So the fact that Newt’s tally was greater than the margin had nothing to do with the fact that Romney was able to come up the middle and win?
I strongly suspect that had it been Newt in second that the first thing you’d be arguing is that Santorum had to get out of the race rather then hurting conservatives? Oh wait, that’s what you’re arguing despite the fact that Santorum is beating Newt. The tail continues to wag the dog.
I was waiting for the Newt folks to acknowledge this the first time that it did happen, but *crickets*. Some were honest enough, and the pattern is now established.
Take a purple state. Santorum + Newt > Romney. Santorum - Newt < Romney. Romney wins. How many times do we have to watch this repeat before folks finally start seeing what’s happening here?
Newt is delivering the states that Romney will need to win, right in his lap. And best of all, he goes into debt doing so. Can’t Newt see this, that he’s hurting himself, he’s hurting his team and he’s putting Romney in the nomination?
I could care less if Santorum stays in. He is completely irrelevant as he could never be elected to anything beyond local office. Newt is focused on furthering conservative ideas, and holding Republicans’ feet to the fire. Something I would never trust Santorum to do. Romney already has the nomination. Santorum never ever had any chance of being the nominee. Wake up. Move on.