So Joe, if I were to say "Go Romney", would you vote for him?
Go Newt!
I think we've firmly established that I'm against Romney because he's Romney.
I think Newt can win under the right circumstances. But Im more for playing the long game. Newt is on the long game, where the GOP has to build the bridges to the working class that were burned by the Bushes.
You see, here's the thing. I think most Americans are really conservative in their own lives, even if they vote liberal too often. No one takes their paycheck on Friday and walks down the street giving it to stew bums and crack heads. But they vote for the government to do this for some odd reason.
Most Americans are for traditional family values. We are not European socialists and never will be.
But the GOP's problem is that it sides with the wealthy and is seen as a tool of their interests. They also have real problems with minorities, because it was easier to play on fear than build bridges to people who agree with you.
Newt can build those bridges. Romney is just an aloof rich guy who says bizarre shit like "I like to be able to fire people" and "Corporations are people, too."