not quite doesn t quite have the bombast of teddy roosevelt, but it s a kind of theme that works for him as much as he can make it work. shameless plug time. october 1995, new yorker has a story of newt gingrich, the politics of perception. it s a great primer. good research. clarence? i want to give a plug to my fellow veterans on pearl harbor day as we observe what s been 70 years. 70 years. i think the youngest survivor is 90. . that s right. i got this flag from don king so it s a good republican flag. and hard to beat that plug. want to let everybody know, go visit nbcpolitics.com on msnbc. it s our new politics section with all the great content from the nbc inbeds who are out on the trail from the first read folks, shuck s show, and all the great interviews we have on the air. bookmark it, keep up with everything that s going on on
because if republicans manage if some of their tea party members manage to block this, it s a gift for the white house saying, well, look, they re supporting tax breaks for the rich but not for the middle class. people like john mccains had sa has said democrats are winning this little fight and there s a fear they re going to win the bigger fight over who is the party of the middle class. republicans can t let this keep going on. they can t be the ones who look like they re raising taxes on the middle class in the middle of a recession in the middle of the holidays. one thing you said in break, clarence, on the one hand you thought the speech in writing may have been more interesting than maybe in delivery? well, obama doesn t do populist that well. he comes across as professorial as we have said many times. whenever he has a real stem winder of a populist theme, he s
oklahoma s 4% unemployed. and you go around over the country and see where the jobs are, it s in the energy deal because today you have an unbelievable opportunity to make this country energy independent. i mean, it could happen. only one missing link now. leadership. that s the only missing link. because the leadership in washington doesn t even understand the resources that you have available in america. can i ask new oil areas being found. this is just based on reading the newspapers in the past month. new oil, new means mechanically of getting oil. natural gas, fraccing, pipelines, nuclear energy. all these things could come together right now. i just sort of have the feeling that america is actually on something amazing that we didn t expect in the past 50 years. and that is actual energy independence. we could actually become an
out front tonight, newt on top. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15 point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. among the most outspoken congressman peter king. i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good revolutionary, he s able to mobilize forces, but as far as governing, as far as being a leader, he s too erratic, he s so self-centered. the time that he was speaker, there was one crisis after another, and they were almost all self-inflicted. he puts himself at the center of everything. and i
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron paul s at 16%. as we all know, mitt romney needs to come in 1 or 2 there. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. versus 22 for mitt romney. despite the double digit leads gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. one of them outspoken among them, congressman peter king. he came outfront a few moments ago and i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good