Sunday, March 25, 2012

Newt is hardly even an afterthought now

Rick Santorum added an impressive win in Louisiana yesterday (49.0%) to his strong wins in Alabama and Mississippi.   Romney was a distant second at 26.7%, and Newt Gingrich an even more distant third at 15.9%.

Newt barely edged out Romney for second place in Alabama (29.3% and 20.%) and Mississippi (31.2% and 30.6%).

Just barely beating Romney for second place in two Southern states and losing to him in a third shows that Newt has not maintained much support across the South, despite his wins in South Carolina and Georgia.   They're ancient history by now, even though he got some delegates.  Sweeping the South was supposed to be Gingrich's road to the nomination -- and it just isn't happening.

Today's Atlanta Journal Constitution had a full page of articles on the GOP primary campaign:  "Broad support seen for Santorum in La," "Religious views resurge in politics," and "5 ways GOP could finally settle presidential race."

In all of this space on articles about where things stand, the name of Newt Gingrich is not even mentioned, not one time.   Not even a footnote.  It is especially significant that he is not even mentioned in the five ways the Republican nominee might be chosen -- not even as a spoiler.  It has truly become a two-man race.

This is going to strain even Newt's Big Brain Generator of Big Ideas to come up with a winning scenario and justification to continue.

It's beginning to become undeniably clear that Newt is still running because Newt just cannot acknowledge that he is not popular, that people are not buying his stuff -- and in the end he is becoming an embarrassment to himself.  Rather than helping to sell his DVDs and books, he's beginning to paint himself as the slightly ridiculous Don Quixote that he is.

"Cosmic ego" still says it best.

Ralph

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