John Sununu’s ears must be bleeding. Yesterday Hot Air reported on the Sununu dig at Gingrich and what looks like a twenty year old grudge between them about Newt not supporting the Elder Bushes tax hike deal. (The one that cost him the oval office.) The problem is that by drawing attention to it, Sununu makes Newt look more conservative, with history putting Gingrich firmly on the proper side of the argument.
Meanwhile, New Hampshire is supposed to belong to Romney, and Governor Sununu has lined up all the right endorsements (including his own) to make sure it stays that way. But most of us know Kelly Ayotte will never be Romney’s pick for VP (if Mittens even gets the nomination) and that this is just more establishment chain-yanking and game playing to make sure the ‘right people’ get elected.
Sununu is all about that. Just ask Jack Kimball.
The NH-GOP elected Kimball party chair over Governor John’s anointed RINO–whose “turn” it was–so he and the rest of the NH Republican establishment (and, yes–we know who you are) used their money and power to perform some political surgery and drove Kimball out. (Kimball has endorsed Gingrich.)
Poke – poke.
Meanwhile, Sununu knows Romney must win New Hampshire. He thought they had. The national media has been toeing their line on Romney’s certain victory all along, but Sununu saw “certain victory” escape him when his pick for state party chair lost. And 1000 people just showed up to see Newt in Windham, New Hampshire last night after his debate with Governor Huntsman. And while I was just pointing out last week that Governor Huntsman made a huge mistake not going there with Newt, I am please to suggest that the candidate campaign most likely to suffer is Romney’s.
Those of us looking for a ‘Non-Romney’ couldn’t be happier. And Governor Sununu unintentionally making Newt look better at Romney’s expense is just icing on the cake.
