[Steelfish]

More like sour grapes by the official spoiler in the race. True to his description as a “Hindenberg ready to explode,” Gingrich is now on stage displaying all of the qualities of an erratic and crippled boar thrashing around the land that will make for an Obama God-send. If he quitted after Santorum’s spectacular Trifecta, Santorum would likely have carried WA, MI, and OH and the Romney candidacy would have been reduced to ashes. Gingrich with baggage heavy enough to sink a cruise ship, now needs to do the honorable thing and do what Bachman, Cain, and Perry did before him, to withdraw from the race. Enough of this ego. It’s going to come back to bite him in the back.

[Mountain Mary]

Whether or not Newt does the right thing by being a kingmaker, he will probably be marginalized anyway from now on. His money is all but gone and his supporters are jumping ship.

Hoping it’s not too late. Santorum is going to have to work that much harder and so will we!

[DoughtyOne]

SteelFish, I've been thinking about this and I've come to the decision not to agree with you.  I am sorry, but the numbers just don't add up.  Bear with me...

Gingrich is a very smart guy.  I've been told this countless times.  My guy is an idiot, and Newt is brilliant.  Well, okay then.

With two guys in the race against Romney, we'll roll into the convention with Romeny just below the number needed for the nomination.  Santorum and Newt will roll in with a little more than half half Romney's total collectively.  I've been assured by the smartest guy in the room at this point, that the delegates at the convention will then ignore Romney's numbers and pick Newt.  If not Newt, then most certainly Santourm.

At first I thought this was crazy talk, but I'm begining to see the brilliance of this strategy.  In fact I think it's such a great idea, I've decided to contact, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, and Huntsman.  They all need to get back into this race A.S.A.P. and adopt Newt's plans to stay in until the convention.

Santorum and Newt will have to accept that they will wind up with even fewer votes going into the convention, but that should actually please Newt, since this actually doubles down on his open convention strategy.

The only problem is, he would no longer be the candidate rolling into the convention with the fewest delegates.  I guess that means that Bachmann, Perry, Cain, or Huntsman would get the nomination using Newt's logic, becasue one of them will definately roll into the convention with the fewest delegates, and Newt thinks that person will win the nomination.

I hope FReepers will respect Newt enough to join me in advocating all the candiates adopt his politically astute game plan, jump back in and help us defeat Romney with Newt's strategy.

Bachmann, Perry, Cain, Huntsman, come on back.  All is forgiven.  We've got Romney in trouble now!!!!

Thanks Newt.  I never would have tought of this.  Simply brilliant!

[Theodore R.]

Enough of this ego. It’s going to come back to bite him in the back.

It may be too that Newton Gingrich regrets not fighting for Speaker at the end of 1998, and he never again wants to be seen as a "quitter." Only Republican primary voters henceforth have the power to tell him to go away, and I don't think they will. This 37-31-14 in IL just about sums up the whole race. I think it will stay that way form now on.

[Marguerite]

Why didn’t Santorum drop out of race in January , when he was lagging behind Paul in South Carolina and Florida? Eh?

[Mountain Mary]

Gingrich is now on stage displaying all of the qualities of an erratic and crippled boar thrashing around the land..”

LOL, Steel.

[MissouriConservative]

“More like sour grapes by the official spoiler in the race. True to his description as a “Hindenberg ready to explode,” Gingrich is now on stage displaying all of the qualities of an erratic and crippled boar thrashing around the land that will make for an Obama God-send. If he quitted after Santorum’s spectacular Trifecta, Santorum would likely have carried WA, MI, and OH and the Romney candidacy would have been reduced to ashes. Gingrich with baggage heavy enough to sink a cruise ship, now needs to do the honorable thing and do what Bachman, Cain, and Perry did before him, to withdraw from the race. Enough of this ego. It’s going to come back to bite him in the back.”

Your panties are cutting off your blood supply to your brain. Your chicken little speeches are cute but worthless. Keep crying in the wilderness and maybe just maybe someone will give a good rats ass.