Is a long primary fight good for the GOP?

Boston Globe
By Jeff Jacoby

"46 STATES TO GO."

That was the sign on Newt Gingrich's podium in an Orlando ballroom last Tuesday, when the former House speaker faced supporters after losing the Florida primary and defiantly conceded nothing.

"We are going to contest every place, and we are going to win," Gingrich said, "and we will be in Tampa as the nominee in August."

Even with every political breeze at his back, Gingrich couldn't contest every remaining state. He failed to qualify for the March 6 Virginia primary, and he won't be on Missouri's nonbinding ballot this week. But if he's serious about having it out with Mitt Romney in a long, grueling slog for the Republican nomination, the next several months will be brutal, exhausting, and increasingly bitter. Would that be good for the GOP?

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