https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2012/01/22/three-states-down-47-to-go/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 22:16:32 -0400<![CDATA[The basic dynamics of the 2012 GOP nomination battle remain unchanged: the bulk of the GOP electorate doesn&#8217;t want Mitt Romney, but isn&#8217;t really sold on an alternative. Iowa&#8217;s voters broke late to Rick Santorum as the conservative alternative; South Carolina&#8217;s broke late, and much more decisively, to Newt Gingrich. It remains up to Newt now to prove he can hold together the conservatives going forward, as Santorum was not equipped or financed well enough to do.]]>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:39:41 -0500<![CDATA[Dan McLaughlin]]>https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2012/01/22/three-states-down-47-to-go-n41932