congestionally enforced mandate a couple of years ago. he was for obama care. i don t think there is anything wrong with that, but it won t play well with the republican electorate and if the super packs come in and put out commercials, it will take a lot out of his support. in the all important endorsement race, newt gingrich claimed no less than hollywood wild man gary busey and racial slur tossing ex-baseballer john rocker. congratulations to newt and magnificent judgment calls there on personality. how can mitt romney matchup with that. what does he have to do? get the ku klux klan involved? the fact of the matter is endorsements are nice and they bring money and organization and fanfare. it s all about boots on the ground. that s an advantage that romney has going into iowa and new hampshire. no second-guessing the fact that newt has a lot of catching up to do and has a lot of ground