Newt’s high negatives were a construct of endless smears by the MSM, who made him out to be the personification of evil. Do you remember how they cut down a clip of Newt commenting on the GOP plan to let the Health Care Financing Administration “wither on the vine?” The Dems took it out of context to scare seniors into thinking that Newt wanted to abolish Medicare.
If Newt can continue to connect directly with the people, his negatives will go down. Newt was the Palin of the 90s, and was attacked relentlessly by the libs.
He was. The key word they used over and over again was "heartless" to describe him.