I didn’t say Newt HELPED Santorum, only that he reached out to Santorum and was rejected. I believe those reports, and I bet you do too.
Newt knows a Santorum candidacy is an impossibility with Romney there, and Newt knows Santorum would lose to Obama by more than even Romney. And, a Romney-Santorum ticket will not unite the party either.
Polls consistantly show that Newt loses to Obama by more than any other candidate. The last set of polls showed even Ron Paul would do better against Obama than Newt.