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Newt gingrich is a street fighter. he's not going to let him hold the ball. >> peggy noonan also had a column today and talking about how this has turned into a clown show. >> the hope for the party is that someone emerges. krauthammer's critical not only in the presidential field, but what republicans and congress have done. the signs the economy is getting better, the president is still a better political athlete than any of the republicans running. he's still got republicans on the defensive on the payroll tax cut. the republicans who were confident before are looking for a savior and worri...

Well. newt gingrich's answer last night to start the debate was to me very much like bill clinton, tough and confrontational, playing to the audience really well. do you see any similarities between gingrich and clinton? >> do you mean politically? >> stylistically? >> nimble. >> the kind of people -- >> i can tell you in my opinion both of them are very intelligent individuals. there's no question about it. i spent a lot of time with bill clinton, spent a lot of time with mitt romney, with newt gingrich. i've been watching the debates. they're both very intelligent individuals. i think maybe ...

Campaigning against. >> that's not the case with these guys. >> no, but my point, i think it is the case the tougher mitt romney's path is, the better he will be when he gets out on the other side. >> it's hard to see it right now. >> the president's team been planning for romney for almost a year. >> you understand my point. tough campaigns make candidates better. >> mitt romney had been saying that he wanted to earn it as his -- >> well, he's earning it. >> well, he is. he got his wish. >> well, you know, willie, talking about how quickly things have changed. yesterday, i was sure we were al...

The bunch. >> but you liked him more after the debate? >> absolutely. we don't need to be talking about personal issues. sure they're important, but there's much more important things to our country. the economy, jobs, that's what we need to be talking about. >> and do you feel like, carrie, that mitt romney has a better chance to beat president obama as some have said and you just haven't fallen in love with the guy? >> i don't know he has a better chance at all. i mean, i think they will tear him apart. and i wonder what he's hiding with his taxes. i think they'll come after him with that to...

It was unbelievable. he stormed the chamber, screamed and yelled and said the most despicable things he'd seen in 32 years in politics. this is a guy that speaks to republican sense, legitimate or not, of disenfranchisement. and that goes from the mainstream media, culture, that works in florida, that works for the republicans across america. >> given everything you just said, do you think then newt gingrich could become the republican nominee for president? or is it still mitt romney's? >> i think -- and this is my opinion. i think newt -- something's happening here by the way. there's a reas...