You are way too cynical and intellectually limited to judge Newt.
And besides that, you have no idea what “wise” people think. Since the people who stick with Newt are unequivocally in that category
Sorry Friend, a man should at least save face and know when he is a loser. Newt is only making an ass out of himself.
But then he has been doing that for 18 years.
Smarts is nothing if you are not wise, and Newt is nowhere near being wise. He never has been. He is unprincipled and the voters know that.
People here have tried to make him into something he is not. One has only to check the archives on FR to sense the total hypocrisy.
Losing dramatically has never been considered “wise”. It is just judged as “losing”. It advances you nowhere.