At one point, I thought that this is it, Newt is finished, but then Newt picked himself up and out if it. He then proceeded to engage the audience and get loud approval, which made the moderators cringe. (Kelley) Then, they had no other choice than to back off.
They even lost their attempt to avoid questioning him the rest of the debate. Newt made big hits every time he answered a question later on.
The irony is that while trying to protect Romney, the media is doing him in. They protect him and he parses and plays it safe while other candidates make hay, especially Newt. Mitt looks more and more like Huntsman every day because of it.
I can almost hear the person screaming into the moderaters ear mic...
DAMN!! he’s just to good! Just try ignoring him!
Go Newt!