lobbying services by the gingrich group. so, no doubt newt gingrich and his supporters will point to that clause in this newly released contract to buttress their case that the former house speaker never engaged in lobbying activities, shep? shepard: james rosen in washington, thanks. president obama s approval ratings are lower than they have been for any of his previous state of the union addresses. we will talk with the white house communications director about what the president needs to do tonight to boost those ratings and re-election chances. that s next as we await the rival of mr. bill owe rile from capitol hill on the night of the state of the union. the droid razr by motorola. the thinnest 4g lte smartphone. all the power and strength of droid, now in colors. built with a scratch-resistant, gorilla glass screen. plus nano-coating that safeguards against spills. all powered by the speed of verizon 4g lte.
correspondent james rosen report, many people here were hoping for more. the 16-page document covers 2006 and lists $300,000 in fees. even though freddie mac contract with the gingrich group went on for years and netted the firm 1.6 million. it lists the gingrich agroup address on k-street. worldwide mecca of lobbying firm and the freddie mac executive who signed the document was the head of the lobbying arm. i have never ever gone and done any lobbying. i offer strategic advice on my history and history of washington. romney noted the k. street address and ridiculed him. they don t pay people $25,000 a month for six years as historian. citing other clients of other gingrich firm to argue that the house speaker was lobbying lawmakers in the fight over medicare part b if your entities are getting paid by health
lead evaporating in florida and gone nationwide. it shows a virtual romney-gingrich dead heat, a sharp change this last week before the south carolina blowout victory. those numbers could and certainly will change. for now, the trend is so worrying to romney forces, they re doing what they rarely do, taking the challenger, not through super pacs but directly. while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal ridden agency that helped create the crisis. that new ad was straight from the romney campaign, this earlier today was straight from the stump. i m calling on speaker gingrich to do two things, release all the work product associated with his work at freddie mac and return the funds he made from freddie mac. i wouldn t have normally suggested that other than he was the one that said if you made money on this failed model you ought to return that money. within hours of that, the
just what is it gingrich was paid an estimated $1.7 million to do. that s not only the breaking news tonight. reports tonight out of las vegas 245 a gingrich friend is writing another $5 million check to the supersuper pac. all this showing that mitt romney s lead is evaporating in florida and basically gone nationwide. take a look at the latest tracking poll. shows a virtual-romney gingrich dead heat. that s a sharp change from just last week before this weekend s south carolina gingrich blowout victory. those numbers could and almost certainly will change, but for now, the trend is so worrying to the romney forces they re attacking the challenger, not through surrogates like they have in the past or through super pacs but directly. while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal ridden agency that helped create the crisis. that new ad was straight from the romney campaign, this ear
good evening. i m erin burnett and tonight, breaking news. mitt what s the gross revenue of bain when you were dealing with it? to what s the gross revenue? fairly substantial, but i think it s irrelevant than the fact that you were working for freddie mac? did they ever do work with the government like medicare? we didn t work with the government. i didn t have an office on k street. i didn t work in washington. he likes to surf off that audience approval. without that tonight, he did seem relatively subdued so it had an impact. a lot of really interesting moments. like romney said what do i do with the taliban? beat them. and then of course there s silence. you don t have that applause. these guys are learning to use the audience as a weapon on their behalf. i think he is right. i personally think, get rid of it entirely. it is totally downer productive and it is i would say i totally agree with that. then you have that dead moment of silence and you re w