hastert were they picking somebody who had ideological specificity? no. but what he did have, the twist there was he was also tom delay s guy. so tom delay was in the leadership back then and wanted to be speaker but there there was a recognition especially in the wake of the bad mid-terms they had and the ranz gik gingrich was forced out as leader. tom delay was too radioactive to be speaker himself. but he had formidable strength within the republican caucus so he championed hastert on his way out the door. gingrich told republicans there s one guy that can unite us. they called him the coach. he d been a wrestling coach, we now know more about that. but the coach is the guy who can bring us all together. that is fascinating because that gets us right back to today which is there was a guy named tom delay there who could tell republicans what to do, wrangle votes, get enough votes together, to not only get a nominee but to get the floor vote passed and to put somebody in leadersh
and a return to american values. an economy built to last. the president also said both parties are to blame for partisan tactics. newt gingrich and mitt romney are fighting for the crucial hispanic vote in florida s primary on tuesday. in a new abc news poll shows that 35%% romney. gik gingrich comes in at 21%. joining me now, danny vargas and former democratic congressman from texas, martin frost. gentlemen, good morning. i m curious, martin, your thoughts as to which party you believe is better positioned to take advantage of the country s changing demographic and is it really party related or do you think people look at it candidate by candidate? when i was a congressman in texas, i had a large hispanic constituency. they are culturally conservative, patriotic, they ought to be natural vote rs for