You're indeed better off with someone nobody's heard of rather than someone that most of the population either hates or thinks of as a joke.
Unless you have been asleep for the past 25 years you should know beyond a shadow of a doubt that no matter who the GOP nominates they will be trashed by the laimstream media relentlessly. I personally would prefer someone who can debate from a point of knowledge and experience with a good, sound understanding of history.
I like Newt as a therotician and strategist. As a leader he showed me little.
Unfortunately, this is one time that you are quite correct. A Newt ticket would hand the Whitehouse to the Dems.
Newt only added to the negativity of his name and reputation by his own personal negligence that happened during Clintoon-Lewinsky. Though many conservatives may not like it, the public does not like Newt and he is tagged with a hypocrite label. He is damaged goods and it's too bad some conservatives aren't politically savvy enough to know that Newt is nowhere near having a favorable image with the public.