Dennis Prager (Who I generally enjoy)
Rush Limbaugh (Non-committed attacks on Romney’s liberalism)
Mark Levin (Non-committed attacks on Romney’s liberalism)
Hugh Hewitt
Fox News (As a whole)
Senator Coburn
Ann Coulter (Biggest Disappointment)
Michael Medved (not in agreement often, but good debater)
Dennis Miller (Libertarian, but usually insightful)
Sean Hannity (Lumped into Fox failure to be balanced, better lately)
Herman Cain (Weak endorsement)
Michelle Bachmann (Unfortunately a Romneybot)
Brit Hume (Too tied in with Weekly Standard crowd)
... and Glen Beck. This is a sad list, but we have been shown who our friends are: the people, those same people to whom Reagan spoke, over the heads of the media and pundits. Among the politicians and chattering class, the brilliant exceptions are Governor Rick Perry and Governor Sarah Palin. Governor Palin did everything she could do to support Newt except to endorse him, which her contract does not permit.
It will be a lopsided battle this year. The entire media and punditry will oppose Newt. Even the conservative commentators will grant only grudging approval. I can't see these prima donnas entirely renouncing their current positions. Newt will need to make good use of his bully pulpit at the debates, where he is unfiltered by the hostile media.
During the last debate, I realized that the cheers of the crowd is Newt's sustenance. He is accustomed to getting zero support elsewhere. It's very lonely. The RINOs say that he's just a rabble rouser, but the truth, the flip side, is that he experiences the exquisite loneliness of the true leader.
As our fearless leader makes clear ion his tagline:
“Rebellion is not just brewing, rebellion is here!!”
Here are a couple more bad conservatives...
Bill Bennett (just horribly in the tank for Romney, constantly tries to give callers leading questions criticizing Newt, and gets depressed and mopey when a caller likes Newt...pretty much down there with Hugh Hewitt as Romney-approved radio)
Fred Barnes (heard him in the tank for Romney)
Dana Perino (exposed herself as a huge socially liberal RINO Romneyite)
I believe the below have been fair to Newt...
Sean Hannity (really didn’t criticize any candidates, but didn’t like the Bain attacks too much)
Eric Bolling (seems to be in the Hannity mold as above)
Greta Van Susteren (defended Newt a lot, and didn’t tamp down Romney criticism)
Mike Gallagher (seems to like Newt, has a subtle anti-Romney sentiment, claims Romney won’t come on his show because he brought up the Mormon “issue”)
Bill Kristol (seemed to defend Newt as a perfectly viable candidate against other candidates, but he does prefer a new candidate over anyone in the primary)
Dick Morris (seems fair, not really backing anybody, has praised Newt’s performance and said he could win the nomination at various times)
Frank Luntz (I’ve felt he’s been very subtly in the tank for Newt at various times, seems sincere about giving Newt free advice to improve his campaign)
Mark Levin (he’s definitely put Newt over Mitt in most of his analysis, of course he prefers Santorum and formerly Bachmann)
Andrea Tantaros (not totally sure about her but she seemed to defend Newt at various times)
Janine Turner (bonafide Newtist in the Sarah Palin mold)
Kellyanne Conway (was huge Newt booster, now is officially on his campaign staff)
Bill O’Reilly’s a classic finger-in-the-wind guy on this type of thing, and has basically backed whoever’s leading in the polls at the time