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A balloon, if they had blown him up to the size -- he looked great. rick perry is a governor, he looks great, like a texan, great hair, all you need in politics. he had a record of unemployment going down in texas, create being jobs. he talked right. the minute he got on stage he stumbled. and hes protestant i should say. >> its more complex than that. we had mike huckabee. if there ever were a ready-made evangelical candidate -- >> but he had no money. >> right. he had an electability problem. ...

Gingrich. especially when you look at the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing gingrich has a severe electability problem. he loses to president obama by 11 points in a head to head matchup. gingrichs presenting himself as a man of the people. the paycheck president. but like mitt romney, his past is catching up with him again. a true man of the people doesnt forget the $1.6 million he made as a lobbyist for freddie mac. >> we offer strategic advice. >> you didnt obtain -- >> sure, bu...

He poses a new threat to newt gingrich. especially when you look at the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing gingrich has a severe electability problem. he loses to president obama by 11 points in a head to head matchup. gingrichs presenting himself as a man of the people. the paycheck president. but like mitt romney, his past is catching up with him again. a true man of the people doesnt forget the $1.6 million he made as a lobbyist for freddie mac. >> we offer strategic advice. >> y...

Speak with the attorneys of alleged victim four. and newts electability problem. a new poll has him soaring against mitt romney, against president obama, it is no contest. is newt the wrong choice for the gop? the ntsb wants to ban all cell phone use while driving e vep with handheld devices. is this too much government intervepgs or a much -- interve or a much needed move to improve safety. and a new survey about marriage shows that americans think that marriage is passe, and instead of c...

A startling round of new poll numbers point to what could be a game-changing election year given the overwhelmingly unsatisfied state of the american people. according to the latest nbc news/wall street journal poll, a whopping 70% say the country is headed in the wrong direction. americans felt a similar lack of satisfaction with congress and the economy. nbcs political director chuck todd has more results on the field of republican presidential candidates. >> lets start with mitt romney. his e...

good morning, everyone. its wednesday, december 14th. im christine romans along with carol costello on this "american morning." good morning. >> good morning, good morning to all of you. good and bad news this morning for the gop front-runner newt gingrich. with less than thee weeks until the iowa caucuses his political director in the state stepped down after calling mormonism a cult. two gop candidates, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. gingrich is already working with a bare...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead ...

Time. >> can he get past the personal baggage, the affairs, the marriages? >> i dont know. >> is this an electability problem? >> i think probably. one of the things, however, i was thinking as i watched him was, you know, to young people, to 18 and 20-year-old voters, it just occurred to me, hes new. to all of us, hes been around for a long time. he left the speakership in 1998. we all covered it. to somebody who is 18 or 22, this is a new figure. they may find him quite compelling. the persona...

Baggage, the affairs, the marriages? >> i dont know. >> is this an electability problem? >> i think probably. one of the things, however, i was thinking as i watched him was, you know, to young people, to 18 and 20-year-old voters, it just occurred to me, hes new. to all of us, hes been around for a long time. he left the speakership in 1998. we all covered it. to somebody who is 18 or 22, this is a new figure. they may find him quite compelling. the personal stuff, i dont know. >> mark halperin...

He can keep that discipline. >> peggy? >> one of the most interesting things today that i saw in your newt gingrich interview was that a very busy green room, in which a bunch of people were walking around and chatting, stopped and watched it. it was a silent green room. that tells you something. people will stop and listen to him. he is a compelling character. gingrich is one of the best explainers of generally conservative views and philosophical starting points that there is out there, so tha...