nomination go longer. he decided not to do that because he thought, you know what? four years from now maybe i can be the nominee. that isn't -- there is no four years from now for newt gingrich. >> yep. and chris matthews, february's going to be mitt romney's month. >> yeah. >> and by the way, now would be a great time the day after you win florida to dump ten years of tax returns and deal with it because you know you're going to win throughout february. >> get it over with. >> but if you're gingrich in march and looking at that calendar and thinking i'm going to win georgia, i'm going to win alabama, i'm going to win mississippi, i'm going to win louisiana, i'm going to win tennessee, i'm going to win oklahoma, and i could win texas because -- i'm the southern candidate, first of all, and secondly, if there is a mormon problem, there's a mormon problem in the deep south. >> i think -- there's no reason for newt to get out of the race. >> one of the reasons he'll stay in is to make sure romney