heard in this debate than usual. in theory, that could be a good thing. in theory, having people who aren t lifetime politicos getting a crack at the debate conditions a good thing. in practice, though, what we ve seen are ridiculous people like donald trump hijack the discussion for personal gain, and i think relatively unserious people like herman cain come in to sell books. meanwhile, someone like this gets shut out because of his ideas. so that s my big point. i m all for having more people on the stage, but he s been shut out for the ideas. i have an answer. i think i can tell you exactly why this is. the media determines who goes to the debates. the media makes money by selling advertising against ratings on television. they don t care about policy or politics. if i put a carnival on television of people who will never get elected, i can get higher ratings, make more money, and, yeah, i m having a good time. if i put people who say things like buddy roemer on television, well,
a new week and new shake-up for the battle for the presidential nomination. newt gingrich is now the solid front runner in the state of iowa. but today his focus was on new york. and a meeting with donald trump. let s go to new york. there s jim acosta following this for us. what s the latest with newt gingrich the front-runner and donald trump? well, he is in the big apple and you can say he is singing new york, new york, start spreading the newts. he his message he is can win the republican nomination. he is willing to take this battle to all 50 states. at a news conference in new york, newt gingrich insisted he can go toe to toe with mitt romney in a 50-state battle for the nomination. even with a much smaller operation. we have all these articles about how businesses are getting leaner. how they are flattening their hierarchies. doing all sorts of things. have you people who work from home. you have virtual organizations. all of these cutting edge ideas. you have a gr