Newt blew it and is flailing. He and Rick are BOTH true conservatives and INFINITELY better than Romney!
Newt has two major fundamental problems going forward. He rose to the top based on his ability to debate and his policy wonk abilities relating to fixing our problems. He lost his luster as a debater in FL with two lousy performances and he is no longer appearing to be a policy wonk while he is engaging in attack politics. Because he is no longer playing to his own strengths, he appears to be nothing but a tired old pol past his prime.
I honestly think Newt would have done better if he had stayed on message with solutions to our problems and ignored Romney.
Your standard for “conservative” must be different than mine.