But at what point is supporting anybody but Romney (aka Newt) counter productive?
I don't care if Romney beats Obama or not. I can't decide if a gridlocked Obama is more or less dangerous than a Romney who will have most of the GOP rubber-stamping everything he wants to do, since what he did in Massachusetts was horrendously liberal. I won't be voting for either of them. I also don't believe he can win, when the hardcore base who works on campaigns doesn't like him and never will. There's no way they can muster enthusiasm to work for him so his ground game is going to be very weak. They'll probably be bussing in Mormons from Utah to the other 49 states to work for him and they'll turn off voters even more when they can't resist trying to recruit them to LDS.
Especially when Newt himself has basically admitted Romney will be the nominee. Those of us who are ABO are not pro Romney...At this point it's a matter of accepting reality. And for me the reality is ABO.
The reality I'm accepting is that 20 states with over 1,000 delegates, 45% of the total, including my state, have not voted yet. Do you want to disenfranchise those voters? Romney needs 1,144 delegates and only has 656.
A floor fight at the convention that picked a nominee other than Mitt would almost guarantee Obama's defeat. The media attention and the excitement level among the base would be unprecedented. If you want to defeat Obama that is the best way to do it.
Newt has absolutely not "admitted" Romney will be the nominee. He is still campaigning and you can see where he stands in this interview from the 9th with Hannity:
http://electad.com/videos/newt-gingrich-talks-to-sean-hannity-april-9-2012/