college in the 1970s and worked briefly in politics as a democrat before returning to harvard to collect a ph.d. he first achieved fame, or at least washington fame, as dan quayle s brain. he took on the seemingly impossible task of being vice president dan quayle s chief of staff and won praise from republicans for helping dan quayle seem not quite so, you know, stupid. except at spelling bees. add one little bit on the end. think of potato. how s that spelled? you re right phonetically. after being rudely knocked out of his white house job by the clinton/gore victory over the bush/quayle re-election ticket, bill kristol took his revenge quickly. when bill and hillary clinton rolled out their health care reform plan, republican
there. you don t write any of that stuff. they take you out a vegetable crisper five minutes before the show. and they put you in front of something spelled out phonetically, i know how this goes. but i know you re out there. i m in the business. jon stewart s buddy, stephen colbert featured his new interns, who he described as tiny and frighteningly strong. the best ones to date. five bright, young women who just returned from some kind of study abroad program in london. anyway, they re very helpful. and you know, speaking of which, i don t have my pen. jay, the intern, could someone bring my pen, please. can you give this to stephen? [ cheers and applause ]
out front tonight, newt on top. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15 point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. among the most outspoken congressman peter king. i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good revolutionary, he s able to mobilize forces, but as far as governing, as far as being a leader, he s too erratic, he s so self-centered. the time that he was speaker, there was one crisis after another, and they were almost all self-inflicted. he puts himself at the center of everything. and i
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron paul s at 16%. as we all know, mitt romney needs to come in 1 or 2 there. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. versus 22 for mitt romney. despite the double digit leads gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. one of them outspoken among them, congressman peter king. he came outfront a few moments ago and i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucus goers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron paul s at 16%. as we all know, mitt romney needs to come in 1 or 2 there. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. versus 22 for mitt romney. despite the double digit leads gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. one of them outspoken among them, congressman peter king. he came outfront a few moments ago and i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good