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The "Establishment" doesn't care what "we the people" want--they have their base of power and they sure as heck don't want Newt to bring it down around them.

At least that's what I get from all the talk of "panic" amongst the Rinos and the "old guard".

Romney doesn't scare them at all--he is "one of their own".

That Newt is NOT has its best case made--not by Newt--but by the establishment's acting so scared of him that they are looking for a "new" candidate, and using the "Newt can't win" meme to cover their fear.

Besides the "Mitt Is Electable" argument, the one I hear most is "Mitt Won't Lose The House And Senate" argument. Both of those arguments seem strange to me. If Mitt is electable, why doesn't he win more elections? And if you want to elect a bunch of Republicans to congress, wouldn't the first person you'd call be Newt Gingrich?

Newt actually did orchestrate the Republican takeover of 1994. Even if he doesn't win the presidency, I could see him coming up with a solid Republican platform which would nationalize the down-ticket elections and sweep a bunch of reform-minded conservatives into office.

The pro-Romney crowd also likes to chime that "with Mitt the election will be about Obama, but with Newt it will be all about Newt". This also seems wrong to me. In every Mitt Romney election, Mitt Romney himself is a major issue. Whereas, Newt is generally about big ideas and governing philosophy.