I live in PA too and have Democrats in my family. They think all the Republican candidates are jokes except Newt. They value intelligence and always say he is by far the smartest of the bunch. They say as long as his policies sound good in the general election, they’ll vote for him over Obama.
Believe me, I will be more than happy to admit that I was wrong if all of these soccer mom types come out to vote for Newt. I just know too many who will only vote based on appearance and we haven’t seen Newt standing next to Obama yet. I just fear he’ll look like a very un-cool short and fat guy. So, I hope the dems in your family do indeed vote for him, in fact, tell them to change party registration in order to vote in our closed primary!