he means it in the homonym sense. make him write it down. this is what it s been for him. here s the relevant context for understanding the presidential candidacy of newt gingrich. newt gingrich is getting taken seriously as a presidential candidate. he s having his moment. a poll out in new hampshire shows newt gingrich in a statistical tie with mitt romney in new hampshire. new hampshire is supposed to be the one place mitt romney has absolutely locked up. this poll may be an outlier, but in this poll, newt gingrich gained 21 points just in the last month. so if you re a candidate, how do you deal with something like that, a surge like that? how is newt gingrich marking this huge development in his presidential campaign prospects? he is in the northeast tonight, but he s not in new hampshire. he s at harvard university tonight screening his new dvd, a city upon a hill. to be followed immediately afterwards by a newt gingrich book signing. step right up, folks. step right up. ca-chi
think all this is piling up. it takes a while to hit. you see this with herman cain. when those first charges came out about inappropriate behavior. you know, his poll numbers were still good. he got a lot of money. but, you know, he started eventually dropping in the polls. and, you know, some people call it cratering. i think newt gingrich might have hit his high point and i don t think he can sustain this. while he s up, he is definitely going to do as many activities as many campaign events as possible, screen and dvd and do a book signing right after. he s hitting a doubleheader tonight in washington. the most important thing tonight, rachel, you get a discount if you buy both. david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones. ca-ching. and msnbc political analyst. thank you. thank you, rachel. thanks. have you heard what the fox news channel angle is on the man who is charged with the attempted assassination of president obama? have you seen what fox news is say
here s the relevant context for understanding the presidential candidacy of newt gingrich. newt gingrich is getting taken seriously as a presidential candidate. he s having his moment. a poll out in new hampshire shows newt gingrich in a statistical tie with mitt romney in new hampshire. new hampshire is supposed to be the one place mitt romney has absolutely locked up. this poll may be an outlier, but in this poll, newt gingrich gained 21 points just in the last month. so if you re a candidate, how do you deal with something like that, a surge like that? how is newt gingrich marking this huge development in his presidential campaign prospects? he is in the northeast tonight, but he s not in new hampshire. he s at harvard university tonight screening his new dvd, a city upon a hill. to be followed immediately afterwards by a newt gingrich book signing. step right up, folks. step right up. ca-ching. joining us now, david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and msnbc politic
relationship with policy everywhere you look in his career. look around. if you get hung up on the little awkwardnesses, you miss the greater and vastly more entertaining story which is newt gingrich, caching, is a scam. newt gingrich s profession since he got kicked out of congress under a cloud of ethics charges related to fund-raising, his full-time profession has been selling access to himself as someone who is influential because of his time as a public servant. he s been marketing the speakership of the house for his own private financial gain. to anybody who will pay him. anybody he can scam money out of. even if he has to do it by a fax with fake handwriting. for decades he s been doing this so he s a zillion their. newt gingrich wants you to think of him as a political prophet. he means it in the homonym sense. make him write it down. this is what it s been for him.
shall re say transactional relationship with policy everywhere you look in his career. look around. if you get hung up on the little awkwardnesses, you miss the greater and vastly more entertaining story which is newt gingrich, ca-ching, is a scam. newt gingrich s profession since he got kicked out of congress under a cloud of ethics charges related to fund-raising, his full-time profession has been selling access to himself as someone who is influential because of his time as a public servant. he s been marketing the speakership of the house for his own private financial gain to anybody who will pay him. anybody he can scam money out of. even if he has to do it by a fax with fake handwriting. for decades he s been doing this so he s a zillionaire. newt gingrich wants you to think of him as a political prophet.