all of the stuff he s been saying cumulatively ends up resulting in a kind of horrible underestimation of african-american and latino people and an overvaluing of the situation for white americans in this economy. we all know this economy is bad for everybody. so why is he pretending he doesn t know that the economic downturn has blasted african-american and latino people especially hard? i ll tell you what, if this guy becomes president, the republicans will walk right with him on this issue. you know they will. because all they are is about busting up the unions, and they re all about the money. notice in that sound bite we just played of newt gingrich he talked about the money. right. what about the investment in the children? you re going to make kids do work around a school instead of teaching them writing, reading, arithmetic and all the advanced studies that they can learn before they go to junior high school or go to high school and get prepared for college? absolutely.
that is an issue. all right. let s cut to the chase. republicans know the donald debate is clownsville. they also know the republican front-runner is a dangerous general election candidate. but his momentum is not stalling. in the latest national polls newt gingrich is leading mitt romney by nine points. in iowa he has a 13-point lead. less than a month before the iowa caucuses. in south carolina gingrich up by 23 points. mitt romney never thought he was going to be in this position. he is the preferred candidate by all the same republicans who think donald trump is a joke. and he s getting his clock cleaned. today romney dusted off republicans of yesteryear to attack newt gingrich. former vermont governor john sununu said gingrich is more concerned with himself than conservative principles. former missouri senator jim talent said gingrich is not a reliable or trustworthy leader. not good. yesterday romney sent republican new jersey governor chris
and newt gingrich is smart enough to understand he s going to walk into that opportunity. even with the debate. if he s the only one to show up, he ll use that as an opportunity. so now what all this chaos and all this donald trump story and all the craziness, this carnival atmosphere we ve seen with republicans, what we now have is a republican front-runner who the general public does not like at all. he s an old politician with more skeletons in his closet than a damn haunted house. he s a candidate that the republicans have got to have because now they re going to have to go hold their nose and vote for this guy. mitt romney, it s going to be very tough for him to make a comeback. this chaos has all been created in part by donald trump. now, trump going to be the moderator even for two people now. and it may be one after tomorrow. who knows? but for michele bachmann and rick perry to step out of this debate when they desperately need the camera time, martin, what about that? i t
appeaser. the reason he did that was because that was a disgraceful use of a term that is loaded with the most appalling history. but mitt romney is so desperate that that s where he s going now. he s going to be using terms and slurs like that against the president to attract attention because in this fight it s the lowest common denominator that wins. martin bashir, mike papantonio, great to have you gentlemen with us tonight. thanks so much. remember to answer tonight s question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter why d @edshow. newt gingrich is still pounding away at his idea to put poor kids to work by throwing out child labor laws. i m not going to let him get away with it. i ll talk to michael eric dyson about that. republicans in the senate showed their true colors today, sticking up for the 1% and blocking confirmation of the head of the consumer financial protection agency. senator bernie sanders will be here with reaction on that. the dysfunction
with the most appalling history. but mitt romney is so desperate that that s where he s going now. he s going to be using terms and slurs like that against the president to attract attention because in this fight it s the lowest common denominator that wins. martin bashir, mike papantonio, great to have you gentlemen with us tonight. thanks so much. remember to answer tonight s question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter why d @edshow. newt gingrich is still pounding away at his idea to put poor kids to work by throwing out child labor laws. i m not going to let him get away with it. i ll talk to michael eric dyson about that. republicans in the senate showed their true colors today, sticking up for the 1% and blocking confirmation of the head of the consumer financial protection agency. senator bernie sanders will be here with reaction on that. the dysfunctional gop and the obstructionists. we re right back.