revolutionize his public image to be a strong general election candidate. he s already thinking about the general election. i talked to him yesterday before meet the press. he was talking about how he was envisioning things in september of 2012. he s counting on being the nominee. he has a lot of flaws as a candidate. unless he says something disquali disqualifying, i think he s a hof i ha heavyweight player. i don t know, i just don t know. here s my thinking. there s the western conference of the tea party type people. they re in trouble to find a candidate now. there s the eastern conference of establish candidates. romney and pawlenty at the top of that list and newt gingrich is running the nixon of 68 now in the year 2012. running as somebody who is not particularly likable, didn t have the a good record, in fact has a bad record but can somehow in a weird politically brilliant way bridge the gap between the tea partiers and the regular