Per Gallup 5 day rolling average of their daily tracking poll, the nationwide GOP nomination race (polling limited to registered Republicans) now stands
rMoney: 29
Odious Newt: 28
That 70ish Guy: 13
Frothy: 11
Per 538, Gingrich now has an 84% chance of winning Florida, with a 44% to 30% lead over Willard.
The more numerate among you doubtless added those percentages in your heads and observed that there are 19 percentage points unallocated, presumably among "Don't know", "someone else", and "Dear God ANYONE else".
Also noted is that exit polls in South Carolina indicated that (per TPM) those primary voters who most valued the ability to beat Obama broke for the Odious Newt by a slight margin.
So, if Willard can't run on an aura of inevitability; and can't run on electability; what does he run on?
Job creation? Well, let's talk about your career at Bain Capital, Willard, and see how well you did that.
He's a guy like you who feels your pain? Somehow, I don't think that will work.
He's a guy you'd like to have a beer with? Setting the Mormon doctrines regarding alcohol aside, can you imagine relaxing with Willard with any sort of beverage?
He's a social conservative who will restore American values? No one trusts him, and at this moment we have to stop setting the whole Mormon question aside.
There's something wrong with Willard, and I don't think there's enough money in the world to fix it. Unless Newt manages to implode again (any ego that inflated is a constant implosion threat) Willard is done.
Time for Willard to drop out for the good of his party.