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>> this is a big deal. hes done. he didnt have a big chance from the beginning, but now its over. calling him radical and right wing social engineering is deadly. >> that was the influential conservative columnist. seeking to down play the controversy, a spokesman for gingrich yesterday issued this statement. "there is little daylight between ryan and gingrich, but look how it gets reported. newt would fully support ryan if it were not com pulse area. we need to design a better system that peopl...

>> its a variation of it on a sunday hshow. today tweets saying mandates bad, mandates bad. did the former speaker step into it a bit there? >> i think he did. i havent seen his whole statement about paul ryans suggesting that we change medicare greatly, but he seems to be against that as well. so i think gingrich is going to add spice to the campaign because he sometimes says things that he then regret, but it was another idea. >> and erick, weve talked about this in the past, hes a very though...

Agree to pay for health care. there is a way to do it to make lost libertarians happy. we should have health insurance or post a bond or in some way indicate you will be held accountable. >> but that is the individual mandate s it not? >> its a variation on it. >> newt gingrich talked about his more controversial comments about president obama, defending them, saying nothing he said about the president has been racist. as more republicans are expected to announce, president obama received some...

Reason to abandon the life he has. im not -- i think he could be a king maker. he will have influence on who the nominee will be. i dont see him helping particular candidate right now simply by his absence. >> bret: lets talk about newt gingrich who had an interesting interview over the weekend and has since tried to walk some of this back. after a big conservative backlash. take a listen to this. >> i said consistently, we ought to have some requirement the you have health insurance or you post...

Probably waiting for mitch daniels to come in. sarah palin maybe, but increasingly looks like she wont come in either. >> doesnt look like she will get in. i was having a conversation with governor jindal here. hes not running for president. his hunch is -- he hadnt talked to mitch daniels. his hunch is that mitch daniels gets in. lets focus on a candidate that is in. we know that mitt romney has problems with the votes are because of the health care plan he passed. it tells the residents of mas...

Here he is, all over the place on healthcare, on obama. lets listen. >> i agree all of us have a responsibility to help pay for healthcare. i think there are ways to do it that make most libertarians relatively happy. i think we have either have health insurance or you post a bond or in some way indicate you will be held accountable. >> that is the individual mandate, isnt it. >> thats a variation. >> i think he add brain freeze. there he was as david caught him acutely saying exactly what obama...

Alisyn, that if you were in the house, he would have voted -- if he were in the house he would have voted for the ryan plan and now calls it radical and he says it is right wing social engineering, and, this is at a time when democrats are attacking the plan, saying, vote republican, end medicare. and, he gives the -- ammunition to the other party, he attacks a fellow republican, and, he does so claiming that it is social -- rights wing social engineering and that is strong language, to use agai...

The press." it was a great show. here is he all over the place on health care, on obama. lets listen. >> all of us have the responsibility to help pay for health care. there are ways to do it that make most libertarians relatively happy. i said we have to have a requirement you have to have health insurance or you post a bond. >> that is the individual mandate, is it not? >> its a variation on it. >> there he was as david caught him acutely caught him saying exactly what obamas for. that sounds ...

Basically is trying to replace the entire insurance system, creating state exchanges, building a washington-based model, creating a federal system. i believe all of us, and this is going to be a big debate -- i believe all of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care. i think the idea that -- >> you agree with mitt romney on this point? >> well, i agree that all of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care. and i think there are ways to do it that make most libertarians rel...

Accountable. >> that is the individual mandate, isnt it. >> its a variation on it. >> it sounds like hes totally in favor of the individual mandate there. after he gets the panic button, this morning he records this outside of a hotel. lets watch. >> i am for the repeal of obama care. and i am against any effort to impose a federal mandate on anyone because it is fundamentally wrong and i believe unconstitutional. >> is the main problem here that president obama agreed to the mandate which was o...