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On his way back. having said that, how much of the volatility attached to newt gingrich gets to be an issue? he is up and done and up and down. >> i thick some has to do with the various states and the order the states have come. starting with iowa, more socially conservative state. high percentage of evangelical voters. state where gingrich can do better. you get to new hampshire, moderate, liberal republican voters. south carolina, he can do well because hi -- his message resonates. you get in...

Press focused on how well the candidates have been doing and the we do debates, and gingrich set the bar to such high levels and people expect a lot. when he doesnt reach those performances, its a letdown for him and his supporters. >> andy, thank you very much. i apologize for the problems earlier. >> youre welcome. >> newt gingrich is crossing the state of florida with at least five rallies, mitt romney making a last-minute push with three rallies. cameron has been keeping track. can gingrich ...

Fighting against earmarks and pork barrel spending that exploded while he was speaker of the house, i would gladly accept that label. >> if he is in the nominee, gingrich, would you support him? >> surety. absolutely. im a loyalma. im loyal to my party and i certainly will. but in the meantime, i think that his electability, which is a factor -- not the most important factor but his electability is very poor, and i think its understandable. >> what do you think of sarah palin and her husband, to...

Like minnesota, where theres a big populace in the republican party that he believes he can turn against mitt romney. theres a lot yet to be said about this race but looks as though the florida aspect of it may soon be written and the chapter closed. the romney people look very confident. >> carl, you could argue all of this back-fighting, regardless, produces four candidates who still go all the way to the convention. i dont see ron paul going anywhere. i imagine he sticks it out. i think you c...

To say he threw ronald reagan under the bus -- >> the difference is that newt gingrich liked it when i can say, the lean stuff off of reagan, not so when he can try to capital off the not so lean stuff. so gingrich looks like an opportunist. >> a lot of people using ronald reagans name who never met him. gingrich met him, worked with him in the 1980s. i said, newt, what have youve got? gave us the first control of the united states in 40 years. all these people backing newt gingrich that he is n...

Said bottom line people are paying a lot less in income tacks then they were when i came into office so i have the better of the democrats. gingrich is saying the purists, thats true, but i fought him when he ceded that ground. why would that be bad? >> thats fair enough. there are other people who he should be attacking outside of ronald reagan. he could be talking about how barack obamas class warfare and raising taxes on the rich is not how he will run his presidency and explain why the ameri...

>> because whats happening is the hardest and worst states for president obama, of the big states other than ohio, and now he is eight points ahead of romney, he is 14 or 17-points ahead of gingrich. the more they campaign down there, the more women and independents flood back to obama. >> you know better than anybody how short-lived that can be. >> what theyre reacting to, theyre not seeing stuff they want to hear. for instance, they care about the deficit. the republicans are off on things lik...

He is a political science professor at the university of new hampshire. we did call the gingrich camp for a statement. they provided a poll showing him leading by a hair. regardless, what are your thoughts on this, andy, whether this type of strong talk could be backfiring? >> you dont want to have to be in a position to complain about what is happening in politics, politics -- this is -- >> okay, danny, i dont mean to interrupt you theres something wrong with your audio. newt may be down but fa...

>> so are we looking at a brokered convention because no candidate will have the delegates you need to get the nomination. tom says its a real possibility. what makes you think its more likely, al beat not necessarily inevitable now? >> well, i actually still think its a long shot. the system is set it to prevent this from happening. it would be more likely if gingrich were to score an upset in florida tomorrow, which would damage romney, i think. if romney wins tomorrow in florida, he is in the...

Romneys time in massachusetts when he especially put state mandates on catholic hospitals as part of a budget crunch vetoed a bill that would have paid for meals at jewish nursing homes and gingrich said that shows an insensitivity to religion. its gotten a lot of attention, but it shows to the extent gingrich is now attacking mitt romney. mr. romney is campaigning obviously very aggressivefully florida and banking on a big win. gingrich made it clear hi is not only going to go on in future stat...