re: #8 windsagio

I just don’t get hwat they’re doing, endorsing a sure loser.

Let alone thinking he can beat romney, are these guys really so delusional that they think Newt can beat Obama?

Yes, and while they’re wrong there’s a certain twisted logic to their thought process. If Newt is the nominee the mainstream business conservatives will probably hold their nose and vote for him. In any case they certainly won’t go rogue and back a third party run, they’re Republicans.

Romney on the other hand, while being a stronger candidate than Newt against Obama in a one on one matchup, is more likely to generate a revolt. This is because the Tea Partiers, Freepers and So Cons may very well rebel en masse and back a hard right third party candidate if they don’t get their way. Developmentally these people are equivalent to two year olds, prone to temper tantrums and fits of counter productive, unfocused rage.