Interesting article. I think I agree with most of it, especially the part about "endanger Republicans all the way down the ticket". But in my mind that applies to Romney even more than Gingrich. This could get ugly.
Click HERE for moreJust before the Florida primary on Tuesday, a wag predicted that it would be won either by the guy everyone hates or the guy no one likes. It was an easy prediction because the election was guaranteed to be won either by Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney. However, although Romney won a crushing victory over Gingrich, whose victory in South Carolina boosted his campaign enormously, it did not erase doubts about his viability as the GOP standard-bearer this fall.
This is not to say that anyone really believes that Gingrich would run better against Barack Obama in the general election than Romney. Exit polls made clear that electability was a key factor in Romney’s victory. Most political professionals think Gingrich would lose so badly to Obama that he would endanger Republicans all the way down the ticket. That’s why what is left of the Republican establishment has gone all-in for Romney.
However, while almost all Republicans believe that Obama is easily beatable and many believe that any Republican can beat him, political pros are more sanguine. Among the factors:
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