When I saw the returns roll in and then saw how quickly it was being called for Newt I had had one thought gel in my head, so I called my father whom I knew would be following it to see if my suspicion was correct. My father said Newt won SC because of the debates, he fought back and he thinks he'll chew Obama up as well. He got close to it. Like I've said before, debates are good for the electorate at large but too much emphasis and de-emphasis go into them. The Left will downplay Obama gong in and heap enormous praise on him coming out no matter how bad he got his ass handed to him. But Newt is a fighting at heart, and a fighter is what our side has lacked for quite a while. He won't take anything from anybody sitting down. He'll get in their face at every opportunity. If Newt kicks butt through the south I think he can sew it up. Romney and his money and backers will ensure he stays in for most of the contest, Paul has nowhere else to go and will stick around too, if only to keep sounding his warnings on our economy and fiscal/monetary issues. If Santorum continues to slip he'll have to bow out at some point and he may withhold an endorsement until later or he'll surprise me and pick someone sooner. If Newt ends up being the nominee I could perhaps stagger to the polls and manage to flip a lever for him. More likely than flipping it for Willard, that's for damn sure. And seeing the direction this is going now, a brokered convention is starting to scare me, because either the Establishment forces Willard on us or the to-hell-with-em groundswell gives us a loony wildcard like Paul. Newt is in the drivers seat now, and only Newt can defeat Newt. If he can keep control of his mouth-to-brain filter and his zipper, he could win this thing. One thing with Newt though, he'll fight for what he believes in. I may not always like what he believes in, but he'll fight Obama & the Left & the MFM.
9 days till FL!
