for somebody who ran what i think would be looked upon as a some what timid campaign and failed to take the opportunities presented to him by the attacks on him to make a ringing defense not only of himself but the system in which he worked and the way he worked in it. >> meaning mitt romney. >> yes. >> speaker gingrich often mentions ronald reagan and brings him up almost every speech. ronald reagan also tapped into that emotion, that feel that the conservative base wanted at it. do you see the same thing happening on a different scale? a different time? >> i think they are very different people. very different personality. much of what gingrich showed tonight and regan occasionally showed flashes of it it but not the way gingrich has. gingrich is a guy that is angry a lot of the time. when tried it out in early debate it didn't move. it worked in south carolina. whether it will travel well. whether as it has been suggested tonight if he picks up that theme and pounds away it will carry over in other states remains to be seen.