Yep, and Santorum still topped Noot in the voting. Face it Newt was a terrible candidate from the get go.
I agree.
Despite this, I have said for years that Newt can deliver a real stem-winder of a presentation. Some of his presentations are the best I’ve ever seen. I still haven’t seen that translated to success. His actions in the House are vastly overstated, and his own members turned on him causing him to resign. And that wasn’t because he was too Conservative either.
Look at his debate strategy this year. Everything was fine when he was looking like he was winning the debates. When folks finally tired of him acting petulant for the populist clingers, he stooped to demanding his people be able to clap after each of his comments. Talk about a guy running on empty.