Newt is waaaay better than Mitt for sound bites and follow up stories.
So yeah, they love Newt, just like they love a tornado or a hurricane or anything that will entice someone to listen to them, watch them or read them.
Bingo. A Newt presidency would be SOOO much more interesting than Mitt in there everyday. They know it, down deep ... in fact, I think a lot of them are already secretely rooting for him.