Newt did win the total delegate count for the states of Oklahoma, Tennessee and Georgia where he did bulk of his campaigning. A fact that is lost or ignored by many here.
Nobody is ignoring the fact that Newt won his home state.
“A fact that is lost or ignored by many here. “
The other fact that is lost is that Newt was afraid to campaign where he was going to lose - so he’d have a ready excuse - the one you just used, actually: “well he didn’t campaign there”