It really doesn't matter how you or the left will attempt to influence the selection of the Republican nominee in 2012, the Tea Parties and conservatives with their eyes wide open can still see through this drivel and in no way will the right enthusiastically support Romney or Gingrich, IMO.
Romney and Gingrich represent the problem with our government today. The Tea Parties do not seem to be inclined to continue the status quo, so if your delusional quest to see a marxist-lite-commie-RINO running for POTUS in 2012 actually is successful, you will be insuring that Obama is not out of office until Jan 2017, or that we will have a RINO POTUS that will be just as destructive, IMO.
Mrs. Palin may or may not be the answer as far as who would be the best candidate for the Republicans in 2012, but Romney and Gingrich are most definitely not. CNN and their marxist brethren in the liberal dominated media will be more than happy to shred Romney or Gingrich in the 2012 campaign, and either would have no chance to win. This is blatantly obvious, IMO.