| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Election 2012 |
| Gallup: Romney lead "collapsing" to 10 points nationally |
| 2012-01-20 |
| New Gallup poll shows Romney support falling right before the SC primary. This is a big deal. After a close second in Iowa and a win in NH, Romney would have expected a great deal of momentum, and indeed he did spike above the 25% support ceiling which has been in place since 2008. An implosion now was not part of the plan. Romney's plan has always been to win by default. Split the opposition, attack anyone who breaks out and limp over the finish line with his meager 25% support. At some point the rank and file would hold their noses and support him. What went wrong? Gingrich got a lifeline. Perry and Palin helped, as did another show stopping debate performance. Also, most Republicans still can't stand Romney. Whether the issue is guns, taxes, abortion, climate change or the individual mandate, Romney is on the wrong side. What does this all mean? Rick Santorum must drop out of the race RIGHT NOW. He won in Iowa because: 1) he had camped there for 6 months, and 2) he was "someone else" who had not yet been smeared by the Romney people. Well, Santorum right now is dead last in SC. He has no money and no organization outside of Iowa. He has no path to victory. But he does have a choice: help Romney by further splitting the vote, or give conservatives a fighting change by bowing out. Perry, faced with the same calculus, did the right thing. It's your turn now, Santorum. |
| Posted by:Iblis |
| #5 See also DRUDGEREPORT > BATTLE OF SUMTER '12. and * FREEREPUBLIC > NOONAN, KRAUTHAMMER TO GOP: YOU'RE LOSING THIS THING. Yokay, I'll bite, I thought the Left fired on Fort Sumter back under POTUS Billary??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-20 18:47 |
| #4 I hate to tell y'all, but I think with Newt we'll be tasked with making a silk purse out of a sow's ear _just like with Mitt_. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-01-20 17:52 |
| #3 Romney does not have this sewed up at this point. I have never seen candidates vetted as they have been by the MSM. These weasels never did this to Obama. They wanted him to be President so badly that he could have been Jack the Ripper and they would have covered it up. The MSM has tried to beat up on all of the leading Pub candidates. Just maybe the MSM and BO will get their comin uppins at election time for what they are doing. The MSM has tried to turn the Pub selection process into a circus with their smarmy gotcha questions. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-01-20 17:51 |
| #2 He'd have to wear a gas mask at DOJ until he got rid of Holder's stench. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2012-01-20 17:38 |
| #1 Throw Santorum a bone. Promise to make him Secretary of State or Attorney General. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2012-01-20 17:37 |