Santorum and Romney are absolutely not concise speakers, nor are their records conservative inspite of their “severe” rhetoric.
That’s all well and good. But if Newt is our nominee, Obama will run against the cartoon pantomime Newt that has been constructed by the media (much as they have constructed a cartoon pantomime Sarah Palin)
The trick is to get a solid conservative under the radar and out front ahead of the curve, faster than they can be destroyed with gotcha news coverage and Saturday Night Live skits.