The Wall Street Journal’s editorial this morning argues Rick Santorum has earned a reason to stay in the race, in spite of Mitt Romney’s victory in Ohio. They are not as kind to Gingrich:
As for Newt Gingrich, he says his win in Georgia means he can fight another day. But he showed little strength anywhere else, and his overriding problem is his negative image even among Republicans. In Ohio’s exit poll, 48% said they’d be dissatisfied if he were the GOP nominee. That’s not an argument for electability.
His speech Tuesday night also betrayed his familiar ill-discipline as he rambled on with a history of the 2012 campaign from Iowa to Georgia. He’ll have to defeat Mr. Santorum soon in more states than Georgia and outside of the South to claim to be the main alternative to Mr. Romney.
His speech Tuesday night also betrayed his familiar ill-discipline as he rambled on with a history of the 2012 campaign from Iowa to Georgia. He’ll have to defeat Mr. Santorum soon in more states than Georgia and outside of the South to claim to be the main alternative to Mr. Romney.
