I agree we don’t have to settle for Mitt at this point. If Gingrich can stay in long enough to hold the South, Santorum is strong in the Midwest and Rust Belt, Paul some delegates from each caucus...there is a very good argument against a candidate only winning the Northeast (+FL), a couple of Atlantic states and the Mormon belt of Mountain states out West.
I'd be interested to see a poll in my communist State of Illinois. It is still early and I'm not ready to take my Newt sign out of the front yard yet.