I know what you mean but I think we also have to look at what was being asked for questions.
Newt does best on questions about policy. Many of the questions were to pin him and Romney against each other based on ads and attacks or why would your wife make a good first lady.
All that sorry ass Blitzer wanted was a cat fight between Newt and Willard the liberal. Newt does not look good against someone that has a motor mouth and can say 1,000 words a minute, especially if every other word is an insult.
Blitzer knew exactly what he was doing. Newt should have walked off the stage and said to hell with it, this “debate” is fixed for Romney and he’ll have no part of it. Newt wanted it to be civil and Blitzer and the common son-of-bitch Romney would not let him.