It has got to be based on money!!
This obvious carpet-bombing of Newt the past 72 hours or so, had to be orchestrated with some sort of meaningful kick-back for this spite filled little piss-ant!!
You may be interested in this thread (The Drudge-Romney axis):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2839186/posts
see also my post #59 on that thread for additional info