Reply #2: She's made a calculation

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She figures that since none of her favorites can win the Repuke nomination, she'd do better to have four more years of Obama to rail against. In her mind, that means having Mitt as the nominee, since she knows the fundies just absolutely will not support him in the general election.

Besides, I suspect that she and Newt have not always seen eye-to-eye, and she knows how crafty he can be with his enemies, especially those on his own side.