Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120107:01:41:00
Since newt gingrich really went negative on mitt romney. mitt romney's polling numbers are still very solid. he hasn't dropped double digits. he was at 43%, up to -- he's in that, well, 44% right there. wmur poll there, 44%. ron paul at 20%. rick santorum at 8%. romney could close it out here, could he not, ari? >> i think what gingrich is trying to do is deal with something that upset a lot of democrats at the early point in the race last cycle which was say, oh my god, are we going to have a civil war? is this going to be bad for the party? gingrich is speaking in this conditional tone. he s...