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There is this movement in the establishment wing of the party to say he's the nominee. let's go except the voters haven't gotten that message yet. >> neither has newt gingrich. let's play a clip from last night. >> in both the bush and the obama administration the fix has been in. if you want to put people in jail i want to second what michele said start with dodd. this sounded like newt gingrich the back bencher back in the '80s and '90s before he was in the leadership just scatter shotted everyone. >> and this is a dynamic that happens when you have a big field when there ask a couple of peo...

Personal side, yet he's got more money and a better organization than his competitors. >> well, he's billed as a candidate of ideas, a good campaigner, a strong force in the primary race. it is, a, difficult to see which space he occupies in this republican field that is sustainable, and, b, this is hardly a fresh face. for all of those reasons his past personally, his past positions on policy, and some of the, you know, pretty strong statements he's made whether about this president or about democrats in the past, there is a lot that he has to be accountable for. i think he's counting on the ...

Imimmigrants in the country. there's really not a lot of broad political will to pursue immigration reform. republicans running for the presidency would like to see republican leaders take it on and pass it and take it off the table for next year. >> mark mckinnon, you've written a piece for the daily beast about newt gingrich. i'm paraphrasing a bit. you say we already have a professor as a president. the country is looking for something new. what do you mean by that? >> come on, now. >> i think it's a good thing gingrich is getting into the race. he will bring a lot of intellectual heft, ide...

>> if it hurts anyone it's newt gingrich. he needs to reintroduce himself to the american people, republican primary voters in a way making him salable as presidential and date not a back-bencher who became house speaker. that will take time and he missed an opportunity. >> bret: before the break we asked you do you think the economy is getting better or worse? lop-sided here. 96% think it's getting worse. 4% say it's getting better. this has we have some new numbers out today. jobs numbers. u.s., gained 244,000 jobs in april. that is the largest monthly gain since may of 2010. but, 700,000 jo...

Been a good thing. >> if it hurts anyone it's newt gingrich. he needs to reintroduce himself to the american people, republican primary voters in a way making him salable as presidential and date not a back-bencher who became house speaker. that will take time and he missed an opportunity. >> bret: before the break we asked you do you think the economy is getting better or worse? lop-sided here. 96% think it's getting worse. 4% say it's getting better. this has we have some new numbers out today. jobs numbers. u.s., gained 244,000 jobs in april. that is the largest monthly gain since may of 20...