From Huffington Post: Tea Party-backed Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) predicted in a recent interview that President Obama would lose in a “brutal bloodbath” to any GOP presidential candidate.

Despite his confidence in the electoral strength of the Republican presidential hopefuls, West singled out Newt Gingrich, telling Newsmax that the former House speaker is “the smartest person out there.”

WATCH THE ALLEN WEST INTERVIEW WITH NEWSMAX HERE:

West went on to suggest that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, whom he called “center to center left” earlier this month, had work to do to prove himself as a “true conservative.” Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum’s second-place finish in Iowa was overblown, West continued, and he said Texas Gov. Perry was still irreparably damaged by his gaffes and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) simply couldn’t win with his foreign policy platform.

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