Very sorry if I jumped on you too soon. I happen to know him and his family personally. Campaigned hard for him in the past.
I know that people in a certain lifestyle have gone way out of their way to make him and his family uncomfortable. And they do that with glee and pure hatred.
If you are sincere in heart, and I, an optimist, believe that you are, my apologies.
Because of the venomous stones that have been thrown in the past, against him AND his family, some of us are a little thin skinned.
I know what the above means, I support Newt, and my skin is very very thin... and bruised....
My point was, and I probably didn't say it well, as I was just checking in and had to leave quickly... IF this was one of those routine scheduled things, then I would feel okay still campaigning against him - in a resolute and respectful way.... but if it was one of those emergencies that can attend that condition, and can be life-threatening in a very real and terrorizing way - I would probably back off, till it was resolved, hopefully for the best. IOW, if it was scheduled and routine, he wouldn't be going crazy with grief and worry; if it wasn't, then the man gets all the slack in the world...
and you are right about people of a certain lifestyle attacking him, to your glee and pure hatred, I would add desecrating a person because of his religious beliefs.
Just so you know, I plan to help defeat romney, paul and santorum :) But I respect your positions and more importantly your feelings, especially when it is someone you are close to... that's gotta hurt bigtime. God bless us all.