Newt's Petulence

Ref - 3/13/12

After losing two southern states, the self-proclaimed southern candidate Newt Gingrich has no chance of winning the nomination, even if he gets his wish and the GOP goes to the convention without a nominee.  He nevertheless insists that he will remain in the race with the goal of creating a "conversation" that will take place after the last primary on June 26th.  He thinks that one of the four existing candidates, or perhaps someone new, would be granted the nomination by the consent of the remaining delegate holders.

Of course this is nonsense, but Newt is looking for any justification to keep the dream alive, the dream that he dove headfirst into when he took the lead in the polls in Iowa.  Remember when Newt declared that he would be the nominee before a single vote had been cast, when he had only been leading in the polls for a matter of days? 

It is becoming apparent that Newt is not primarily the man of ideas or the true conservative, although he is those things, but is first and foremost a self-promoter interested primarily in making the history he so loves to study.  Who will tell him it's over?  The GOP had better hope his money, voter support or both dry up to the point that even Newt has to drop out.  Otherwise Newt will not only have lost his dream of being president, but his nightmare of an Obama reelection will likely come true as well.  A splintered GOP can recover if it has several months to forget about the wounds developed in this process, but if it only has sixty days, Obama can probably put a victory together while angry Republicans tune the enitre process out. 

Despite Devastating Losses, Newt Vows to Stay In

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