going to happen in 2012. tell me where you sit right now is 2012 going to be a better year economically than 2011? is there going to be economic growth? are we possibly headed into further stagnation? well, you know, the political strategist side of things i ve never had to look so much at politics to figure out where the economy was going. i tell you, it s like watching the keystone cops. it s ridiculous. going forward we do have momentum carrying us into 2012. we hope we don t lose it because of political ineptitude. that s what would kill it. we have a lot of icebergs ahead. we hope politicians are better at navigating turbulent water than the titanic. a glimmer of hope in the labor market. looks like the situation bottomed out after things fell apart last spring and the summer. we re seeing momentum return to job hiring. some momentum but some is better than none. new business burst, that s important to the backbone of the u.s. economy. that s looking nor strength going
good news and bad news today for newt gingrich. the good news, mr. gingrich is polling first in virginia. just when we thought the great gingrich bubble had burst, he turns up today leading mitt romney and the rest of the republican field in virginia s latest quinnipiac poll. and in a head to head, it s newt gingrich in virginia, by a mile. so that s the good news for newt gingrich in virginia, right? the bad news is newt gingrich is not on the ballot in virginia. mr. gingrich raced there today for a couple of events that suddenly materialized on his schedule. a little speaking, handshaking, hey, would you sign my nominating petition? the deadline for getting on the ballot in virginia is tomorrow. and that puts newt gingrich in kind of a desperate situation now that he is leading there and he has not yet qualified to run
good news and bad news today for newt gingrich. the good news, mr. gingrich is polling first in virginia. just when we thought the great gingrich bubble had burst, he turns up today leading mitt romney and the rest of the republican field in virginia s latest quinnipiac poll. and in a head to head, it s newt gingrich in virginia, by a mile. so that s the good news for newt gingrich in virginia, right? the bad news is newt gingrich is not on the ballot in virginia. mr. gingrich raced there today for a couple of events that suddenly materialized on his schedule. a little speaking, handshaking, hey, would you sign my nominating petition? the deadline for getting on the ballot in virginia is tomorrow. and that puts newt gingrich in kind of a desperate situation now that he is leading there and he has not yet qualified to run there. politico today reported that the gingrich campaign appears to be pays people to collect
good news and bad news today for newt gingrich. the good news, mr. gingrich is polling first in virginia. just when we thought the great gingrich bubble had burst, he turns up today leading mitt romney and the rest of the republican field in virginia s latest quinnipiac poll. and in a head to head, it s newt gingrich in virginia, by a mile. so that s the good news for newt gingrich in virginia, right? the bad news is newt gingrich is not on the ballot in virginia. mr. gingrich raced there today for a couple of events that suddenly materialized on his schedule. a little speaking, handshaking, hey, would you sign my nominating petition? the deadline for getting on the ballot in virginia is tomorrow. and that puts newt gingrich in kind of a desperate situation
organization in iowa. i think he very well could win it. i think there s two questions about the impact of ron paul if that were to happen. first of all, what s the impact for mitt romney? i would argue that it s probably pretty good for mitt romney in the shorter term he s sort of waves aside or diminishes the gingrich bubble. you have these two sort of energizer bunny candidates who can battle it out. if the ron paul phenomenon gets out of control that s problematic for romney. and then you have to worry in a general election what are the possible implications of a ron paul third party candidacy which he has not ruled out. that rules a wrinkle to all of this. you both mentioned organization. reed, the headline in politico read newt gingrich races for iowa organization. and he admits it.