Newt's Texas strategy

Toby Harnden:
Another loss, another failure by Newt Gingrich to concede a race to the winner, Mitt Romney. Rather than deliver a speech, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives instead opted to hold a press conference to unveil a supposed new campaign strategy. 
The weakness of his position during the rambling 22-minute event was underlined by the fact that he had to begin by denying he was planning to drop out. 'I'm not going to withdraw,' he said. 'I'm actually pretty happy with where we are.' 
It has been reported that he would announce he was 'going positive' for the rest of the campaign. Instead, he unloaded a stream of peevish bile about Romney, quoting everyone from George Soros to Charles Krauthammer.

Gingrich's new strategy? To achieve 'a series of victories' that would put him in a situation of 'parity' with Romney after the Texas primary, currently scheduled for April 3rd but likely to be delayed by litigation and where a massive winner-takes-all haul of 155 delegates are at stake. 
Sooner or later, however, Gingrich will need to start winning again - and before April. He's not on the ballot in Missouri on Tuesday, when Romney is favoured in Colorado and Minnesota looks like a toss-up. Then we have Michigan and Arizona at the end of February, where Romney is the heavy favourite. 


    Gingrich is clearly investing a lot of hope in Super Tuesday on March 6th but that day he is not even on the ballot in his home state of Virginia. 
    Even before then, he's likely to face a big money crunch. The report that lines of communications between Romney and Sheldon Adelson, head of the pro-Gingrich super PAC and the man currently keeping Gingrich afloat, is an ominous sign for him.

    ...
    While Texas is clearly a prize, it is one that will probably come to late to make a difference in the race because of the delay caused by reapportionment litigation.  At this point it is hard to see where Gingrich picks up momentum.  Being angry and spiteful is not politically appealing.

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    1. Greg5:16 AM

      Of course, this guy makes a major mistake -- Texas is a proportional state when it comes to awarding delegates. Take it from a guy who has been involved in selecting delegates to the Republican National Convention at every Texas GOP convention since 2000.

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