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Do you see it that way? >> i just hope that nobody would talk that way and that just doesnt fit. and im sorry that anybody talks like that, whether its a dog whistle or whatever the intent is, its not -- i mean, part of the point of this book is that we need to have a serious debate about serious issues and to use invective and this attack rhetoric or what -- you know, whatever it might be, i -- its -- it sets us back. >> i want to -- theres so much in the book to talk about, but one of the -- y...

Talk like that, frankly. i think that just doesnt fit. and im sorry that anybody talks like that, whether its a dog whistle or whatever the intent is, its not -- i mean, part of the point of this book is that we need to have a serious debate about serious issues and to use invective and this attack rhetoric or what -- you know, whatever it might be, i -- its -- it sets us back. >> i want to -- theres so much in the book to talk about, but one of the -- you talk about having a serious discussion....

His rhetoric that suggests hes already looking beyond florida. he now is talking about how this race, this debate as he called it today, could go on weeks or even months and sold he would go right on through the convention. so come what may in florida, the gingrich-romney battle will continue in the states ahead. >> heather: you will follow it for us. campaign carl cameron on the campaign trail. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> gregg: with 18 million residents in the state florida, its ...

His piece today asked just this question, can newt be the first openly mean president, as in openly guy. anyway. and alex wagner is also with us, an msnbc political analyst. you chuckle about it as well as i do, alex. and im chuckling, because thats always been my observation about newt. hes an opportunistic to exploit any opportunity to hate the other side. >> if you go over his history, he has decades of angry rhetoric, not just excessive political rhetoric. you might recall the days when he s...

What hes done with barack obama, and if you go back and you think about our presidents, some of the mean, behind the scenes, certainly richard nixon, but in their sort of public personas, whether its reagan or bill clinton or barack obama, theyre not mean personally. they dont go for the angry, excessive attack rhetoric, so maybe andrew jackson was pretty mean when he was president, but we dont really elect these type of people to the highest office in the land. so newt would really be breaking ...

Traitors. i mean, again and again, we know what hes done with barack obama, and if you go back and you think about our presidents, some of the mean, behind the scenes, certainly richard nixon, but in their sort of public personas, whether its reagan or bill clinton or barack obama, theyre not mean personally. they dont go for the angry, excessive attack rhetoric, so maybe andrew jackson was pretty mean when he was president, but we dont really elect these type of people to the highest office in ...