When Newt went after Juan there. It outdid all of his previous moderator contests, IMO. I liked what I said elsewhere: “Newt does better with liberal moderators”. So bring out the MSNBC debates: it gives us an inkling of what Newt will be like in general, debating Obama; i.e, he’ll totally crush Obama.

I don’t want to go into the 2012 general with our nominee being the crap sandwich that is Mitt Romney.

I’ll have more on this puppy later…

since the Honey Badger was stopped in his tracks last time he played. Let’s hope Newt plays like A.J. McCarron, He prepared for the game, set the tempo, controlled the timing, had no turnovers, dissected the defense and called the plays accordingly, and ultimately led the team to victory,

This could really be the game changer we needed.

If Newt picks up the kind of momentum – and consolidation that should reasonably be expected then the tables could turn very quickly.

Romney could, by the end of the week, go from being the guy who historically won the first two contests and looks good to win the third to (after the recount in Iowa) being the guy who spent millions, resorted to smearing his top opponent and still lost to a guy with no practically no funding who 2 weeks before Iowa looked to be largely irrelevant, won a primary in a center left Northeastern state that he’d be highly unlikely to pick up in a general election, and lost in the south when he had all this momentum – to a guy who, according to the media, has been self destructing for a month and a half.

I had to laugh when I read an article that argued that even a close second in South Carolina practically assured Romney the nomination.

I agree with Newt’s analysis. If he wins South Carolina, he’ll win Florida, then surely beat Romney and be the nominee.

If Thursday night brings another Gingrich debate performance of the same caliber as last night’s, we can almost count on it.

He was brilliant and, better yet, inspirational, last night. I think he lost his way these last few weeks and I think he knows it. He lost me when he started complaining about process and making it personal. If he would have stayed on message he wouldn’t be in the soup he is in.

I tried to like Romney. I really tried. Just don’t think he is what we need right now.

Hmmmm…I wonder how much of a boon this will be to Gingrich come on top of his great performance last night.

With Gingrich as Prez and Santorum as VP and they make that pact before the South Carolina primary.

Otherwise, we’re giving it to Romney.

I’ve been around politics long enough to know that the air and money will be sucked out of the race if Romney sweeps.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/20/gallup-romney-support-collapsing-to-10-points-nationally/

here is Newt schooling John King

I think.

I’m predicting Newt in first with 33% or more of the vote. In no small part because it’s going to rain in the Upstate and Midlands. Add that to the fact that he’s on top in the last 5 polls.

If you were leaning towards Newt, last night he hit at least two homers. If you were undecided about Romney, he didn’t give you a reason to decide.