it s just baffling. you have the ultimate insider. you have probably the one guy in the entire republican field who has spent more time than anybody else in the bowels of the beast of washington, who s a part of the system. has been part of the system for a long time and yet he s the one that emerges at the last minute. i would actually argue that it has more to do with a discomfort with romney than it does an infatuation with newt. republican voters have literally gone through every single one of these candidates as a frontrunner. they have embraced him. that person has shot to the top and in most cases they flamed out, the latest being herman cain. and i think all of that is owing to the fact that republican voters really do feel like we are picking the next president here. so we want to pick somebody we really, really love. we don t want to just settle for mitt romney because he looks good, he looks presidential. he has the most money and he