One of the biggest lessons that Andrew Breitbart provided all of us was his inherent and awe inspiring capacity to avoid allowing the media to frame HIS narrative.   He was profoundly well skilled in setting his own agenda; then using what he knew of the media machine to work to his advantage.    Gingrich needs to do the same.   Here’s how.
Last night we witnessed Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich coming in 1 – 2 in the Mississippi, Alabama primary races.   Yes, it is indeed true that both of them are splitting the conservative vote.   However, neither one of them needs to drop out.
Imagine this speech delivered by Newt Gingrich last night:

First I want to congratulate Rick Santorum on his terrific victories in Alabama and Mississippi.   We can all be proud that a true constitutional conservative patriot is standing victorious on the podium this evening.
Rick is a great man, a great father, a loving husband and an incredible patriot;  I’m proud to share conservative values with a man of principle, and I am more proud still to call him a friend.
My fellow conservative patriots, let there be no doubt WE ARE WINNING.   Tonight for the first time, Conservatives are rapidly closing in on the establishment Big Government Republicans and we have placed Mitt Romney squarely in our sights.    Soon we will overtake him, and pull away.
By the time we reach Tampa a new bold conservative candidate will represent the Republican party and with your support we will most certainly defeat Barack Obama in November and return our nations course back to the direction of common sense principles and American exceptionalism.
Some of you are looking a little puzzled by what I have just announced.   Why?   Why are you allowing the main-stream media to determine our objectives?   Why are you buying into what the media is selling?     You see, in actuality, WE ARE WINNING, and tonight begins the countdown to victory.
I still see some puzzled expressions.   Let me explain.
Tomorrow morning when the dust settles and the talking heads in the liberal institutional media begin to tell you all manner of analysis, they will be missing the most central of all distinctions.   Why?   Because they are constitutionally incapable of understanding what we are about to achieve.
Tomorrow morning for the first time we will have moved within striking distance of Mitt Romney in the delegate count.   That’s right, you heard me.   WE ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF ROMNEY IN THE DELEGATE COUNT.
Still scratching your head.?   You shouldn’t be.
Following Hawaii, Alabama, and Mississippi results, and according to AP estimates, at the conclusion of the evening the establishment’s moderate choice Mitt Romney will have 472 delegates.   Our Conservative coalition will have 371 and growing rapidly.   Rick Santorum’s 244, and my 127 together make 371.
You see the real contest in this primary is not one of person against person.   The real struggle, the one the media will not cover, is the contest between Common Sense Conservatives represented by both Mr. Santorum and myself, and Big Government Republicanism represented by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
It is impossible for the establishment candidate to carry the torch of conservative patriots.  Indeed a Massachusetts moderate cannot wear the badge of conservative credential, even with the newly acquired appearance of blue jeans.    Endorsements by Bob Dole, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and George HW Bush solidify the establishment credentials.
But those same credentials are the root of why we are in this mess to begin with.
Those credentials lost the House of Representatives and Senate in 2006 because they turned their back on you, the common sense conservative, who asks nothing more than smaller government, fiscal responsibility, constitutional values, and foundational principles.
To the establishment WE are the problem.
We are the extremists for expecting balanced budgets.   We are divisive for demanding the government live within its means.   They point a finger at the Tea Party Freshman class as the problem because they will not sit down and shut up.
Well my friends.   Neither shall we.
We shall not go quietly into that good night, and watch our nation be sold into bankruptcy by either side of the aisle.   We are staking our very future on this election, this race, this moment in time;  and as of this very minute we are victorious on the path of righteous conservatism.
So I tell our fellow patriots in Missouri and Illinois, and all across this great nation of liberty, that each man and woman should march with confidence into that polling station and pull the lever for the candidate who shares their views; who understands their needs; who connects to their values; and who, in his finest hour will most certainly and humbly represent the best interests of every patriotic American.
If that person who you determine is aligned with your heart is the honorable former senator from Pennsylvania my good friend Mr. Rick Santorum, then he deserves your vote and it should be cast without reservation.   If you feel that my plans and solutions represent the best interests of you and your family, then I too would be respectful and humbled by your support.   In each case a vote for either is a vote for true common sense conservative principles and values, the only divergence is the path we have independently mapped.   The destination is the same.
So do not burden yourself with dark imaginings, fear or trepidation brought on by the elite political class.   Instead strive boldly to engage in the opportunity that lies ahead.   We are on the path to victory, and WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS.
Thank you, and God Bless our Lady Liberty and these United States Of America.

That, my friends, is how you stop the professional institutional left from framing your narrative.   That collective consideration would make the splodey heads in the media shriek with countless hours of wondering what you were up to.
Is Newt going to provide his delegates to Santorum?   Are they going to join forces?  What does he mean?   Do you think in a brokered convention they will align to defeat Romney?  Are they actually following a divide and conquer strategy?   Was this the plan all along?
Progressive Splodey heads — Liberal Splodey heads — Media Splodey heads.   All over the place.
Meanwhile the media oxygen is sucked out of the Romney room.   The entire dynamic has just been shifted.   Proportional delegate considerations are now totally up in the air.   Now the opportunity for Romney to sell the “inevitable win” schtick is wiped out.
See how that works.
If only Gingrich could channel his inner Breitbart.