As I mentioned last night, Newt’s big task right now is to hold on until March, when the mix of states in play become considerably more favorable to him. But the next big obstacle in his path is Nevada, where he’ll have to fight like crazy to avoid coming in third behind Ron Paul.
The President’s approval numbers continue to slowly trend up. Now even Rasmussen has him in positive territory. The President’s current TPM Poll Average is 46.3% approve, 49% disapprove. Chart after the jump … Read More
The Romney campaign is still dodging questions about those offshore accounts.
Looks like GOP voter turnout actually fell compared to 2008’s primary.
Meanwhile, that old firebrand Alan Grayson says the whole affair has done “lasting damage” to the party.
So can Newt hold on? Not to win the nomination. That boat has sailed and is pretty much over the horizon. But can he hold on through February and still command enough media attention to credibly remain in the race? Read More
Two daughters and a son-in-law of Sheldon Adelson’s wife ponied up $1 million in 2011 for Newt Gingrich’s super PAC, about half of its total funding, new FEC filings show. That was before Sheldon himself got in on the act this month.
According to Team Romney, Mitt received no call tonight from Newt congratulating him on the win.
We only have about 30% of the precincts reporting in Florida. But look at this map of the county results. Across the state, Romney is walloping Gingrich. But look in the Panhandle. So far at least Gingrich seems to be winning there. That part of the state borders Georgia, where Gingrich is from. So in itself that’s not totally surprising. But it may not just be that. It’s also the part of the state that’s cultural in the South. If the pattern holds up, I suspect you’re going to be seeing a lot of mention of this.