The joke is in thinking that Newt has any chance at all of winning the nomination. Like Herman Cain and Rick Perry before him, he's just a foot soldier who's job is to take media attention away from Romney. Too much attention to a presumptive nominee too early only serves to bloody the eventual nominee in the public's eyes. This game of "who's leading" (as if that's even possible prior to any primaries) is masterfully manipulated by both parties. I don't think the Republicans have any intention of nominating Newt Gingrich to run for President.