republican presidential candidate newt gingrich appears to be stepping up his attacks against rival mitt romney. speaker gingrich has repeatedly charged that the former governor is a massachusetts moderate, less suited for this race than he, a label mr. gingrich repeatedly used during several interviews. take a listen. >> the most we're going to do is draw a direct and sharp contrast with governor mitt romney, who is a massachusetts moderate, and a contrast between a georgia-reagan conservative, and a massachusetts moderate is a pretty decisive contrast. the question i can you withstand that attack better as a solid conservative or as a moderate? i would argue that a massachusetts moderate is very unlikely to be able to withstand the attack, a conservative would have a better job. megyn: the former speaker seems to be massaging that message a bit. take a listen to speaker gingrich as early as this morning. >> the fact is on big, philosophical issues he is for