I like your thinking.
My top three are the same as yours.
I wouldn’t vote for Newt as dog catcher even if my county were over-run with Chihuahuas. Same for Huckster and Pawlenty or Romney.
Trump needs to run as a democRAT since he supported Present Stroker in 2008.
The only reason I would even give Newt the time of day is because I heard him speaking to a group of college students about government years ago. It was on a station like C-Span or something. The questions from the students really showed him to be alert and quick on his feet, with incredible knowledge about the constitution. In a debate he would wipe the floor with our current president. That being said, I think he would give in to the leftist eventually.