You already recognize Newt’s polling is terrible (and that hasn’t changed since 1995, BTW). Regardless if you believe he is the “best man”, what good is it to insist on running a candidate who can’t win a general election ? Does that make any sense to you ?
Your premise is faulty. Newt CAN win. That makes perfect sense to me.
Did you think Santorum should have got out when he was polling in single digits and doing poorly? the election is still very fluid and what ever makes you think the Newt supporters will rally behind Rick Santorum? I for one wont vote for him.