I can see Rick Santorum was in the way on Newt's message vs. Romney's record. That has put us in this mess. Rick has talk radio on his side and he cannot still gain trust across the party to come off as the president that we need. Lost touch, get a better come back.
What put us in this mess was the party establishment forcing out credible first tier Conservative candidates. Santorum, whom would’ve been a desultory candidate in such an instance, only rose to the top because he was the most preferable to the 4 of what remained... a has-been, a nutjob, and a lying Socialist flim-flam man.
This isn’t aimed at you per se, but I’ve never seen a party more anxious to commit suicide as the GOP is in its obsession to nominate the most execrable excuse for a candidate since the GOP was founded.