performance. is it trending to a point where we play see a gingrich pop? i m just not making any predictions. if the guys at intrade knew their stuff all the time, they would be retired living on an unknown island. you know, this past week, i think starting with new hampshire to now, he s come across as mr. 1% not just for the democrats or occupy wall street times, but within the republican party. i think a lot of his own campaign thought it would be a cakewalk. he still will have to come out ahead on saturday, have a good showing in florida to put this thing to bed. so a much more competitive race, but the other thing, remember, it s not just about mitt romney, but it s about newt gingrich. while he may have a pop at the moment. he s the most self-combustible
you still have conservatives saying and his. i want to look at this, david, talking about money here and mitt romney. we ve been following his stock on intrade.com, following the price that traders are attributing to a possible win. if you look at this chart here, it follows what happened just left. on the left-hand side, this is early in the morning. on this side, it s at the close of yesterday. let me clear this out here, when rick perry announced that he was dropping out that s whether hi stock went down. this happened right during the debate, perhaps reacting to his
so do you think charles is right, these other things, more intangible things take over in the closing days, weeks before the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary? sure. going back to what rich said, so far the performance ft in the debate is more important than the organization on the ground. so fa far your ability to reflect the anger of the republican electorate is much more important than your experience or what the establishment thinks you can do. the one thing for mitt romney, if you look underneath those polls, he s the second choice awful the gingrich voters. if gingrich flames out like cain and bashman dchmann and trump a did, he is still standing there. this is fun. on their website intrade.com gives romney a 43% chance of winning the nomination, gingrich
there and slingshot into momentum in the rest of the campaign. right now mitt romney looks very effective in what he is doing. and obviously g.o.p. voters think he has a really good chance of being the nominee in the end. but they are still closing the deal. conservatives aren t buying it. laura: didn t show up at the straw poll and again you were there. i was there. on the ground in iowa people at the time were kind of offended by that he didn t spend time in iowa. but now it s kind of becoming the narrative that well, it s going to be romney. go to intrade.com. all the bets are going on romney still even after the cain increase in momentum. take us to january 3rd. it s the day of the iowa caucuses. people think you show up and vote. what really happens? tell us. bret: republicans do it different than democrats. democrats you have to go in and you have to stand in different parts of the room. republicans still do a secret ballot. but, they do go to these different caucus sites. di
there and slingshot into momentum in the rest of the campaign. right now mitt romney looks very effective in what he is doing. and obviously g.o.p. voters think he has a really good chance of being the nominee in the end. but they are still closing the deal. conservatives aren t buying it. laura: didn t show up at the straw poll and again you were there. i was there. on the ground in iowa people at the time were kind of offended by that he didn t spend time in iowa. but now it s kind of becoming the narrative that well, it s going to be romney. go to intrade.com. all the bets are going on romney still even after the cain increase in momentum. take us to january 3rd. it s the day of the iowa caucuses. people think you show up and vote. what really happens? tell us. bret: republicans do it different than democrats. democrats you have to go in and you have to stand in different parts of the room. republicans still do a secret ballot. but, they do go to these different caucus sites. di