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Be changed in some way, it should be improved. no one debated the merits. what was debated is whether or not it could get adequate support and whether or not the rules are so fungible that they could ever be tacked down enough to be changed. but you think that this was ultimately defeated by the rules just being used against you, not by a lack of support. >> well, certainly, we never got to that point where people had to show all their cards about using 51 under the constitutional option. and there was some can concern about us exercising that door, and thereby giving the republicans additiona...

In this current congress signed on to a letter saying it should be changed in some way, it should be improved. no one debated the merits. what was debated is whether or not it could get adequate support and whether or not the rules are so fungible that they could ever be tacked down enough to be changed. but you think that this was ultimately defeated by the rules just being used against you, not by a lack of support. >> well, certainly, we never got to that point where people had to show all their cards about using 51 under the constitutional option. and there was some can concern about us ex...

Can newt gingrich turn things around at this point? >> well, he can and will, and has vowed to continue making an impact. what he has done is strange in that he's relinquished a winning strategy of being the most knowledgeable conservative for a losing strategy, which is to be the most positive candidate. one, that's a process, not a substance issue. and republicans want substance. two, he is dramatically and directly undermining that strategy by vowing to rip off mitt romney's face. and three, there's no such thing. everybody promises to do positive campaigns. nobody ever does them because th...