Rick Santorum had his biggest night last night picking up wins in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. While doing little to actually pick up delegates, the victory shows that Conservatives – particularly in the Heartland – are not fans of Mitt Romney’s brand of liberal politics. Squishy Republicans are not the answer for many Conservatives.
Another factor to consider is that this was the first contest after the Romney gaff that he “doesn’t care about the very poor”. And while that statement was taken out of context, the fact that it may have played a major role in the triple losses for Romney in Republican circles is foretelling as to the effect it will have in the General Election should Romney be the Republican nominee.
Centrist voters will not look past the Romney clip saying that he does not care about the very poor, which was a free gift to Democrats, and will play right into Obama’s hands as painting Romney as an out of touch “one-percenter“.
Just when you think Romney is destined to be the nominee, one small gaff, or one good night in a debate and his support dissipates faster than an Obama campaign promise.
Newt Gingrich looks to be about done. There will not be a third Newt rising unless something drastic happens.
What is clear is that Republicans are still not ready to settle on yet another less than acceptable candidate and many are still searching for a good alternative to Mitt.
This does not bode well for November and the Obama people must be grinning from ear to ear watching Republicans desperately search for a candidate.
Get a woman to load the donkey seriously, women around the world act as human donkeys and know from experience when enough is enough.