And therein lies the problem for Newt's electoral problems, I'm afraid.
Newt is running a campaign that appeals to the +1σ IQ and above crowd - in other words, people with IQs of around 115 and above, people who, frankly, are able to understand what he's talking about. Unfortunately, this group only makes up about 15% of the US population, which is about the level of support Newt has been getting lately.
Each in their own way, Santorum, Romney, and Obama all appeal to the lower IQ elements, and general divide this large majority up among themselves.
What is interesting about Newt is that he can explain the complex in very simple terms, with uncommon ease. workers, salt of the earth.
I knew a lot of the folks in that crowd of 350, and they are all kinds of people—farmers, police, factory workers, housewives, professionals, officials, etc.—they had no problem understanding Newt and responding to him.
The real problem lies in breaking through the template the media and the GOP have relentlessly promoted about Newt—the “baggage” if you will—and I think a lot of our folks went for Santorum because he is somehow “cleaner” than Newt-—but Newt is far and away the only one who would be fearless in taking on Obama.
It is up to conservatives in the states that have voted yet to change that direction. Only half the states have held their primaries.
The media wants Newt gone because he is the biggest threat to Obama.