rick santorum made a point of saying, i was here in 2008. but come to think of it, i was here many years before that. he was there when he was a senator of a blue state and he was endangered in every election he ran in. mitt romney, was not at c-pac before 200 6. before he gave up on being governor of massachusetts, gave up on the idea of winning in that state. he is saying, i m a conservative from massachusetts. in 2006 he saw the possibility of him running for president. think that s one of the reasons why his own employees ended up buying back their databases from the governor. they depart want they didn t want to leave a paper trail of how moderate he might be. there s a reason he might be trying to reassess himself. he s the only person who has actually governed. who has held executive powers. newt cannot claim to have done that neither can ron, neither can santorum. he says yes, i m a business
the question is whether he can get above 55%. a real question is now as you mention with sue lowden, a big rural county which is ron paul country came in big for paul and some other returns i ve seen. it s looking like newt could actually finish in third no matter what kind of spin sue lowden puts on that, that is devastating for him, chris. for most people, they go to nevada, las vegas to have a good time and clean fun. some people have another kind of fun. of course, reno is a country that has a great reputation and cowboy sort of town. but it does seem to be a libertarian attitude, not culturally religious part of the world. is that the case? yes, it s a very different state. in fact, it s three states,
when the chief hedging his bets, suggesting he would be as happy with romney. meanwhile, newt gingrich needs some cash to get from here to march 1st. about two weeks ago romney called sheldon and he didn t just take the call, he actually talked to romney on the call and even offered romney a bit of strategy and advice. this speaks to howard s point. this is someone who is republican and wants to see the republican beat obama. and will be happy to get behind romney if he s the ultimate nominee. newt cannot get the super tuesday if he does not raise more money here. he needs adelson and the
jonathan, will he have to pick fights now, serious yard behavior to get mitt romney into a fight as soon as he can in the next several days? they are focusing more on obama than they do romney. but doing some contrast with romney but having a more solutions-oriented message. look, they realize that he s angry during the course of the last week starting in florida and going through this week. they want to get a more upbeat forward-looking solution for newt here for the next few weeks. the challenge, though, chris, if you give five policy speeches if you re newt, that s not going to get the attention as giving five speeches hammering romney. you know what is worse? being ignored. thank you all. we ll see you later. once again, nbc news is reporting based on earlier reports, votes reported by the
venetian and talked about where they were going to go. not with newt in the room. he has let it be known, adelson has let it be known he gave the money and he didn t get his people out there working for newt gingrich. the other guy is trimming. and we know, chris, that the hardest thing for newt gingrich to do is to last through february. he can t raise enough money and we know that there s one debate between now and february 29th