he s not going to be a factor at the end. lawrence, it occurs to me that ron paul is the last hippy in america.รง he s the anti-war, let s legalize pot candidate. it s really amazing to see him pop up in the midst of the republican nominating process. you know, lawrence, if i can howard, mitt romney delivered his standard debate performance tonight, but is that still good enough? he s now in second place, and it is not just a close second place. he s now in what is a distant second place to newt gingrich and newt gingrich is polling as the candidate who would be the best commander in chief. he s polling as one who understands the complex issues the best. doesn t mitt romney have to find some new moves now against gingrich? yes, he absolutely does. see, now, everybody s waiting for newt to blow up. you know, newt s capable of losing his temper. he s capable of overplaying his hand.
waiting for newt to fumble the ball, i just wouldn t risk it. it s a little too much to take at this point. i was chatting last night with some of romney s team. the big question now has got to be, do they wait until ten days ut and try to come in with a real assault and really try to change the terms of the debate just ahead of the primary? that s the real question. do you come in with a killer punch? gillian, i saw the first round poll commercial on newt was really effective. don t you think they could wait a while to see you let michelle back the running. she can go forth, do aggressive stuff and basically mitt romney looks cleansville. somebody on this show said a wicked commercial, romney, if i had been married to the same woman voters don t think it s a wicked commercial.