Newt is like a candy bar that will give you a great boost of energy, but you know isn't healthy. Sure, you'd eat an apple or an orange if you could just find the perfect one, but you can't, and that candy bar is looking pretty good. One of my many character flaws is that I've very little self control, so come November 2008, I just may vote for the candy bar.
Newt is NOT a candy bar. He's meat and potatoes, and maybe vegetables that don't taste so good but you know make you healthy. He would do the right things, and he has the brains and experience to make them happen, i.e. connect with the murrickin pipple and congresscritters.