Why could Newt survive a media blitz by Obama in the election but be destroyed by one in the Primaries? Are Republican primary voters more susceptible to Obama media blitzes than moderates and independents?
This whole discussion is a waste of time since there is not going to be brokered convention in the first place.
Because Obama can't outspend Newt 20 to 1 on lies he can't respond to and Obama can't run ads "smearing" Newt with Nancy Pelosi references. The independent voters don't care if Newt worked with Democrats, in fact they probably like it, and something tells me the Democrats would object to portraying Nancy Pelosi as a force of evil in their own ads. Mitt's strategy of trying to portray everyone else as a liberal does not have any use in the general election either for him or a Democrat opponent. Of course if you'd rather put your money on the Mormon, dog-abusing Baron of Bain or the tongue-tied, witch-burning team player as the best choice to beat Obama then be my guest.