Gingrich may not be aided by Santorum leaving the race

For those of you saying that Rick Santorum should get out of the race for the Republican nomination and endorse Newt Gingrich — the thinking being that it would unite the anti-Romney vote, there is new polling showing that this may not help knock off the GOP frontrunner:

Perhaps the most important number in the NBC-Marist poll was what happens when Santorum is removed from the race. Santorum’s vote splits off evenly if he’s removed, and Romney has an even WIDER lead over Gingrich, 49%-33%. So, Gingrich can’t make the argument that if conservatives weren’t divided he would win. The numbers just don’t bear that out. What’s really interesting — Santorum probably could argue that if GINGRICH weren’t in the race, he’d have a better chance against Romney. Santorum’s image is as good as it’s been since the campaign began.

That may be counterintuitive, but when you look at it, you’d have to make a lot of assumptions about Santorum’s supporters. I suppose some of it makes sense, being that evangelical Christians make up a lot of Santorum’s support, voters that may have an issue with voting for a Mormon.

And as much as I dislike diving into a candidate’s personal life, keep in mind that Gingrich’s has been married three times and has owned up to an affair. This is obviously going to be an issue to many religious-minded voters.

We’ll see what happens after tonight, but Santorum can justify sticking around for the time being. Whether he’s able to gain traction before Super Tuesday is an entirely different story. I’d never vote for the guy, but I think he may have another surge left in him before this is all said and done.

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a good leader can be seen from a good life anyway,,
if Santorum has a poor record of the lives that will reduce the number of voters that he got
This in my opinion

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Even without the support of Santorum, I think Gingrich will do just fine in the elections. This is because he already has established a good reputation among the people and his past accomplishments can speak for themselves. It is important to remember that you really can’t count on anyone else but yourself when it comes to politics.

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It’s not something that Gingrich should be very concerned about because he can actually fend for himself. Gingrich has an excellent track record and I think it would be sufficient to get him to his spot. I wonder what Santorum was thinking when he left his ally?

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