The MSM will tear into the Republican candidate like wolves into red meat. I believe that Newt is best prepared of all the candidates to deal with these attacks.
Now THAT is resilience, guts and fire in the belly/grace under fire needed to take on the Obama Machine my man (or woman) in the General Election, which will have nothing to put forward but mud since his (Emperor Patrice Lumumba Obongo's) first term record is an abject disgrace, we already know their tactic. ;-)