If Santorum can’t gain any traction anywhere, don’t you think he’ll just give his delegates to Gingrich? Perry imploded and never recovered, although I was hoping things would work out better for him. Santorum has not imploded. This election year may be his only shot to become President because of the weak field, and I don’t blame him for not hanging it all up right now. It IS possible for Gingrich to implode also, but he is so well-known that all of his baggage has probably been aired. If there is something else, Team Obama is holding onto it. Santorum is not a perfect candidate, but I hope he can stay in for now. If Gingrich is to become the candidate, he needs to be able to handle the heat, because it will get ugly as we approach closer to November.
Gingrich is banking on Texas’ winner-take-all delegates. However favorite son Ron Paul will split the anti-Romney vote and Romney has a good chance of pulling off a win in Texas. Rick Perry’s endorsement of Gingrich won’t do him squat since Perry is down in the Texas poll.
Gingrich will have a hard time explaining to Texas voters why (1) he supported tax and cap, (2) supports endless guest worker plan a/k/a “amnesty” and (3) wrote a paper supporting Obamacare.
It increasingly looks dismal for Gingrich although he has the right spunk, he strikes many as the wrong messenger. Santorum remains for only one reason. There is a 50/50 chance that Gingrich will self-implode. His presser last night is being panned all over the MSM and the blogs as being incoherent. Money will soon dry up for him, without a win on Tuesday his momentum will have all but stalled, and the electoral path to securing a significant amount of delegates looks extraordinarily bleak especially if he continues to trail Romney by over 20-points among female voters.