we are going to have a white christmas. reporter: i ll keep you posted. alisyn: let s go to the campaign trail where the lead more newt gingrich appears to be fading in the leadup to the crucial iowa caucuses. take a look at these recent twitter posts from michael reagan. newt gingrich with no message to back up your great debating skills. newt, you need a consistent message if you plan to win iowa, south carolina or florida. newt it may sound good but you aren t going to be arresting judges because you disagree. hi, michael. i m glad to see you read my
the united states? with two wars going on, with the economy the way it is, i think that it s pathetic. i ve got another entry for you here. rick perry, he criticized president obama, saying he thinks here s talking about president obama, he thinks he s the smartest guy in the room. let s listen. his thinking that he can go and negotiate because of his great debating skills anyplace in the world. well, we ve seen a number of examples of that, where it s just been an abject failure. and as a matter of fact, his thinking that he s the smartest guy in the room has hurt america around the world, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. what do you make of that? you first, david? my follow-up question would be, give me three examples. because it s all this generalization. he s smart, we should be scared of that, that he s smart? was he was he too smart to save the auto companies? was he too smart to get osama bin laden? i mean, that s not the issue. if you have a candidate o
negotiate because of his great debating skills as a matter of fact, his thinking that he s the smartest guy in the room has hurt america around the world, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. i think mentality of i m the smartest guy in the room and therefore it couldn t be my fault is really hurting america. alex, i take that as a promise from rick perry to never think he s the smartest guy. and to always be the dumbest guy in the room. a rick perry for 2013. it is practically an ad. it is an effort to rehabilitate his image. he s got a long climb ahead of him. i think attacking president obama for being smart and intelligent to me seems like a losing proposition. but when you are rick perry at this point you are grasping at anything. howard? to be fair to rick perry he didn t say that obama is the
his thinking that he can go and negotiate because of his great debating skills anyplace in the world. well, we ve seen a number of examples of that, where it s just been an abject failure. and as a matter of fact, his thinking that he s the smartest guy in the room has hurt america around the world, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. what do you make of that? you first, david? my follow-up question would be, give me three examples. because it s all this generalization. he s smart, we should be scared of that, that he s smart? was he was he too smart to save the out companies? was he too smart to get osama bin laden? i mean, that s not the issue. if you have a candidate out there, i mean, ron just put it pretty well. if you re a president, you ve got to be smart. you ve got to have intellectual curiosity, as you talk about often. you ve got to be able to absorb information. so you don t think there s a reason somewhere a kernel of truth in the charge that
too smart. his thinks that he can go and negotiate because of his great debating skills as a matter of fact, his thinking that he s the smartest guy in the room has hurt america around the world, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. i think mentality of i m the smartest guy in the room and therefore it couldn t be my fault is really hurting america. alex, i take that as a promise from rick perry to never think he s the smartest guy. and to always be the dumbest guy in the room. a rick perry for 2013. it is practically an ad. it is an effort to rehabilitate his image. he s got a long climb ahead of him. i think attacking president obama for being smart and intelligent to me seems like a losing proposition. but when you are rick perry at this point you are grasping at anything. howard? to be fair to rick perry he didn t say that obama is the