Conservatives and independents hate Romney but “people” like liberals and lefty morons from the MSM love him as the liberal election playbook for 2012 has Mitt written inside it..not Newt.
I sometimes think we are screwed no matter who the candidate is. If it is Romney, he won’t generate the excitement to get people out to vote for him (and if he did, so what, we have him as President?). If it is Newt, these establishment Republicans won’t vote for him and he may not get the numbers to win. Obama and Co. will hammer the ‘Newt baggage’ and the independents will drop off because they are so damn fickle. I hate being so pessimistic, and my only hope is that Newt creates such a fire of support that folks will realize that this is crisis time.