50/gas/gallon regardless of supply and demand, world energy markets and geopolitical conditions in the Middle-East, makes it clear that at this point in the race, Gingrich does not have the math working in his favor and all polls point to his un-electability. At some point reality needs to take control of our senses.

This is now a 2-man race. Gingrich is splitting the conservative vote and Romney is shooting right through the breach.

[presently no screen name]

I’ll never vote for a POS lawyer who speaks out his a^^ and mouth the same time.

He draws only those who succumb to evil. I HATE LIARS and slick rick is a lying lawyer.

[presently no screen name]

I’ll never vote for a POS lawyer who speaks out his a^^ and mouth the same time.

He draws only those who succumb to evil. I HATE LIARS and slick rick is a lying lawyer.

[Irenic]

I was never too keen on Santorum, but I thought I could vote for him in the primary if Gingrich dropped (Perry was my first choice).

Things have changed for me. As much as some can’t handle Gingrich and his ‘baggage’— I can’t handle Santorum.

I never cared for him to start with, just some personal dislike I can’t really define. What turns me off most is his support for unions. I detest unions.

Some call him sanctimonious as a name, but in for me it turns out, yes, he rubs me that way. What little support I could muster for him, it is gone.

I just can’t bring myself to support him and I think I dislike him nearly as much as Romney. I will sit out the primary if there isn’t a Newt.

I will vote against Obama no matter who our nominee is. I will be done with the GOP if we get Romney.

[Utmost Certainty]

This is now a 2-man race. Gingrich is splitting the conservative vote and Romney is shooting right through the breach.

The hypocrisy of the Santorumites never ceases to amuse.

Back when Newt was leading Romney by a significant margin, with Santorum visibly splitting the conservative vote, you guys defended that there was no justification for Santorum to drop out and that he should press on regardless of the electoral consequences. Oh, but now that Romney is wiping the floor with Santorum, you insist that Newt should drop out. Lol.

If this thing had whittled down to a 2-man race between Romney and Newt back in late January, we probably wouldn't be in this mess right now.

[darrellmaurina]

Steefish wrote: “Well said. Some of us stood up and cheered when Gingrich won S. Carolina. That was then, this is now.”

Thank you for your compliments, Steelfish... while I disagree with you on calling for a Gingrich pullout, I do appreciate your note.

To all: I know politics is a blood sport, but the blood on the floor does not need to be that of fellow conservatives. Let's keep our political targets in mind — first Romney, then Obama, not ourselves.