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We have seen from the beginning of this campaign, the sharpshooter has been out, trying to take his head off. >> if you are newt, you ought to be very flattered because them going gang busters proves he's been a very effective conservative. >> here's the thing. what they are trying to do is to trip him up to get him angry. so long as he stays positive, he will be okay. if he bites, if he gets intimidated and lashes back, they have him. >> is that what you think they are doing here? yes, of course, they hit him and his politics and they hate him personally. but do you think they are trying to b...

>> someone who can win, south american who can beat obam a. i think that came out yesterday, when it seemed to be the point and counter point was yeah, newt gingrich might be a great debater, but would you rather have a 100% conservative with forty% of the vote and a 75% conservative with 51% of the vote? i think who won, i think gingrich held his ground. debates about message and holding your ground. romney did well, he's the tennis player, he returns the shot. he didn't make too many mistakes. the big loser was ron paul. when he started to talk about -- he sounded like -- he sounded like -- ...

Announced his candidacy in south carolina the same day. and they were both in waterloo the next day, where michele bachmann was born. her senior staffer had devised a plan to go up to perry and welcome him to the race, put her arm around him and say, from one former cheerleader to another, welcome to iowa. they thought that would be a good way of getting under perry's skin and let him know she was going to fight him for the turf in iowa and another adviser vetoed that plan and said, that's not presidential. it caused a rift between the campaign. they said, we are not president yet. so let's wo...

Outspoken and some would even say a little bit reckless, necessarily a bad thing in this election cycle? >> we have reckless, frightening, a political killer. so much for the new tone that the democrats said they wanted after the gabrielle giffords shooting. what is behind this hatred of newt gingrich? >> two things, fear and loging. they fear and they loathe newt gingrich. they fear him because of his ideas. he has bold ideas. they didn't fear sarah palin or michele bachmann. they didn't fear herman cain. they fear this man because of his ideas. loathing -- loathing because of 40 years in pub...

Outspoken and some would even say a little bit reckless, necessarily a bad thing in this election cycle? >> we have reckless, frightening, a political killer. so much for the new tone that the democrats said they wanted after the gabrielle giffords shooting. what is behind this hatred of newt gingrich? >> two things, fear and loging. they fear and they loathe newt gingrich. they fear him because of his ideas. he has bold ideas. they didn't fear sarah palin or michele bachmann. they didn't fear herman cain. they fear this man because of his ideas. loathing -- loathing because of 40 years in pub...