as to being an unreliable conservative, newt has been a conservative leader for years. he formed the conservative opportunity society back in 1983. we were the ones who went out and gave an activist agenda to change the entire debate in washington, particularly after we won the majority in 1994 with the contract with america. it was mitt romney who refused to endorse the contract with america. it was mitt romney who refused to back the reagan-bush tickets. and the fact is that the conservative credentials are extremely strong for newt gingrich and what you have is a massachusetts moderate in the case of mitt romney. and the fact is that this is not an attack on mitt romney. it's how mitt romney has described himself on many, many occasions. that he is not a conservative. that he's a moderate. >> now, congressman walker, the "wall street journal" wrote a story this morning. you mentioned speaker gingrich has obviously been in public life for quite some time. you can argue whether that makes it a good or bad thing in the race. but it does mean he has a long