Santorum/Gingrich Desperation

I think accusations of "lying" in politics are generally thrown around way too easily, but let me just say a couple of things about what Santorum and Gingrich have been saying the past day or two.

First Gingrich: he's been saying that - to paraphrase - Romney has not been winning the conservative vote and that this shows what a weak candidate he is for Republicans.  I'm sorry, but I've been following exit polls really closely throughout this process, and that is simply not true.  Romney has been getting more support from conservatives than any other candidate.  The only exception is if you carve out a subset of conservatives - specifically RURAL, EVANGELICAL, "VERY CONSERVATIVE" voters.  But that subset, while not insignificant, is hardly any kind of majority, and looking forward to the general election in November, they will be an even smaller slice of the electorate.  So, come on, Newt...get it straight.

Then Santorum.  The best I can describe what he's been saying is either 'name calling' towards Mitt, or 'magical thinking' in which he tries to obfuscate the delegate math and numbers and try to claim he has as good a chance or better than Mitt to get the nomination.  That would only be true if literally EVERYTHING goes his way and NOTHING goes Mitt's way, AND the Republican Party powers connive to make him the nominee.  Such a path is not only extremely unlikely, but would be the worst possible way I could imagine choosing a nominee to go against Barack Obama.  Seriously...consider a scenario in which Romney has more delegates than anyone else, but some back room deal consolidates everything else on behalf of Santorum.  You think that would go over well?  It's a dangerous fantasy dream by Santorum, in my opinion.

Oh, and when you hear either of these two talk about Romney as a "weak frontrunner," remind yourself how much weaker they are as candidates compared with Romney by any measure and ask yourself what they are saying about themselves.  Just sayin'.

Let's keep our eye on the ball.  Tomorrow represents a chance for Romney to get critical support in the South and nothing could be better for increasing our chances to oust Obama from the White House.

Look at the evidence below of Mitt's strength in the newest polls: