Newt and his GOP critics

A few observations with respect to the GOP elections prospects in 2012 and Newt's impact on these:

1. Newt had nothing to do with what happened in 2006 and 2008.  If anything, he may have helped in 2008, or the loss would have been bigger.
2. Newt was not invited to speak at the 2000 Republican convention.  It was as if he was persona non grata. Thus, he cannot be connected to the Bush administration.  That should be a plus.
3. There are those who are blaming Newt for the sub par performance in 1998 elections while he was still Speaker.  Dole seems to be blaming him for his loss in 1996.  But the observations above show that those who were in charge afterwards were the ones responsible for the losses in 2006 and 2008.
4. Inasmuch as he helped win in 1994 and did enough to mitigate 2008 losses, I think Gingrich at worst, is no worse than the rest of the GOP.  The rest seem to know how to lose elections without Gingrich's help.
5. It was the Tea Party movement who won the 2010 elections.  Those who protest Newt aren't Tea Partiers.  They are the old line party apparatchiks, unless I am missing something.
6. The ones slamming Newt may be the same ones slamming the Tea Party.  It also may be the same ones who lost in 2006 and 2008.

Conclusion:

 Nothing that I've heard from Newt is as bad as what these guys are saying.  Angry Newt?  No.  It looks like a bunch of losers slamming Newt out of jealousy.