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I don't know. But Newt has more dirty laundry than the other candidates. To the man or woman in the street he is -- or could easily be made to seem -- less appealing than the others.

Listen, I generally respect you're views, but you seem to be missing the major issue at hand: In less than six weeks, this nomination is going to come down to Romney Vs. "not Romney." As of today, there are essentially three viable "not Romney" candidates, with a potential Bachman rally a long-shot possibility. I know, it sucks. Santorum is still my candidate, but it's not going to happen for him in six weeks. That leaves us with Gingrich, Cain and Perry. I'm assuming your not a Romney guy, so pick one and stop violating the 11th Commandment.

If you support Newt Gingrich, you can't just label all criticism of him as liberal. That's an evasion. People who are a lot more conservative than you or I have problems with Newt.

You're missing the point here too. The column was about "dispelling the most prevalent myths about Gingrich." Those would be that he blindsided his first wife with divorce papers while she was on her death bed, that he was removed from his Speakership role for ethics violations, or that he was a hypocrite for criticizing Clinton's affairs while he was engaged in one himself. The newest one is that he lobbied for FHLMC, in which case virtually every former politician is a lobbyist. It's coming from the Romney camp, and I don't think so.

Newt Gingrich’s gay sister has had a blog in the past criticizing Newt; and listing all his sins over the years, and now she has been interviewed for Huffinton Post here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/13/newt-gingrich-lesbian-sister_n_873981.html

Like it or not, the family secrets are already making the rounds, as well as some new info on Newt....

You make some good points, but if you trusted somebody and they fell short in some way and disappointed you, you might not be inclined to put your faith in them again.

When it's a question of policy differences, maybe a politician can explain his or her position and win you back, but if it's about character or just personality, it's harder for them to do that. They may not know just what it is about themselves that irritates people or how to win hostile voters over.

But say Newt convinces me -- if he's the nominee, I'd vote for him -- there's a lot of other people out there who have similar negative impressions about the man.