lui. leave it to steven, i will stay out of the jokes business and leave it to stephen colbert to crack a joke about newt gingrich going after romney. newt has the knives out for mitt romney. listen to these not-so-veiled threats he issued last night. we are not going to gout and run nasty ads but i do reserve the right to at the time truth. and if the truth seems negative, that may be more a comment on his record than it is on politics. oh, mitt, you have made a fatal mistake, you may have wounded newt. but you left him alive. and alone with his first love, hate. pointing out some of newt gingrich s missteps, the former speaker trying to claw his way back after falling you from front-runner status and finishing a distant fourth in iowa, now focusing squarely on mitt romney.
it is south carolina or bust for rick perry, despite his poor snowing iowa, he decided to keep his campaign alive. former bush white house press secretary ari fleisher had some pithy observations on twitter. rick perry s thought bubble. if newt beats romney up enough, i can win south carolina. mitt romney s thought bubble. thank you, rick, so glad you stayed. nbc s richard lui has some more thoughts on why perry is moving forward. good morning. you have any thought bubbles. i think people in his own campaign were surprised. many people surprised, chris. it looked like he was throwing in the towel, the headlines thought so the l.a. times, rick perry suspending campaign. dallas morning news, perry suspends bid. and then, there s the chicago tribune, perry suspending campaign.
it is south carolina or bust for rick perry, despite his poor snowing iowa, he decided to keep his campaign alive. former bush white house press secretary ari fleisher had some pithy observations on twitter. rick perry s thought bubble. if newt beats romney up enough, i can win south carolina. mitt romney s thought bubble. thank you, rick, so glad you stayed. nbc s richard lui has some more thoughts on why perry is moving forward. good morning. you have any thought bubbles. i think people in his own campaign were surprised. many people surprised, chris. it looked like he was throwing in the towel, the headlines thought so the l.a. times, rick perry suspending campaign. dallas morning news, perry suspends bid. and then, there s the chicago tribune, perry suspending campaign. then a spandex-wearing perry tweets a picture saying, the
and leave it to stephen colbert to crack a joke about newt gingrich going after romney. newt has the knives out for mitt romney. listen to these not-so-veiled threats he issued last night. we are not going to gout and run nasty ads but i do reserve the right to at the time truth. and if the truth seems negative, that may be more a comment on his record than it is on politics. oh, mitt, you have made a fatal mistake, you may have wounded newt. but you left him alive. and alone with his first love, hate. pointing out some of newt gingrich s missteps, the former speaker trying to claw his way back after falling you from front-runner status and finishing a distant fourth in iowa, now focusing squarely on mitt romney. governor romney is a moderate
mitt romney is picking up a significant endorsement in south carolina today. one that could help boost his standing with tea party republicans who continue to question his conservative credentials. romney now has the backing of governor nikki hailey, who herself was propelled into office with tea party support. can she convince those same tea party voters to back mitt romney? joe johns is joining us now. this is a huge day for mitt romney. tell us what we know. mitt romney continued to get a bunch of big endorsements. this goes up on the top shelf. republicans of south carolina have been telling the romney organization to make more of a play for voters in the state and stop acting like there s no way he can win there. the nikki hailey endorsement suggesting the romney camp is responding. the nomination race in the early state of south carolina, the first primary in the south, just got interesting. nikki hailey endorsing mitt romney for president. today is the day i m thro