The GOP elites thought they had the nomination all sowed up for Mitt Romney. They help prevent Donald Trump and Sarah Palin from jumping in. They help destroy Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann and Herman Cain. Now they have Newt Gingrich targeted. Unlike the others, they genuinely fear Newt. He is smarter than Romney and has the backing of the base. He’s an Establishment figure gone Rogue. Now Romney backers want Gingrich to be attacked.
Newt Gingrich’s surge is prompting the first signs of nervousness among top Mitt Romney supporters, some of whom are urging their candidate to take a more aggressive approach to arrest the former House speaker’s sudden rise.
Romney’s backers aren’t panicking — yet. But to many, especially among the GOP donor elite, Gingrich looks like Romney’s most formidable opponent to date, and a rival who requires a much more serious response than the previous conservative alternative, Herman Cain.
With precious little time left before voting starts — and a big cache of votes now up for grabsthanks to Cain’s withdrawal — Romney supporters say the pressure is building on their candidate to step up and seize the Republican nomination that has drifted just out of his reach all year.
The Gingrich vs. Romney battle will be for the heart of the Republican Party. Will the GOP continue to be a Transnationalist Progressive Party or will it be a Nationalist Conservative Party. A Romney defeat means the end of the Globalist control over the GOP. A new defeat emans a 3rd Party will emerge.
The fact the GOP elites are nervous is a good sign!
Tags: 2012 GOP Nomination, Newt Gingrich, Rockefeller Republicans
