I think this is a wonderful two-step strategy. 1) Newt knocks out Mitt. 2) Newt knocks out Newt.
I disagree. I watched Newt's hour on Hannity last night, and I was trying to view it from the perspective of an independent voter who is not a political junkie.
Yes, it was Hannity and not Anderson Cooper, but even acknowledging the softballs, I think Newt came across as a very credible and -- dare I say it -- pretty likeable guy. (I know, I know, when he ran the House he was an arrogant and abrasive a-hole who greatly overestimated his political power). But he seems to have absorbed the lessons of that experience with regard to temperament.
I think if I were an average voter who didn't much follow politics, and I were faced with a choice of Obama or Newt, I would have no problem voting for Newt.