Newt -- fatal roadblock

Newt's revenge, disguised (in his mind only) as the Secret Plan to Save the Planet, may just have run into a fatal roadblock.

His plan A was to wow the masses with his Big Ideas and sweep the primaries and caucuses.

His plan B was to get Santorum to quit so Newt could take the right wing vote.   Only trouble, Santorum kept winning and Newt kept losing.   So it only made sense the other way around.

His plan C was for Rick Perry to run as Newt's VP.   Perry said he preferred being governor of Texas.

His plan D was for Newt and Santorum to join forces to outweigh Romney's votes.   Only trouble, Romney kept beating them both and Newt coming in third.  

His plan E was, as they said a few weeks back, "to unleash Callista" on the campaign trail -- let her start making speeches, talking up women's issues.   Only trouble, Callista has quite negative ratings herself (see "Wives" earlier today).

His plan F was to sweep the South and go to the convention with a big block of delegates.  Only trouble, Santorum swept Alabama and Mississippi.

His plan G:  there's still Louisiana this weekend.   That's where things will turn around.   Only trouble,  In Trade gives Santorum a 98.3% chance of winning LA and Newt a 0.5% chance.

His plan H:   well there's always a brokered convention where none of them has a majority.  Only trouble, everybody but the far right wing is rushing to coalesce around Romney;  and Santorum has the others sewn up.

But that's not all.   The stake through Newt's heart may well be this.   He's been reading up on the history of historical brokered conventions, like the 1920 one that wound up nominating Warren Harding.    George Will responded to that with:  "talk about defining aspirations down."

Newt should instead read the rules of the Republican National Committee, which states:

"Nominations:   Each candidate for nomination for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall demonstrate the support of a plurality of the delegates from each of five (5) or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination."

In other words, unless Newt wins three more states to go with South Carolina and Georgia, he could not even have his name put into nomination.    Does anyone know three more states likely to go for Newt?

Want to guess Newt's Plan I?    Contest the rules.   They should not apply to one with such a Cosmic Ego, after all.

And Plan J?   Have a hissy fit.  Find a way to bring the U. S. government to a halt.

Plan K?     I don't know, but I suggest to Callista that she try to stay healthy.   Newt has a way of discarding wives when they get sick.

Ralph