a pretty large chunk of the repub establishment believed cain never told a lie.
they believed perry was a brilliant man. They believed 6000 years ago, people were riding dinosaurs to church every sunday.
so maybe it's possible that a chunk of them don't understand Newt's FAIL with women voters, Mitt's Fail with most republicans, and Ron Paul's outstanding ground game, nationwide support... plus the fact the RIGHT wing media can't stop bashing him means they're skerrrrrrrred.