I agree. Newt has WAY TOO MUCH BAGGAGE. He would get savaged by the MSM, while Hillary would get a queens welcome. Unfortunately, Hillary would win then because her MANY, MANY scandals would be ignored.
Her Thighness would get the queens welcome no matter what. That said, while the Drive-By might ignore her previous scandals and lack of any accomplishments, the voters won't. Drive-By always assume the voter are stupid rubes, waiting to be molded by them to vote Dem. The Drive-By has been predicting GOP failure for many years, and have been wrong every time. It is in their lexicon: GOP evil, must fail in next election. Their self-delusion is one of their big weaknesses.
The MSM will savage any Republican--including their present darling, McCain. He'll find out they don't really love him after all.