That is like still being a Pawlenty supporter. Newt is out of this thing. There is no math that rationally shows him having even a shot at brokering a convention, much less beating Milt. The only one left able to knock Milt out is Rick and that is only if he runs the table here on out.
As for your nonsense about Rick being a Statist, it is BS. I love the people who are backing Newt calling Rick a Statist when Newt was the one writing books on Cap and Tax (Contract with the Earth), was a poor gun rights supporter as Speaker(Rick has the highest NRA rating of any of the candidates), wants to increase Fed spending for Moon bases, went on tour with Rev Sharpton for education "reforms", actually voted for the Dept of Education being created, backed Milts health mandates, toured with Hitlery to have the Federal Govt' control our health records, joins in on Algore's group peddling man made global warming (see Newt on couch with Pelosi), is for ethanol subsidies, et al. Just because Newt is running around promising $2 gas and throwing around red meat doesn't erase the last ten years of his history.
There used to be a saying about folks living in glass houses.
Rick is on record as being hostile to individualism. As to the issue of big government Rick has a very long record of supporting big government. I encourage you to use Google.