McManus: The Gingrich playbook

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He expects to be fighting all the way to the GOP convention floor.

Newt Gingrich says he's staying in the Republican presidential race all the way to the GOP convention in August, and that he's willing — even eager — to fight for the nomination on the convention floor. But does he have a chance?

Gingrich and his aides seem to think so, and they have a theory of how they can wrest the nomination from Mitt Romney.

It begins with pushing Rick Santorum to the sideline and uniting the party's conservative majority behind Gingrich. That's why Gingrich claimed a victory in having turned the campaign into a two-man race in Florida on Tuesday night instead of conceding defeat.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcmanus-column-gop-convention-20120202,0,1124295.column

[Jackpine Radical]

1. The longer they drag out the poop-flinging among themselves, the better.

In one of the better scenarios from my fantasy life, the Salamander continues as the Bain of Willard's existence all the way to the convention and, when he finally loses, goes on to run as an Independent, continuing the shitfest all the way to November--against whoever the nominee is. He may have crippled Willard badly enough to cost him the nom, resulting in a dark horse Republican candidate coming out of the Convention.

Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?

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2. I like the way you think. nt

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3. Who knows how this is going to end, but one thing is sure...Romney is damaged goods nt

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4. It's just a flesh wound.