It's an essential part of holding Romney's feet to the fire, and keeping him on notice that our loyalty to the GOP will have to be earned DAILY. Our support has to be earned, it is not a given and the Tea Party is a force to be reckoned with, not just another constituency to pay lip service to.
Newt has expressed and to a certain degree acknowedged the fact that for him reality is setting in. What do supporters say when he's $4.5 MM in debt, his chief Las Vegas backer has quit writing him checks, he's bouncing $500 election filing checks in places like Utah and failing to file to run in conservative bastions like VA where he'd actually have a fighting chance?
From FoxNews Sunday as reported by World Net Daily:
ELECTION 2012
Gingrich: Mitt Romney likely nominee
Newt acknowledges his campaign is 'operating on a shoestring' Published: 6 days ago
(FOX NEWS) — Newt Gingrich acknowledged Sunday that his campaign is “operating on a shoestring,” as he signaled he is preparing to transition from candidate to surrogate in anticipation of Mitt Romney winning the nomination.
While not throwing in the towel just yet, the former House speaker spoke frequently in past tense about his presidential bid in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” He said he wants to continue to try and influence the party platform, but said he’s already discussed with the Republican National Committee how he can best help the nominee defeat President Obama if it’s not him.
Reality is starting to set in and I am not championing Romney. I am championing what could be the best places where we expected our primary favorites to have the most impact: where conservative policy actually becomes reality, not just a platform plank.
If conservative will is going to win the operational contest it must be at the cabinet appointment level. We win the cabinet by winning the the big contest. There is no other way to do it. We have to win as a team.
"We hang together or we hang separately."
FReegards!
