Conservatives are beginning to call for Newt Gingrich’s large, pasty, inflated head on a platter. The National Review Online is leading the charge with an editorial asking Gingrich to drop out and endorse Frothy Mix. In their knee-cap of Newt, the editors said it would be a mistake for Republican voters to nominate someone with “such poor judgment and persistent unpopularity” to be the party’s standard bearer.They also said that Mr. Santorum had been “conducting himself rather impressively” after his recent victories in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.
Speaking of Santorum (I hope no one was having a late breakfast when reading this phrase), a new poll puts him ahead of Mitt Romney. According to the New York Times:
A New York Times/CBS News poll released Tuesday morning showed Mr. Santorum surging among Republican primary voters nationwide, lifted by support among conservatives, evangelical Christians and Tea Party supporters.
In the new poll, 30 percent of Republican primary voters say they support Mr. Santorum, compared with 27 percent for Mr. Romney. While Mr. Santorum’s lead is essentially a tie with Mr. Romney because it is within the margin of sampling error, it reflects a significant jump for him from earlier polls.
The two other major candidates are further behind, at 12 percent for Ron Paul and 10 percent for Newt Gingrich. Mr. Gingrich’s numbers have fallen sharply since his win in South Carolina on Jan. 21.
It seems the GOP race is now between The Insincere (Romney) vs. The Insane (Santorum). Although, the way things are going in this tumultuous race, The Unstable (Newt) should stay in because he will likely get one more chance if he performs well in the South.
Grab a beer and take a seat. The freak show continues.
If Gingrich doesn’t withdraw, he will be right up in Romney’s tuchus with santorum until the convention.
I really think Newt should stay in the race. The cognitive dissonance between what he says and what he does gives further clarity to the voters about christian family values.
Oh gawd Scott….I was eating a chocolate donut when I read your post…. :( the….image…uggggg.
I really hope that God sees to it that Santorum becomes the Republican nominee. It would show that God wants Obama to have a second term.
Richard Rush – I completely agree with you.
Maybe with some luck, Mr. Gingrich will form a third party and split the GOP vote. Or if Santorum does prevail over Romney, maybe the former governor will form a third party candidacy. Either way, 2012 might be the defining election not for liberals or Democrats or Barack Obama, but this may be the election that finally splits economic and social conservatives.
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I’m afraid that Gingrich and especially Santorum will immediately be in lockstep (or better said goose step) with Romney as soon as he wins the nomination. Republicons hate President Obama far more than they hate each other.