Well Newt is right about one thing, the republican party is pretty much kicking the hell out of itself with their candidates beating each other up and putting each other down. There is a whole bunch of things they could be pointing out the other party did instead. Newt might be the last one standing just from staying clear of that and sticking to his main points.
So does the republican party actually hire people to give their party direction, or do they think of ways to lose conservative votes all by themselves? They sure try hard to lose it seems.