Yeah, I've said it a billion times, going back to the Harris FL Senate campaign...I'm basically throwing up my hands at this point.
I don't get how someone can go through life and not have ANY family members, co-workers, friends, people in clubs their in, etc. that aren't Republicans or or are "independents" or are people that switch their Presidential votes between parties, etc. - Only someone that literally doesn't know ANYONE personally that isn't a Republican or hard-core Republican would be oblivious to the fact that MOST of the country actively hates Newt Gingrich and considers him a joke, and doesn't know Duncan Hunter from a hole in the ground and would have no interest in voting for him if they did.
I'd support Gingrich if he ran, but it would be a futile gesture. Social conservatives hate him, independents hate him, and anyone left of center hates him.
And that's not something he's likely to overcome in a year.
Yes, he can attract 1/6th of the Republican vote. I don't like it, but it's the truth.