convention. candidates say that sort of thing all the time, but in newt s case, he could mean it. at age 68, he s not playing good soldier for a shot four years from now. it s now or never for newt. plus, it s personal. he has it out for mitt after the campaign he s been running. if he can t have it, why should he let someone he can t stand have the presidency. the white house learned how to take on mitt romney. win or lose here tomorrow night, he s a much weaker candidate than weeks ago. that s because the obama campaign has been taking notes on mitt and has a blueprint for beating him. and the man florida republicans love to hate. charlie crist tonight here on hardball. on whether president obama will carry the sunshine state come november. and finally, let me finish with newt versus romney. revenge is a dish best served cold. we begin with the assault in florida. with me are the two pros, joe
iowa? take a listen to conservative hero my man rush limbaugh on newt versus mitt. newt is not getting out. newt is in this to destroy romney now. newt may be more motivated to destroy romney than to especially win this. who does that benefit? santorum who is going to be sitting there on the other side, you know, doing the mr. clean routine. newt already has a full-page ad in the union leader comparing himself to romney. he s possible that romney might have to endure newt going for the jugular in the debate. the gloves are coming off. eric: and well, they are coming off kimberly: they re off! eric: were you wondering what is going to happen to fourth place? next thing you know he is fourth. is there a fourth ticket out? andrea: hell have no fury like a speaker scorned. he is saying he is upset about what happened in iowa.
it s paying off here in florida. still, newt says no matter what happens here tomorrow night, he s going to fight all the way to the convention. candidates say that sort of thing all the time. in newt s case he could very well mean it. he s not playing good soldier for a shot four years from now. it s now or never for newt. plus, it s personal. newt s got it out for mitt after the annihilation campaign romney s been running against him. if he can t have it, why should he let someone he can t stand have the presidency. here s one thing the white house learned the last few weeks. how to take on mitt romney. win or lose here tomorrow night, he s a much weaker candidate than just weeks ago. and that s because the obama campaign has been taking notes on mitt and has a blueprint they think for beating him. and the man florida republicans love to hate. former governor charlie crist. tonight here on hardball. on his former party. on whether president obama will carry the sunshine state come
the president is gaining strength in the new nbc news wall street journal poll. his approval rating is the highest since june. americans are feeling better about the economy itself. the big question. is this a temporary uptick or the start of something good for the country and the white house? catch this picture of arizona governor jan brewer sticking a finger in president obama s face on the tarmac in phoenix. why does the nasty right feel it s okay to disrespect this president so much? let me finish with the joy, and i mean joy, this newt versus mitt romney fight is giving yours truly. dana milbank is joining us. let me start first of all, it s not dana milbank. i think we had a change in direction here. let me start with ron christy.
him. victory for him in that regard. but is he going to be able to court the conservative base to the point they will show him the money he needs to have legs going forward? as everything is brought up in new hampshire, he has to try to move it to get momentum. eric: important observations from iowa. mitt romney got 25% of the vote. that s all he has gotten from the beginning. every poll they took nationally, iowa here. with the exception of new hampshire, he is at 25%. so clearly, 57% of the g.o.p. voters don t want mitt romney. santorum steps up. does a fantastic job. newt gingrich this is more important for newt gingrich than rick santorum. personally. because it paves the way for newt. bob and i had a discussion yesterday on air whether or not if mitt romney wins iowa and goes ahead and wins new hampshire, you said it was all over. bob, i disagree with you. he will probably win new hampshire. i will say there is still a