all of that pales into incision with the biggest event of this week, this hour, yes, newt gingrich s grandiose dream of being president of the united states and the moon is about to come to an end. 355 days and eight zoo visits later these are live pictures from arlington, virginia, the scene of what has been the longest goodbye in political history. we have about 60 people apparently in that room, something like 15 cameras, and we will go back to mr. gingrich when he says something significant but joining us now in washington is democratic strategist julian epstein and with me in the studio s.e.culp. i hardly know where to begin. it has been a glorious ride for newt. i am struggling as you know to hold back the tears. what for you has been the most impressive and momentous moment in the campaign. to be sure, will you cutaway to newt if he comes on. we will do that. thank god. you know, newt once held interest among far right conservatives. that time was brief. it was
when he says something significant but joining us now in washington is democratic strategist julian epstein and with me in the studio s.e.culp. i hardly know where to begin. it has been a glorious ride for newt. i am struggling as you know to hold back the tears. what for you has been the most impressive and momentous moment in the campaign. to be sure, will you cutaway to newt if he comes on. we will do that. thank god. you know, newt once held interest among far right conservatives. that time was brief. it was long ago. i think what voters learned is he is incredibly arrogant and politically confusing and untruth worthy whether going after the ryan budget azurite wing social engineering or attacking capitalism and throwing the lunar base kind of stuff, and he just became sort of a mockery and the campaign which was clearly over a month ago evolved into nothing more than a national zoo tour. i think it is, you know, fun to remember newt as chuck todd said earlier, ne