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Newt Gingrich Needs to Stay in the Race

The only way to stop a Romney nomination is for Gingrich to stay in the race

March 14, 2012

Should Newt drop out? Absolutely positively not.

Newt's new strategy is a simple one. He is going to deny Romney the nomination.

As Gingrich falls close to the point where it is almost impossible for him to win outright, he now changes his strategy.

Stopping Romney must be the paramount objective of all conservative Republicans. Gingrich is wrong when he calls Romney a "Massachusetts moderate." Romney is a liberal.

Romney is the weakest Republican "front-runner" in the last century. Romney has been running for president for seven years. Ever since he announced he was not running for re-election as Massachusetts governor, the presidency of the United States has been his single goal.

[See a collection of political cartoons on Newt Gingrich.]

Romney had establishment backing, he had major donors giving him obscene amounts of cash, and it was "his turn."

Despite all of this, he cannot secure the nomination. The only reason Romney wins the elections he has won is that he was able to outspend his opponents. The fact that the new Newt strategy is even viable shows how weak Romney is.

Newt does the Republican Party and the conservative movement a great favor by staying in the race.

If Newt can stay in the race and pull enough votes to block the nomination of Romney, then the Republican Party has a chance this fall. We must select a conservative to take back the nomination and the White House.

[See photos of Newt Gingrich.]

Newt at this point must stay in the race. If the race goes down to a one-on-one race between Romney and Santorum, Romney will win. Despite Santorum thinking most of Newt's supporters would automatically back him if Gingrich were no longer in the race, that is not true. Some would peel off and vote for Romney, which could possibly give him the delegates he needs to win the nomination.

The only way we can stop a Romney nomination now is for Newt to stay in the race.

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2012 presidential election,
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Yes — Rick Santorum has earned the right for this to be a two-man race

FORD O'CONNELL, Republican Strategist, Conservative Activist, and Political Analyst

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Yes — The best way for Gingrich to get revenge on Romney may be to step aside

RON BONJEAN, Former Chief of Staff for the Senate Republican Conference

#5

No — Gingrich's only shot is to force a floor fight in Tampa

DAVID CROCKETT, Author of 'Running Against the Grain: How Opposition Candidates Win Presidential Elections'

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No — Newt Gingrich has no self-interested reason to drop out just yet

LARA BROWN, Author of 'Jockeying for the American Presidency: The Political Opportunism of Aspirants'

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No — If Rick Santorum loses to Mitt Romney, it's his own fault, not Newt Gingrich's

KRYSTAL BALL, MSNBC Contributor and Former Democratic Nominee for Congress in the First District of Virginia

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