with debates and no real campaign mechanics, he s conducted a surge when you want to have one near the iowa process. though i d be very surprised if he s the nominee. ed gillespie, what is the theory of the case for an anti-romney candidacy? what is the package you ve got to put together? i think it s, for those who are concerned on the conservative side of the primary electorate, which is the vast majority of the republican primary voters, that governor romney is not consistently conservative enough. so if newt gingrich can demonstrate that he would be conservative on these issues, more conservative than governor romney would be and he could consolidate, you know, the perry vote, and the bachmann vote and the others, that that would be, you know, could give him a shot at the nomination. i think it s a legitimate theory. one thing about it, though, this process is different for republicans this time. in that we re going to have proportional delegate allocation throughout a lot of o
and moves in to kill it. i think newt would have it very happy to have a romney and newt race. i think the democrats are giggling about newt in the general election. you ve got to give him credit, with debates and no real campaign mechanics, he s conducted a surge when you want to have one near the iowa process. though i d be very surprised if he s the nominee. ed gillespie, what is the theory of the case for an anti-romney candidacy? what is the package you ve got to put together? i think it s, for those who are concerned on the conservative side of the primary electorate, which is the vast majority of the republican primary voters, that governor romney is not consistently conservative enough. so if newt gingrich can demonstrate that he would be conservative on these issues, more conservative than governor romney would be and he could consolidate, you know, the perry vote, and the bachmann vote and the others, that that would be, you know, could give him a shot at the nomination.