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Newt gingrich is a street fighter. hes not going to let him hold the ball. >> peggy noonan also had a column today and talking about how this has turned into a clown show. >> the hope for the party is that someone emerges. krauthammers critical not only in the presidential field, but what republicans and congress have done. the signs the economy is getting better, the president is still a better political athlete than any of the republicans running. hes still got republicans on the defensive on ...

Well. newt gingrichs answer last night to start the debate was to me very much like bill clinton, tough and confrontational, playing to the audience really well. do you see any similarities between gingrich and clinton? >> do you mean politically? >> stylistically? >> nimble. >> the kind of people -- >> i can tell you in my opinion both of them are very intelligent individuals. theres no question about it. i spent a lot of time with bill clinton, spent a lot of time with mitt romney, with newt g...

Campaigning against. >> thats not the case with these guys. >> no, but my point, i think it is the case the tougher mitt romneys path is, the better he will be when he gets out on the other side. >> its hard to see it right now. >> the presidents team been planning for romney for almost a year. >> you understand my point. tough campaigns make candidates better. >> mitt romney had been saying that he wanted to earn it as his -- >> well, hes earning it. >> well, he is. he got his wish. >> well, yo...

The bunch. >> but you liked him more after the debate? >> absolutely. we dont need to be talking about personal issues. sure theyre important, but theres much more important things to our country. the economy, jobs, thats what we need to be talking about. >> and do you feel like, carrie, that mitt romney has a better chance to beat president obama as some have said and you just havent fallen in love with the guy? >> i dont know he has a better chance at all. i mean, i think they will tear him ap...

It was unbelievable. he stormed the chamber, screamed and yelled and said the most despicable things hed seen in 32 years in politics. this is a guy that speaks to republican sense, legitimate or not, of disenfranchisement. and that goes from the mainstream media, culture, that works in florida, that works for the republicans across america. >> given everything you just said, do you think then newt gingrich could become the republican nominee for president? or is it still mitt romneys? >> i thin...

Chomping at the vote and then theyve been hurting each other. back to the issue of the taxation because this is an issue that has a lot of republicans divided is theyre attacking each other over the free market system and over how much they make and whether or not theyre success itful. i dont care if mitt romney -- it doesnt bother me that he paid a 15% tax rate. what bothers me is that working families in america are paying more than 15%. >> thank you. >> we need to get those tax rates down for...

That is what my dad did and i look up to my dad and above -- and yeah, im going to do that. or you have something ready. like newt had something ready. gene, we dont see that with this candidate and its scaring the hell out of the republican establishment. >> and you can see why. hes been running for president for years, mitt romney has. and theres still this awkwardness, this inability to connect. >> you all are staying. well continue this conversation after the break. coming up by the way, s...

The rest of the country -- historically those odds are pretty good. >> none of this happens in a vacuum. andrea was talking about earlier off camera about the president of the united states last night where he was. >> four fundraisers. >> four fundraisers. and i would guess today its easier to raise money for the president than it was a week or two ago. again, this could all change, but right now the republicans are having an identity crisis and the president showed off some of his skills at the...

Thatcher, charles degal, william wallace, peroclese, thomas edison, vince lombardi, moses, and a viking. >> wow. >> oh, man. >> that is pretty much money i would say. >> oh, my gosh. >> mike, whats happening in this race right now? clearly over the last 24 hours, really the last week or so something has shifted underneath the feet of these candidates. >> this race is going to last. we were debating whether florida was going to matter. of course it does. even if mitt romney moves ahead in this, h...

The president is a very smart man, but if he wins in november, that wont be the reason. it will be luck. he could not have chosen more self-destructive adversaries. >> krauthammer as always nails it. >> yeah. thats about as crystallizing as it comes and searing, as well. >> the republican field, mark haleprin has moved this race on to president obamas terrain. >> if, as it appears right now, there are two options for the republican nomination, newt gingrich and mitt romney. the republican establ...