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He's made millions and millions of dollars off of his insider status, but you look at the republican establishment -- >> we don't disagree with that. >> you look at the republican establishment, they are all trying to kill newt gingrich. let me ask you, though, if you agree with what we've been talking about this morning and, mark haleprin brought it up, mitt romney cannot win by attacking newt gingrich. mitt romney has so many problems on his own that he's going to have to make this sale about mitt romney. people still aren't buying him in the republican party. >> i agree with that. and i thi...

With us onset, we have msnbc analyst mark haleprin and political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman harold ford junior. >> harold ford believes and he understands in the redemptive grace of jesus christ. you know how i know that? >> how? >> i saw his campaign commercials. you were raised in a pew, my man. yes. >> i think the longer this presidential race goes on the republican side, i have an unconventional thing. i think it's better for republicans. i hear your point, mika, about president obama would probably like to run against gingrich more. but if you rem...

>> let me ease into the day. >> he won among conservatives. you know, the low country, that's supposed to be moderate republican country. newt swept it. the north -- >> independents. >> evangelicals, greenville, spartan degree. >> joe, it's monday. the meds have not worn off and reality has not set in. i need to ease into this story. i have three hours. >> mark just said it, he won women. newt gingrich won women. all that talk about the wives -- >> married women. >> what? >> he won women, number one, and number two, he won by a pretty wide margin on the electability question. which was mitt ro...

"the boston globe" says mitt romney's rivals have a lot of ground to make up in florida. romney and the pro-romney super pac have already purchased more than $7 million of tv air time. gingrich who just opened a florida office two weeks ago has yet to begin televised advertising there. >> mark, you're shaking your head. >> florida's about organization and tv spending, i don't think it's about momentum and it's about message and it's about reaching conservative voters. i don't think romney starts ahead because he spent money. i think that money's mostly wasted because it was spent before it was...

Out mitt romney's one of the strongest front-runners, strongest presidential candidates in history to now if, again, if gingrich does win tomorrow having to have a race where now for the first time in history three different people have won the first three contests. that's also a first. that is as big a switcharoo in 24 hours we've seen. and everyone talks about it in the national media level heading into florida. this is a thoetly different race if that turns out to be the case than if it had turned out the way we thought it would be 24 hours ago. >> is that true, mark? for all the excitement...