"Taking two positions on every issue, one more on the left and one more on the far right doesn't make you a centrist, it makes you a charlatan."

And, apparently, about three out of four Pukes do too.

Tough to develop that kind of consensus. But apparently he has pulled it off.

I would say 25% in an 8 way race is pretty good. But, he has been campaigning for five years and the rest of the group look like and act like they should be committed and heavily medicated. It is an 8 way race where the competition is weak at best, maniacal at worst. All he has to do is look somewhat sane and appeal to his base... errrrrrrr never mind the base is insane.

Mittsy the Shittsy does NOT like to be mocked--his skin is so thin that it's almost translucent.

Way to goad him into behaving like the wet hen that he regularly shows himself to be!

THIS is chicago style politics.

Expect the also-rans like Bachmann and Perry to throw their support and their delegates to Santorum. The evangelicals will never support a Mormon, even if he reaches the convention with a sizable lead.

Then there's "The Wrath of Newt!" The Newtster is pissed over the royal shafting he got with all the negative adds directed at him before the Iowa caucuses. He's already talked about teaming up with Santorum to dethrone Romney.

Of course, the big money will still be behind Mittens; but, the Republican base may not be as willing to get in line behind the party leadership as in previous years.

He's got the war chest, the establishment support, and the largest potential base of Republican supporters. There are a lot of delegate-rich states that will definitely choose him over the alternatives. Plus, the longer there's more than one anti-Romney, the better it is for him. If it does eventually get down to just Ricky and Mitt, Mitt still wins hands-down. Santorum's too out there to win a majority of delegates.