Newt's mistake was getting down in the gutter with Mitt and getting off message. After watching those two flinging poo at each other many voters said, "A pox on both your houses!" The only other palatable contender was Santorum, so they took another look at him and obviously like what they saw. Newt could have weathered the Romney attacks if he'd stayed on message. Instead he looked angry and whiny.
>> Newt’s mistake was getting down in the gutter with Mitt and getting off message.
No doubt, but that was triggered by Romney’s Dresden campaign against Newt.