nomination, if it in fact, he if he gets the nomination. gingrich will now increasingly, look at it as someone who may be plausably a contender for the nominee. this is long haul. similar to 2008, hillary versus obama. >> similarly to barack obama who became a better candidate because of the clinton challenge, mitt romney does have the organization and money to go the distance and he said it could go to june 15 in california. which is not what many originally predicted. >> good for our line 6 work though, andrea. >> always good for our line of work. thank you so much. >> so long, andrea. and newt's former allies on the attack today. congressman jim talent will join us next. plus, in prison for cuba for two years. what did a u.s. contractor do to get himself sentenced to 15 years in a havana jail. this is andrea mitchell report only on msnbc. ♪