somebody out of work who could use the cash. not so this time around. guess who won $254.2 million in connecticut s largest ever state powerball? three asset management guys, wealth managers from greenwich, connecticut, perhaps the wealthiest town in the united states of america. timothy davidson, brandon laycoff and gregory skidmore took the lump sum of $104 million of cash after tax. they re doing the right thing, though, tip the cap. they say they ll give a hefty chunk of that away to charity. still, $250 million to the wealth management guys, who wants that? still ahead on way too early, why are you awake? your tweets and texts are next and morning joe moments away. when you re a sports photographer, things can get out of control pretty quickly. so i like control in the rest of my life. especially my finances. that s why i have slate, with blueprint. i can make a plan to pay off big stuff faster.
live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. fresh off his endorsement from the new hampshire union leader newspaper, newt gingrich is in south carolina today on a three-day campaign push. that state s primary comes 11 days after the one in new hampshire coming up in february. speaking to a charleston radio station yesterday, gingrich slammed mitt romney s record of changing positions while labelling himself conservative alternative to the former massachusetts governor. anybody who is honest about it knows that no person except christ has ever been perfect. so, i don t claim to be the perfect candidate. i just claim to be a lot more conservative than mitt romney and a lot more electable than anybody else. i wouldn t lie to the american people. i wouldn t switch my positions for political reasons. it s perfectly reasonable to change your position if facts change, if you see new things you didn t see. everybody s done that. ronald reagan did it. it s wrong to go arou
the new hampshire union leader newspaper, newt gingrich is in south carolina today on a three-day campaign push. that state s primary comes 11 days after the one in new hampshire coming up in february. speaking to a charleston radio station yesterday, gingrich slammed mitt romney s record of changing positions while labelling himself conservative alternative to the former massachusetts governor. anybody who is honest about it knows that no person except christ has ever been perfect. so, i don t claim to be the perfect candidate. i just claim to be a lot more conservative than mitt romney and a lot more electable than anybody else. i wouldn t lie to the american people. i wouldn t switch my positions for political reasons. it s perfectly reasonable to change your position if facts change, if you see new things you didn t see. everybody s done that. ronald reagan did it. it s wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions based on your need of any one election,