Gallup Editor-In-Chief: Romney Support 'Collapsing' Nationally (TPM)

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. I make it a point to never underestimate the power of the dark side

I think we all learned that painful lesson with GWB but Newt has so much baggage, not to mention insane ideas (think his idea of having children clean bathrooms in order to get rid of "overpaid" janitors is going to be popular with a lot of people) that I can't imagine- absent a national lobotomy- a majority electing him POTUS. He'll be guaranteed southern states, sure, but not much else. He could (and would likely be) this century's Goldwater. Him moving back to the "center" for the GE is not going to be as easy for Newt as it will be for, say, Romney, whom most people know as the "moderate" ex-governor of deep-blue Massachusetts. Newt's history in Congress should disavow anybody of the idea that he is close to being moderate or "centrist" enough for the general electorate. Let's just say, that, it would be more LIKELY for him to crash and burn in the GE than not.