Rick and Newt: Bomb Throwers

Consider for a moment what in the world is going on in the minds of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. I know, I know...but just humor me.

First let's dispatch with Newt.  Gingrich would have to win 90% of the delegates remaining to win the nomination.  He has only won two states and is unlikely to win another, meaning he likely will not even have the support of the few delegates he's gained to this point at the convention.  Moreover, the man is going to zoos and checking out the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. rather than doing serious campaigning at this point.  I can fathom only two possible reasons he has not dropped out of the race, and both reflect horribly on him.  First, he's on an extended book/PR tour at the expense of his campaign donors and, worse, at the expense of the Republican cause to oust Obama.  Second, he has a personal vendetta against Romney and is willing to sacrifice the cause against Obama to get back at Mitt Romney somehow, which is worse and more small minded than the first possibility.

Second, consider Santorum.  The bottom line is that even if there was some remote chance of him gaining more delegates and momentum than Romney as of a couple of weeks ago, that chance is over now. Therefore, by continuing to stay in the race - knowing that he only has an outside chance of keeping Romney from the 1,144 delegates to win the nomination outright, and NO CHANCE of getting to 1,144 himself - he can ONLY be aiming for a contested convention.  The rules of the convention in such a case are such that there is NO CHANCE of Santorum becoming the nominee even in that case, and little to no chance of anyone but Romney getting the nomination at that point.  Imagine if Romney had, say, 1,100 delegates.  And was the only person with an organized campaign organization nationwide just 7 weeks before election day.  Can you imagine the outcry if anyone but Mitt got the nod there?  And the abject failure it would be for Republicans even if someone else were somehow handed the nomination?  What an absolute disaster that would be!

So if there is no reasonable, rational alternative to Mitt Romney to give Republicans a chance to oust Obama, then what in the name of Sam do Santorum and Gingrich really think they are doing?  It's hard to avoid the thought that they are simply prepared to be the equivalent of suicide bomber walking into the Republican tent - no thought of helping us succeed but only hoping to take us down, hoping to look - presumably - forward to 2016.  As if we would trust them by then under this scenario.  Does this sound harsh?  Well, it is.  It's that ridiculous to me what these two are doing.  It's time for them to get out.

To supporters of these two...I imagine you are just trying to choose someone you think is motivated to lead as a conservative leader and who you think has a chance this November.  You may have other reasons as well.  That's laudable.  But take a good hard look at the situation and ask yourself what your guy is really doing or trying to do.  Because here's another brutal fact: an Obama victory this November would not just be disappointing: it would be a DISASTER for our nation.  As Romney has said "can you imagine Barrack Obama in the White Hours with no one to answer to?"  Can you imagine what permanent harm he would do to our country if he had 4 more years in the White House with no re-election ahead to reign him in?  The harm done would take decades to try to reverse, and perhaps never would be.

It is time for all of us to unite behind Mitt Romney and support our effort to get Obama out of the White House.  Conservative South Carolina Senator DeMint just announced that he fully agrees.

Now...is...the...time!