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Do you see it that way? >> i just hope that nobody would talk that way and that just doesn't fit. and i'm sorry that anybody talks like that, whether it's a dog whistle or whatever the intent is, it's not -- i mean, part of the point of this book is that we need to have a serious debate about serious issues and to use invective and this attack rhetoric or what -- you know, whatever it might be, i -- it's -- it sets us back. >> i want to -- there's so much in the book to talk about, but one of the -- you talk about having a serious discussion. one of the things that stopped me in my tracks when...

Talk like that, frankly. i think that just doesn't fit. and i'm sorry that anybody talks like that, whether it's a dog whistle or whatever the intent is, it's not -- i mean, part of the point of this book is that we need to have a serious debate about serious issues and to use invective and this attack rhetoric or what -- you know, whatever it might be, i -- it's -- it sets us back. >> i want to -- there's so much in the book to talk about, but one of the -- you talk about having a serious discussion. one of the things that stopped me in my tracks when i read this book was when you call what's...

His rhetoric that suggests he's already looking beyond florida. he now is talking about how this race, this debate as he called it today, could go on weeks or even months and sold he would go right on through the convention. so come what may in florida, the gingrich-romney battle will continue in the states ahead. >> heather: you will follow it for us. campaign carl cameron on the campaign trail. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> gregg: with 18 million residents in the state florida, it's not only the biggest of the early voting states, it's also the most diverse. it's a winner take al...

His piece today asked just this question, can newt be the first openly mean president, as in openly guy. anyway. and alex wagner is also with us, an msnbc political analyst. you chuckle about it as well as i do, alex. and i'm chuckling, because that's always been my observation about newt. he's an opportunistic to exploit any opportunity to hate the other side. >> if you go over his history, he has decades of angry rhetoric, not just excessive political rhetoric. you might recall the days when he said of tip o'neill, your old boss, he doesn't know the difference between freedom and slavery. he...

What he's done with barack obama, and if you go back and you think about our presidents, some of the mean, behind the scenes, certainly richard nixon, but in their sort of public personas, whether it's reagan or bill clinton or barack obama, they're not mean personally. they don't go for the angry, excessive attack rhetoric, so maybe andrew jackson was pretty mean when he was president, but we don't really elect these type of people to the highest office in the land. so newt would really be breaking a barrier. >> i think it's a fair question. would you want a guy as president who likes wrestli...