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From now. has nothing, nothing good to say to conservatives who have been betrayed by the republican establishment over the past 25 years. and let me just say, if newt gingrich won, like romney, i fear he would betray the conservative, the conservative base as well. because he has before. >> thats really good. thats really good. >> i think both of you have summed up where republicans find themselves right now. and its very, very interesting on your program, "way too early," the line that summed ...

>> hes not, but the way somebody put it to me is this race will last only as long as sheldon aidleson, casino guy putting money into newt wants to waste his money. romney campaign thinks that the general election starts tomorrow. hes got a big win here. theyre going to have do what theyre calling the straddle. theyre going to keep an eye on the republicans, ron paul and newt gingrich. but theyre start really going after obama. they know theres little chance now they can fall. so theyre saying th...

Trying to heal with the people that youve talked about and how we were talking about have rallied to him. thats harder than healing with newt. but what they say is as they get the contrast with romney, that the healing will take place automatically. >> so the base is going to say, we feel much better? i mean what are they going to do that they havent done in the last six years? >> you guys just had -- >> running for president for six years and he is yet to get the base to coalesce behind him. >>...

Little less regulation than obama would. obama would do a little more. but were talking on the margins. and -- >> you judge his record by what he did in massachusetts. and he is a big government republican. >> well, yes. yes. >> so how is a big government republican going to be that much different from a big government democrat? i just dont know. >> well, that would be newts argument. and thats -- >> one interesting thing that happened in south carolina and looks like its going to happen here ag...

Taking down newt. also, former new mexico governor gary johnson is dropping out of the presidential race to run as a libertarian. now you might have forgotten that johnson was running, but this year a third party, run by a more serious candidate, could make a huge difference in the election results, and tonight we have new poll numbers to show who might benefit. and barney franks advice to the colleagues hes leaving behind. thats in the sideshow. finally, let me finish tonight with how the repub...

Democrats, the press, even fellow republicans. this could be the democrats big moment if they dont blow it. plus, ad nauseum. theres something comically ironic about newt gingrich who practically invented the modern politics of personal destruction complaining about all the ads a pro-romney pac is airing in iowa. gingrich is being badly outspent and it shows. in his poll numbers and in his frustration. well look at the ads that are taking down newt. also, former new mexico governor gary johnson ...

Dripping sarcasm. it just is not. >> michael steele, were in a terrible place as a party, if you look at all of the negative ads, something like 92% of the ads that have been running in florida are negative. this -- we look at these races one day at a time. and the bottom line is, this has a lasting impact in a swing state, on the republican brand, on the eventual republican nominee. and it also has another impact, if romney wibz and he starts running negative ads against obama in the fall, hes ...

Plus, ad nauseum. theres something comically ironic about newt gingrich who practically invented the modern politics of personal destruction complaining about all the ads a pro-romney pac is airing in iowa. gingrich is being badly outspent and it shows. in his poll numbers and in his frustration. well look at the ads that are taking down newt. also, former new mexico governor gary johnson is dropping out of the presidential race to run as a libertarian. now you might have forgotten that johnson ...