Newt : "I can think of nothing more despicable"??? I can.

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3. He may be one of the worst jerkwads this country has ever produced

But he has honed his sense of timing. He saw Romney flipping and flopping around that stage last night like a freshly-landed salmon, and decided to throw red meat to a crowd that was far more prone to showing it's reaction than any I've observed at the debates. He senses that he's the one who's up and coming, and he wants to show the crowd what they'd get in a debate between him and Obama versus the lackluster performance they'd get from Mittens in a debate with the President.

My prediction: He works into a virtual tie with Romney, and asks Santorum to split before Florida.