regardless of the outcome tonight, this race is going on and newt gingrich is ahead in the polls nationally right now as we speak and one other thing, i know it might not be popular to say on your network but the fact is that george soros this weekend said there wouldn t be much difference if romney were elected than if obama were president but a huge difference if newt gingrich were and newt gingrich is the shakeup artist and i think that s not going to serve romney well among the base of the party in the many, many states that come after this especially super tuesday and the tuesday after that. it is lawrence o donnell here. i know many in our audience are saying where have i seen that guy before and i just want to remind them that you were one of the house prosecutors in the impeachment of president clinton. and you have a candidate their supporting, newt gingrich, who helped you lead that prosecution in the house. and he has apologized for things he s done in his past, sins, mist
that fact speaks for itself. he was a one man band who rarely took advice. it was his way or the highway. i was in leadership in the u.s. congress with newt before we taopbg the majority in 1994 we would not have taken it without him. i was there for the contractors of america we have not have had it without him, welfare reform, all those things you hear about. there were critics and people he didn t get along w. he shakes things up. bob doyle i respect a lot, i campaigned for him for president, but bob dale s character and nature is just very different from newt s. he s uncomfortable with newt who is going to be the guy who is the shakeup artist. he s got a lot of bold new ideas, lots of energy, a lot of leadership skills, two different personalities. doyle was never comfortable with him. newt has a lot of supporters. bill: any way you re not going to find a second person like him. there was significant early voting happening in your state. you could get as much as 25% of the vote a