I don't like him at all, but compared to the rest of the field he's at least marginally acceptable.
For quite some time, but the Gingrich is that much worse. He really is a hideous parody of a human being in so many ways. Even 4 more years of the One doesn't sound nearly as terrifying by comparison.
That's a very big part of it. My opinion of Romney had been in steady decline since his 2008 run, but with the juxtaposition of Gingrich he's starting to seem a lot less terrible. What a great state our nation's politics are in...
Yeah, Gingrich is such a grotesque person that Romney looks like the greatest guy in the world in comparison.