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Been trying to reidenti-identif themselves. its not working . it didnt work in 08. i dont think you can say john mccain was the most conservative candidate. the gop establishment is in this town that many of us are engaged in is about winning. thats what its about. >> dr. peterson, newt got to roll out one of the most high profile endorsemented to date today. take a listen to this. >> shuky, ducky. my kind of crowd. you know, if i didnt know better, one could get the impression that you all like...

A lot of candidates when theyre losing say things like, ill fight until the end. we will fight all the tway to te end. newt gingrich is angry enough at mitt romney and the establishment. and he has enough of a base in the south among conservatives that he can fight all the way till -- to tampa or at least all the way till june and really be a problem for romney. >> and also, jon huntsman is looking forward four years, just like romney in 08. gingrich is 68 years old, hes had a national name sinc...

Tend to vote for democrats. we watched what those women did in 2006, they gave the democrats the house back and helped elect obama in 08 and took it away. they are flocking away from the gop, does that last through the summer? i dont know. >> it will be michelle obama against ann romney. >> i dont know anybody that does not like her. thats a huge asset. what she has not done often is drive an actual political message. when you go back to the new hampshire speeches, she was different, she was con...

and you just watch it and shake your head. its been kind of painfully revealing to watch, but i think the reason he isnt doing so well is because of those last two debates. dont you think? >> for his part, speaker gingrich equated romney with president obama calling them the two twins of the establishment and accused romney of running a big lie campaign. >> we cant beat the money power romney himself. we cant beat the dishonest of his campaign by ourselves. we need witness who are prep...

santorum, its gingrich calling him a bunch of "l" words. not the ones you see on tv. its the liberal and liar. >> the pakistani doctor who helped track osama bin laden down. he could be tried for high treason. hes talking about bin laden saying someone in the government in pakistan must have known where he was hiding out. look out iran. a couple of guests are arriving in your fine country today. they are weapons inspectors of the iaea sort. they are looking for what you are up to. al...

in northern florida, interstate 75 is closed after a string of crashes overnight that killed at least nine people. officials tell us the highway will be closed in that area for most of today. the sheriffs office says visibility was poor because of smoke from a nearby brushfire. all right, in just two days, floridas primary, most delegate rich contest so far. and candidate newt gingrich is heading into it with a new endorsement. >> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt...

Thank you. in office politics this morning, one of my conversations with former congressman and nbc analyst, harold ford jr. in part two, he assesses the gop field and explains why everything he needed to learn in office he learned from attending kindergarten graduations. >> newt gingrich, give me your assessment of him. >> provocative, smart, big thinker. thinks hes a little smarter than he is at times. prone to exaggeration about what he is, but republicans and particularly conservatives are...

make a big decision when he made the call to go after obama. vice president joe biden shows the behind the scenes details on how that decision was made. this is "cnn saturday morning." im christi paul. so glad to have your company. lets start together here with the republican presidential race and the battle between newt gingrich and mitt romney in florida. take a look at this poll showing mitt romney with a nine-point lead. heres a significant thing with these numbers. just days earli...

Tuesday. its important in the general election, really important, the democrats are down there right now, they are rolling out a campaign to rival any of the g.o.p. rivals according to the reports, and they are focusing on the jewish community in particular. is he in danger of losing the jewish vote which he won by 78% in the 08 presidential election? >> reporter: megyn i think he is. the timing of this conversation is remarkable, because less than an hour ago i was at a shopping mall not far fr...

Newt gingrich hitting mitt romney, and defending himself that hes not a true reagan conservative. >> its increasingly interesting to watch the romney attack machine coordinate thing. there are four different people by four different people that randomly show up. for those of us in the trenches fighting in the 08s it would be nice to recognize what we actually did, and not have them distort it. bill: former attorney general in the sunshine state, bill ka call um is wit maccallum. why do you think...