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"wrong on principle." the 2007 political ad with nancy pelosi to argue for climate change, does that still work? he refers to the interview recently where he called it "probably the single dumbest thing i've ever done." so he's switching all over the place. for the latest on newt gingrich and whether conservative also buy his explanations, if you will, let's bring in mother jones' washington bureau chief david cornyn and tony parkins. of the research council. this is where he explains his position on impeachment, the gingrich answers website has this to say about newt's tenure during the clint...

David, is it possible even if romney goes out there and wins in the caucuses on january 3rd, he still has to bat tell out with the republican right who plainly don't like him and will find somebody to try to beat him down the road. >> well, that's true, but if you're mitt romney, you could go for the quick kill, as you said, in the intro, chris. i mean, if you can win this here, he starts to roll up this nomination the way john kerry did in his party in 2004 or jimmy carter did in '76, so the presidency is not won by people who don't take risks. he's taking a risk, but the payoff is pretty goo...

Ron, it doesn't look like it's a winning -- cain has been getting in trouble with the charges against him, accusations. perry doesn't look like he can handle himself on the stage. there is no huckabee. >> yeah, well, look, this isn't the pga tour where you can choose which events to enter and which to skip. he has to run in iowa and do well there. i think he's going to find it very challenging. here's the other thing, chris. even if he wins in iowa, there's going to be no quick kill in the race. david was talking about the 2004 democratic race. that went on through march. you had wes clark win...

Will, let's bring in mother jones' washington bureau chief david cornyn and tony parkins. of the research council. this is where he explains his position on impeachment, the gingrich answers website has this to say about newt's tenure during the clinton impeachment, he was speaker back then. actually this is a group of people described as newt, his wife and his campaign, a group of people explaining in the third person newt gingrich's behavior. even though newt co-wrote this or drafted himself but he's talking about himself in a third person. "opponents often try to delegitimize newt gingrich ...

>> it sounds like, david, you want him to run really hard in iowa in case because that raises the stakes for him out there and enlarges the importance of iowa, right? >> well, it -- no, chris, my analysis of this is that it's a smart move on his part. it's been an obvious one. in 1980, george herbert walker bush won iowa with a plurality because the conservatives were split up among other candidates, phil crain, john connolly and ronald reagan. mitt romney sees the same thing. if he can run the plurality here he can go on to new hampshire alleges the victor. >> the "wall street journal" report...