Originally Posted by kane

His road did get a lot easier with Cain self destructing.

As for the religious right, it will depend on what those voters do early. Worst case scenario for Newt or Mitt is that right out the gate in Iowa the religious right rallies around someone like Perry or Bachman and gives them a win. While I really doubt either of those two could win the nomination, it could drive donors to them and the press would love that because it would suddenly make them a potentially legit candidate. If someone like that comes out of nowhere both Mitt and Newt have real trouble. However, if, like you say, there is no religious right candidate that gets votes then the choice for those voters will be the Mormon or the guy who cheated on his wife and then divorced her while she was in the hospital with cancer. Likely, neither of them will get the support which actually could help Newt win the nomination, but could kill him in the general election.