Very much so. I listen to Mark Levin on WMAL ... the contrast between Mark criticizing anybody who deserves it, and the ABC News broadcast on the half-hours is stark. ABC News is constantly waving the "inevitable Romney the Great" in our faces. It's disgusting. If the Republican Party were so ill-advised as to actually nominate that scoundrel, ABC would instantly turn on him like a rabid dog.
I think people are recognizing this is a battle for this country on many fronts...though slow in them coming around. I think Palin made us all see there needed to be a fighter out in front....she rose the Banner and like her or not she called this fight for what is.
Palin struck the fight in all of us where we had been formerly knocked down and almost out. I will always admire her for that....and most should.
I also think Newt knew she had done that but I doubt he thought it would be a woman who would turn the tide. He has always supported her efforts as well.
BTW I'm not a Palin-ite but I sure can recognize credit where it is due. ...and no surprise to me Todd got on board with Newt.
"Alpha men rub shoulders with like minds".