The latest Rasmussen Poll has Newt Gingrich dropping a dozen points in Iowa.  This is either an anomaly, or the result concerted battering of Mr. Gingrich in the opinion pages from wary conservative intellectuals.  I suspect it is the former. 

Barring a fresh public slip, one wouldn’t expect Newt to plunge in the polls, but to gradually disintegrate under the weight of his past. Whatever this is, it provides hope to hundreds of down-ballot Republicans running in Democratic-leaning states.