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And newt understands that this is not the girl scout cookie drive. this is big-time politics. hes been engaged in this for 30 years. he knows whats involved. and he ought to let it roll off his back. the problem with newt is he cant laugh at himself. if he could laugh at himself, hed be far better off and a far better leader, by the way. >> mary, i know you like him. you respect him, as many do. can he turn things around at this point? >> well, he can, and will, and has vowed to continue to make...

but back to the ads and also keeping them honest, how clean are speaker gingrichs hands or rick perry or anyone elses. in his concession speech last night from beginning to end, speaker gingrich ignored the attack ads. >> they really wanted to get to the truth rather than the latest 30-second distortion. i would not have survived in this campaign against millions and millions of dollars of negative advertising. if it werent for the thousands of volunteers who showed up and who helped u...

other guys back or front. newt said attack ads helped knock him to a fourth place finish last night in iowa. romney squeaking to victory over senator santorum. santorum picking up -- congresswoman michele bachmann suspending her campaign today. but back to the ads and also keeping them honest, how clean are speaker gingrichs hands or rick perrys or anyone elses. in his concession speech last night from beginning to end, gingrich praised iowans who ignored attack ads. >> they really wan...

keeping them honest, how clean are are speaker gingrichs hands or rick per yis or anyone elses? well start with the concession speech speaker gingrich praised iowans who ignored the attack ads. >> they would listen and they really wanted to get to the truth rather than the latest 30-second distortion. i would not have survived in this campaign against millions and millions of dollars in negative advertising if it wasnt for the thousands of volunteers who showed up and who helped us in ...

No one debated the merits. what was debated is whether or not it could get adequate support and whether or not the rules are so fungible that they could ever be tacked down enough to be changed. but you think that this was ultimately defeated by the rules just being used against you, not by a lack of support. >> well, certainly, we never got to that point where people had to show all their cards about using 51 under the constitutional option. and there was some can concern about us exercising th...

Be changed in some way, it should be improved. no one debated the merits. what was debated is whether or not it could get adequate support and whether or not the rules are so fungible that they could ever be tacked down enough to be changed. but you think that this was ultimately defeated by the rules just being used against you, not by a lack of support. >> well, certainly, we never got to that point where people had to show all their cards about using 51 under the constitutional option. and th...

In this current congress signed on to a letter saying it should be changed in some way, it should be improved. no one debated the merits. what was debated is whether or not it could get adequate support and whether or not the rules are so fungible that they could ever be tacked down enough to be changed. but you think that this was ultimately defeated by the rules just being used against you, not by a lack of support. >> well, certainly, we never got to that point where people had to show all th...

Can newt gingrich turn things around at this point? >> well, he can and will, and has vowed to continue making an impact. what he has done is strange in that hes relinquished a winning strategy of being the most knowledgeable conservative for a losing strategy, which is to be the most positive candidate. one, thats a process, not a substance issue. and republicans want substance. two, he is dramatically and directly undermining that strategy by vowing to rip off mitt romneys face. and three, the...