romney romney, now tied nationally among republicans. each with 28% support. congressman ron paul runs a distant third with 14%. the other candidates all trail in single digits. moments ago, gingrich at a media event as he struggle to reverse the slide. the only person who profits from republican ads attacking other republicans is barack obama and i think that s a pretty reprehensible behavior on the part of some of the candidates. so i m going to be honest. we did this saturday morning and we had some 14,000 people join us, 14,000 iowans join us. we ll have an ask newt every day and have people calling. in if you get junk mail furcal see a negative attack ad, whatever, you ll be able to call me and ask what the facts are. gloria borger was there at that event and joins us from davenport, iowa. let s start with the former speaker. telephone conferences with supporters or potential supporters. he said he won t go negative. the rule of politics tell you, that won t work. ho
with ron paul. so what s happening here? gingrich is vulnerable in iowa. and if neither he nor mitt romney wins the caucus, the republican race could become more erratic than ever. joining me now is reverend carey gordon, pastor of thrnerstone w sioux city, iowa, and president of peacemakers institute. pastor, good to have you with us tonight. you have got a problem with newt gingrich. what is it? that s exactly right. there s a couple false assumptions that are out there in the media right now. a lot of the things i ve been watching on tv and reading in the newspapers. number one, there s this assumption that the american people already know what newt did and we re just past it. i don t think that s true. the reason why you re seeing his poll numbers drop is because we have a whole new generation of voters who aren t necessarily paying attention when newt was in power the last time. and the closer they look and the more scrutiny they give to newt gingrich, the less they appreciate h
honest candidate that will do the same thing. because i don t think we re going to beat obama if obama is honest and we put some hollow personally driven person that wants power and prestige in the challenge. in the state of iowa, will evangelical voters, in your opinion, create a problem for newt gingrich? i mean, he s polling very well nationally, but in iowa, it s different. are the evangelicals making the difference there? i believe that they are because the younger voters are paying attention and they re starting to learn about newt gingrich. and, you know, newt, himself, said in the last debate that he thinks it s important is there anything he can do to change this? is there anything he can do to change this? there s nothing he can do to change my mind. i want evidence before we take somebody and put them in the most powerful seat in the world, before we promote them from former speaker of the house to president of the united states, there needs to be a change that we
that is the name of the game. to win. i think both these candidates, newt gingrich, i think mitt romney, they re going to do whatever they have to do. they re going to beat each other up. newt says he s going to take the high road. he s a pit bull. he s already proven he s not taking the high road because of the pot shots he s taking against by the way, funny when mitt romney is attacking newt for being a wealthy man. newt is suggesting mitt ought to give his money back. the two of them michele bachmann had the best line saturday night when she called them newt romney. they re not going to take the high road. again, they will do whatever they do. one thing about newt, he is nasty. nasty newt. that s how he s known in washington, d.c. he was not a nice guy when he was speaker. nor since. so it sounds like the obama camp is hoping that the american people will view these guys, the closer you look, the worse they get. i don t know if that s going to
the other issue that seems to be out there is that newt is trustworthy because he s repented and he said he was sorry. and the thing that evangelicals in particular have to remember is that the same bible that teaches us to forgive people when they do wrong also warns us that if we trust someone until they have earned it, or before they ve earned it, we re being foolish and presumptuous. so when newt says, i m sorry, forgive me, i can say, sure, i forgive you but i don t trust you. my message to newt gingrich and my warning to evangelical voters is newt needs to be told to run for mayor, run for congress get. get some time and prove to us that you re a changed man. i don t trust him because his record is abysmal. i feel the same way about mitt romney. mitt romney flips and flops on the issues. neither one of these people can be trusted. another thing to remember, i want a level playing field when we come up with obama. obama said what he was going to do when he ran for office. after he