Just this has had me a bit uneasy for the past hour....it's highly possible that the Regime and their Media Minions are salivating.
Even if Newt's baggage is all "explain-awayable", they've got plenty of ammunition for the lightly enformed unwashed masses.
It's my preliminary thought that they indeed prefer running against Gingrich than the Mittster - except for that 'debate thing', where they know 0bama would get his ass wiped with his own tongue.
As they start thinking about it, they start to get nervous. Why? Because Newt isn't afraid to fight unlike the establishment go-along-to-get-along politicians like Romney and McCain. Newt will get into the trenches, he's not afraid of the MSM and the Saul Alinsky tactics of the regime can and will be turned against them.
They are afraid of Newt. They are very afraid. That's why they keep touting Romney as the one they are afraid of, since he's the moderate. Deep down they know he's just a sheep and Newt is the wolf who will bite and attack.
IMO, the help or hurt GOP Newt debate question will be resolved by Obama simply bypassing them or conceding to do only one. If the election hangs on debates only, Obama wins. The democrats chart their own course in elections and do not explain, justify, or accommodate their opposition. Of course Newt will clean Obama’s clock, as he would just about anybody’s, friend or foe. The message from this SC primary election that I got was that the Republicans have to be forceful in explaining the horrifics of the Obama take over of this Republic and their intended actions and solutions to get America back to a constitutional Republic. Reticence to appear boastful or too successful in life is detrimental to any of the candidates. I hope they all use their public exposure to encourage all Americans to love their American heritage and to be loyal to the country they were blessed to born citizens of.