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From now. has nothing, nothing good to say to conservatives who have been betrayed by the republican establishment over the past 25 years. and let me just say, if newt gingrich won, like romney, i fear he would betray the conservative, the conservative base as well. because he has before. >> that's really good. that's really good. >> i think both of you have summed up where republicans find themselves right now. and it's very, very interesting on your program, "way too early," the line that summed it up for me was the establishment always wins. and that's what the base hears right now, that's ...

>> he's not, but the way somebody put it to me is this race will last only as long as sheldon aidleson, casino guy putting money into newt wants to waste his money. romney campaign thinks that the general election starts tomorrow. he's got a big win here. they're going to have do what they're calling the straddle. they're going to keep an eye on the republicans, ron paul and newt gingrich. but they're start really going after obama. they know there's little chance now they can fall. so they're saying that if romney goes on to become president, it was in florida that he found his voice and the ...

Trying to heal with the people that you've talked about and how we were talking about have rallied to him. that's harder than healing with newt. but what they say is as they get the contrast with romney, that the healing will take place automatically. >> so the base is going to say, we feel much better? i mean what are they going to do that they haven't done in the last six years? >> you guys just had -- >> running for president for six years and he is yet to get the base to coalesce behind him. >> and by the way, he's now reduced -- >> now i'm with you. >> he's now reduced to singing "america...

Little less regulation than obama would. obama would do a little more. but we're talking on the margins. and -- >> you judge his record by what he did in massachusetts. and he is a big government republican. >> well, yes. yes. >> so how is a big government republican going to be that much different from a big government democrat? i just don't know. >> well, that would be newt's argument. and that's -- >> one interesting thing that happened in south carolina and looks like it's going to happen here again. where ron paul was the big loser in south carolina, his numbers have really gone down and ...

Taking down newt. also, former new mexico governor gary johnson is dropping out of the presidential race to run as a libertarian. now you might have forgotten that johnson was running, but this year a third party, run by a more serious candidate, could make a huge difference in the election results, and tonight we have new poll numbers to show who might benefit. and barney frank's advice to the colleagues he's leaving behind. that's in the sideshow. finally, let me finish tonight with how the republican party's obsession with opposing president obama at any cost may be costing them way too muc...