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Dollars worth of jewelry on credit? >> no, its a -- go talk to tiffanys. >> its very odd to me that that someone would run up a half million dollars bill at a jewelry store. >> well, go talk to tiffanys. >> i mean, youre running for president. >> right. >> youre going to be the guy in charge of the treasury department, and it just -- it just sticks out like a sore thumb. >> no -- >> the utter reasonableness of bob schieffer. wonderful flat texas accent, the way he just asks the most obvious huma...

Maybe andrew jackson was pretty mean when he was president, but we dont really elect these type of people to the highest office in the land. so newt would really be breaking a barrier. >> i think its a fair question. would you want a guy as president who likes wrestling in a cesspool. thats what this guy is. he likes dirty as possible. both sides can get dirty and he can be a little less dirty, dirtier than the other guy. he doesnt want to run on a clean field, this guy. >> no. and lets also kee...

But this is a guy who for 30 years has had this sort of arrogant, egotistical complex that allows him to accuse other people of being like nazis and he cant even answer a question about tiffanys. >> well said. to bob schieffer! >> thank you david corn and thank you alex wagner. have a nice weekend fellas. up next, you know its bad for michele bachmann when even tea party leaders arent taking your presidential campaign to heart or even seriously anymore. shes in the sideshow. i think shes never...

>> im not speaking about the particular ballot issues. those are up to the people of ohio, but i certainly support the effort of the governor to rein in the scale of government. so im not terribly familiar with the two ballot initiatives, but im certainly supportive of the republican partys efforts. >> guys like a whirling dervish. his body parts are even moving around fast there. and then he goes over with his kind of life line with his staff, help me out on this. on wednesday, romney said this...

He can say all the right things in the world right now and say them very persuasively, but the minute he gets the nomination, will he start acting like that guy who was in ohio on tuesday? >> thank you, susan page. youre so smart. and steven, welcome back. coming up, could newt gingrich, mr. mephistopheles himself before the first openly mean president? thats a question posed by our own david korn whos coming right here from mother jones. and hes going to be right here. youre watching "hardball"...

>> here he is earlier this year with david brody who asked him about his past and he gave an awfully strange reason. this will go down in history as my favorite, favorite cover story. lets listen. >> theres no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard, and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate. and what i can tell you is that when i did things that were wrong, i wasnt trapped in situation ethi...

His piece today asked just this question, can newt be the first openly mean president, as in openly guy. anyway. and alex wagner is also with us, an msnbc political analyst. you chuckle about it as well as i do, alex. and im chuckling, because thats always been my observation about newt. hes an opportunistic to exploit any opportunity to hate the other side. >> if you go over his history, he has decades of angry rhetoric, not just excessive political rhetoric. you might recall the days when he s...

Gingrich presidential campaign. >> here he is when asked about his past. he gave a strange reason. this will go down in history as my favorite, favorite cover story. lets listen. >> theres no question that times in my life, partially driven by how passionately i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate. what i can tell you is when i did things that were wrong, i wasnt trapped in ethics, i was doing things wrong. i felt compelled...

This is a guy who for 30 years has had this sort of arrogant egotistical complex to accuse people of being nazis and he cant answer a question about tiffanys. >> thank you. have a nice weekend. up next, you know its bad for michele bachmann when even tea partiers arent taking your presidential campaign to heart or seriously. shes in the side show now. youre watching "hardball" on msnbc.

Than that. but i think what he said in your first clip is unacceptable to some republicans. hes trying to emphasize his conservative side of his message. but were so ready. hes so vulnerable on the issue of flip-flopping, because he has flip-flopped on issues like abortion rights and other fundamental -- >> health care. everything. >> health care. that it makes him very vulnerable. people are ready to see a flip-flop wherever they can. >> let me go to steve. you havent been on in a while. i want...