No one gets to out poll Obama and live. One thing is this, Newt’s bags may have baggage as one reporter said, but the personal stuff is VERY old news and the more recent are wonderings off the reservation to I think, simply experiment on the middle of the road types, the establishment and the democrats. Basically, Newt has always been an achiever at conservatism. On trying to moderate his natural conservative leanings, not so much.
The personal stuff may be old news to political junkies, but I assure you if the public gets reminded of it in the near future, and they will, Newt’s poll ratings will plunge. He is simply not a likeable person, and his personal history, which makes Clinton’s look respectable, will come out stongly in the general election if we’re naive enough to nominate him.