You seem to forget that RINOS and dhimmyrats could prefer to have Romney or Santorum rather than Gingrich.
The MSM , the rats and RINOS certainly wanted Romney...I think that they don’t fear Santorum
I know they don’t fear Romney ot Newt, Their biggest fear is Santorum.
Why do you think Chris Matthews would be sticking up for Newt?
He does because they would like him as an opponent.