Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111213:05:08:00
People that i talk to for a recent story i did, and i went back and talked to people who had worked with him when he was speaker, worked with him before he was speaker. they're very surprised. they didn't see this coming. and i think that, yes, they -- people -- they imagine that people are out there kind of thinking, this guy is going to be able to go head to head with the president at the debates. he knows the lay of the land. i think many of the tea party people who wanted the outsider are modifying what they want. they realize there's no one else who's running for president who fits that m...