That's how John Cassidy sees Newt:
If Gingrich comes surging out of South Carolina and Florida, the specter of George Wallace will start to haunt Romney and his backers in the Republican hierarchy. George Wallace wasn’t considered electable in 1972, when he entered the Democratic primaries, but that didn’t prevent the populist and pro-segregationist governor of Alabama from winning the Florida primary and chasing the establishment favorites Ed Muskie and Hubert Humphrey out of the race before a bullet from an attempted assassin left him paralyzed.
Suderman focuses on the lack of enthusiasm Republicans feel for Romney:
Try talking to Republicans about Mitt Romney, and you’ll find two things: First, a lot of them don’t want to talk, and when they decline they frequently stress the need for maintaining a good working relationship should Romney become the nominee. Those who do talk tend to say a few cautiously nice things about him. He’s a decent guy. He’s a good manager. He’s intelligent. He knows business. But it’s hard to find party insiders or activists who are genuinely enthusiastic about his candidacy. The people who like him best—self-styled moderates and business folks who shy away from the rougher edges of the party’s activist base—are merely comfortable with him, because they see, or think they see, a familiar type of individual.
The Dish 