consulting work. or lobbying for freddie mac. while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal-ridden agency that helped create the crisis. i offered my advice as an historian. historian? really, sanctioned for ethics violations, gingrich resigned from congress this disgrace and cashed in as a d.c. insider. if newt wins, this guy would be very happy. i m mitt romney and i approved this message. steve ratner in florida considering all the pain this housing crisis has caused, this is a devastating ad, isn t it? it s a devastating ad. and you saw last night in the debate that romney kept hammering gingrich over and over again, not just on the $1.6 million, but on the impact that freddie mac and all the excess heading had on the housing
conservatives that mitt romney had to be to stopped. and when newt looked like the guy that was rising as a result of a couple of those debates. a lot of guys piled on newt to make sure romney was stopped. and i understand that. certainly had i not won south carolina, it was probably best that newt did and it opened up the race. rick, it s kept it going. and now we re at a stage now where newt needs to be slowed down. even if, it used to be four years ago, that if you, if you delivered a blow like it was delivered to romney, the bleeding would start and he wouldn t recover. i suspect, i believe newt s going to be slowed down in florida. but again, this is a brave new world for let s say, you re at 11% right now. let s say you win in industrial states, suddenly you pop up. have you ever seen a presidential race like this with the ebb and flow? isn t this great? it s crazy. here s what i get a kick out of. is the media for some reason wants to make this a two-man