I agree. If one of these two doesn’t step aside VERY soon and we end up with Romney, then I hope they both become pariahs to the whole conservative movement until the end of their days.
I support Santorum as I believe he has a more consistent track record of conservatism and because I believe Gingrich is not very electable in the general. That’s not a slight and there a good number of people who believe just the opposite.
This plan represents the best alternative and really the only way they could POSSIBLY both stay in and not lose the whole d@mn thing to Romney.
Let’s look at it this way (and I would prefer Newt over what’s left right now), if you take the view that the two ‘conservatives’ should have been given a good opportunity and sufficient time to make their case to the public, well...
I think that 8 months, and 22 state primaries should be sufficient to allow for one of these guys to make their case to the conservative side - considering that you have to keep the RINO out. YOU DON’T NEED TO BE OUT THERE FOR THE ENTIRE THING THRU JUNE IN CALIFORNIA & NEW JERSEY TO MAKE YOUR CASE!
So, based on the cold hard facts, I hate to say it, but my guy has lost the battle up to this point, and has only ‘won’ 2 states (Rick 6) and is behind in the ‘total vote’ count to Santorum.
Newt, you have a great plan, and are an excellent intellectual debater, but you have lost the ‘trial’ period, and are now the one on the losing end helping to split the vote.
Newt, you have to get out now!