gingrich took $1.6 million. i was a national figure who was doing just fine doing a whole variety of things including writing best-selling books, making speeches. i was a national figure. i was writing my best-selling books. two big problems with that. the first one is the way he speaks to michelle bachmann and the talking down to her. you don t have your facts right. he does it well to everybody. he does but it doesn t play well in debate when she is the lone female. she did have her facts correct. but that piece of it was correct. and the comment that he didn t need money. that is ridiculous. there was sh great side by side pictures of newt and bachmann s and neutral s faces as she was talking. the point being you can read all over this guy s face and he doesn t think much of her. newt gingrich is to the a
attention and also it is believed that the occupy sacramento people will be here as well. they will show their support. it s important to keep in mind what they are protesting here. it has a lot to do with tuition hikes they were talking about. it went from $5,000 to $12,000 now. it s expected to go up to $22,000 and they can t afford to pay that much for an education. nbc s kristin dahlgren, stay with us throughout the hour. let s bring in the panel as the author of money and power. joining us from washington, msnbc analyst and former dnc communications director karen finney. i want to begin with you. you heard the offensive critique that newt gingrich offered, telling protesters to have a bath and get a job. these protesters have a point. they looked at what s happened on wall street and have seen the global economy tank and haven t seen one criminal prosecution for anything. they are justified.