The last gasp before the circling of the wagons

As Romney surges in the Republican polls, the Rupert Murdoch manufactured foundations of the Republican base are making a last stand.

Palin: "If I Had To Vote In South Carolina ... I'd Vote For Newt" Palin Compares Gingrich In Debate To "South Carolina's Own Smokin' Joe Frazier"

Oh look, somebody's assistant did a Wikipedia search just before it ironically went all black. Because if there's one obvious comparator to Newt Gingrich it is a black man who could take a punch and was famous for power from his left.

But for at least another 18 hours FoxNews is almost all-in on Romney not being the nominee. Hard to believe that news network has trouble with any sort of factual reality of any kind.

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]