If anyone needed proof that there's only one intellectual heavyweight in the GOP race, this news proves it. Here's the breaking news:
Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul dropped out of the GOP candidates’ debate March 1 in Atlanta, robbing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of his chance to dominate the stage in his former stomping grounds days ahead of Super Tuesday.
CNN, which is hosting the debate, said it will be canceled. “Without full participation of all four candidates, CNN will not move forward with the Super Tuesday debate,” the cable network said in a statement.
The mass dropout strips Mr. Gingrich of his preferred mode of campaigning: Slamming his opponents, and the media, on the debate stage.
TRANSLATION: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are afraid of getting bested by the best debater in the GOP field.
Here's the reality: Speaker Gingrich has frequently mopped the floor with these candidates' backsides in the debates. Can anyone picture Ronald Reagan backing out of the opportunity to debate an opponent?
It's true that this "strips Mr. Gingrich of his preferred mode of campaigning," it gives him a different opportunity to belittle his opponents. Why would Mitt 'Mr. Inevitable' Romney and Rick 'Mr. Momentum' Santorum run from the opportunity to debate 'Down in the polls' Newt Gingrich?
They've now told the world that they're afraid to debate the smartest conservative on that stage. Think of how this looks to the average voter. These candidates aren't projecting an image of strength. They're projecting inferiority. They're projecting a lack of confidence.
Conversely, the image that Newt is projecting is that of being the superior solutions guy, the intellectual heavyweight and the man who won't back down from a fight. That's the image a winner projects.
These are the sounds of three campaigns revealing their true colors:
“Gov. Romney will be spending a lot of time campaigning in Georgia and Ohio ahead of Super Tuesday,” Ms. Saul said in a statement. “With eight other states voting on March 6th, we will be campaigning in other parts of the country and unable to schedule the CNN Georgia debate.”
Hogan Gidley, spokesman for Mr. Santorum’s campaign, said his candidate has no plans to participate either.
“We got to campaign, man,” Mr. Gidley said. “At some point we have to get out shake hands and get some votes.”
Texas Rep. Paul is out as well. “He’s not going, either,” said spokesman Gary Howard.
Real men fight battles. Instead of fighting, these 'gentlemen' chose to run and hide. In hiding, these candidates showed they don't have the fortitude it takes to be the leader of the free world. If they can't stand up to a candidate, why think that they'll stand up to Putin, Ahmadinejad or Chavez?
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