he vowed not to go negative in response to the other candidates attack ads, but that didn t stop gingrich from blasting ron paul. in an interview with cnn s wolf blitzer he said he wouldn t vote for paul. gingrich pointed to incendiary newsletters distributed under paul s name in the 80s and 90s. you look at his newsletters and then you look at his ads, his ads are about as accurate as his newsletters. now if he were to get the republican nomination. he won t. let s say he were. could you vote for him? no. amateur video out of syria is said to show defectors trying to ambush security forces in daraa. cnn cannot independently confirm this claim. observers from the arab league are now in the country for a second day to determine if the government has kept its promise to stop the bloody crackdown on its citizens. a league official tells cnn they have postponed trips to three cities today due to logistical reasons. tens of thousands of north koreans wailing and b
newt gingrich. good morpg, it s wednesday, december 28th, welcome to morning joe. joining me onset. . nbc news political analyst also co-anchor of squawk on the street, david faber. welcome all. good morning. so, newt gingrich, governor rendell, he s not going to go negative unless he s threatened in any way by someone. ron paul right up near the top of the polls, so he goes half ron paul. mitt romney he s challenging to a duel. he s threatened and as mitt romney as you point out on the cover of a lot of newspapers, looking comfortable. newt is reverting back to be newt. and it s always good copy. i don t know if you noticed in that pets for newt. pets had diamond-studded collars on. that explains the tiffany line of credit. but newt s lowered his expectations. he s talking about a few weeks ago he s talking about i m the nominee, and now he s talking about coming in the top three or four. romney looks good, but he could finish fourth and it wouldn t surprise anybod
december 28th, welcome to morning joe. joining me onset. . nbc news political analyst also co-anchor of squawk on the street, david faber. welcome all. good morning. so, newt gingrich, governor rendell, he s not going to go negative unless he s threatened in any way by someone. ron paul right up near the top of the polls, so he goes half ron paul. mitt romney he s challenging to a duel. he s threatened and as mitt romney as you point out on the cover of a lot of newspapers, looking comfortable. newt is reverting back to be newt. and it s always good copy. i don t know if you noticed in that pets for newt. pets had diamond-studded collars on. that explains the tiffany line of credit. but newt s lowered his expectations. he s talking about a few weeks ago he s talking about i m the nominee, and now he s talking about coming in the top three or four. romney looks good, but he could finish fourth and it wouldn t surprise anybody. this is like nothing i ve ever seen. r
wayside on the campaign trail? that s coming up in our strategy session this hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re here in dubuque. a bit chilly but no snow. it s getting ready, a week from today, the iowa caucuses. you re looking at live pictures from dubuque. this will be the first state to have an impact on the 2012 presidential campaign, and it s all happening here in iowa. the republican caucuses candidate are out on the campaign trail today. they re scrambling to cover as much ground as they possibly can. newt gingrich slipping a bit, but still among the leaders. he s ready to roll across the state by bus. he ll join me live here in dubuque later this hour for an in-depth interview, but let s begin with cnn s jim acosta, he s in des moines, the state capital. iowa certainly very much up for grabs, jim, right now. reporter: that s right, wolf. forget about all of the complaints about the iowa caucuses. it is fitting that this race for the gop no