As of today, Mitt Romney maintains a double digit lead above his GOP counterparts in this Saturday’s South Carolina primary. That’s pretty poor news for his remaining rivals, who were each hoping evangelical Christians would turn the race in their favor through the bible belt south. But with that plan seeming to unravel, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich just may have a Plan B up their sleeve.
Gingrich and Santorum recognize they are splitting the conservative vote, which is playing directly into the hands of Mitt Romney in his “divide-and-conquer” master plan for the nomination. So, word in political circles is that the 2 men may be considering a bold move to stop Romney in his tracks — merge their campaigns!
Here’s how it would work: either Gingrich or Santorum would drop out of the race, but then throw their full support to the remaining man (not named Perry or Paul), who could then take on Romney head to head. With Rick Perry and Ron Paul left as the only alternatives, conservatives and evangelicals would have no choice but to collectively fall in line in order to defeat Romney. Conservatives are so hell-bent on getting Romney out of the way and Obama out of the White House, they’re at the end of their rope and ready to try almost anything.
If true, it’s an interesting plan. But would it work?
<span><span><span>If true, will it work? I don't know (?) From everthing I've seen and heard coming from Gingrich and Santorum they don't like each other. But that doesn't mean their dislike for one another is greater than their total distain for Romney. Here's what I think: Given the troubling signs of Romney's campaign, which are becoming MORE apparent every day, Romney may be *UNDOING* himself(?) 1. Multiple foot-in-mouth Verbal gaffes (i,e., "I like firing people" etc) </span> <span>2. His disastrous interview on Faux News 3. somewhat WEAK debate performances during recent debates 4. his ongoing REFUSAL to release his income-tax information…which, btw has been the tradition started by Romney's OWN father. Added to all that: </span><span>Newt is gonna continue pounding Romney every chance he gets. Palin is now weighing in, saying if she was in S.C. she'd vote for Newt to keep the "vetting process going." And now the word IS that </span><span>Santorum… Read more »