>>> bill o'reilly tried to help newt gingrich. newt used to be a liberal on climate change, and bill o'reilly took on the job last night of helping him deal with that anyway forthright fox news kind of way so newt could put it behind him and become the first person to go from the fox news payroll to the republican presidential nomination. >> first of all, nancy pelosi, you, sitting there talking about global warming on tv. what was that all about? >> what was that all about is the standard fox news question to republican presidential candidates who have a problem they need to deal with publicly. it's not a pointed question. it's just a way of saying there's this issue i have to contend to confront you with, so i'm going to throw it out there and let you deal with it any way you want to. when you watch newt's answer, notice hs developed the fakest candidate smile of the entire republican field now that he's the front-runner. his handlers have explained to him that the newt scowl can only get him so far. >> what was that all about?

>>> bill o'reilly tried to help newt gingrich. newt used to be a liberal on climate change, and bill o'reilly took on the job last night of helping him deal with that anyway forthright fox news kind of way so newt could put it behind him and become the first person to go from the fox news payroll to the republican presidential nomination. >> first of all, nancy pelosi, you, sitting there talking about global warming on tv. what was that all about? >> what was that all about is the standard fox news question to republican presidential candidates who have a problem they need to deal with publicly. it's not a pointed question. it's just a way of saying there's this issue i have to contend to confront you with, so i'm going to throw it out there and let you deal with it any way you want to. when you watch newt's answer, notice he's developed the fakest candidate smile of the entire republican field now that he's the front-runner. his handlers have explained to him that the newt scowl can only get him so far. >> what was that all about

they damage romney, or if not they get newt gingrich. your phrasing of the question is much better than romney's interpretation. they would be less excited about these candidates. don't fear mitt romney. fear is way too strong and dramatic for approaching romney right now. there's a lot of frustration among senior democrats in the chicago headquarters of the obama campaign that the republicans have not picked the low-ringing fruit that is romney's record so they do it for them. >> john huntsman is the one republican not afraid of going after romney. i think it's because he knows there is absolutely no chance of him to be chosen on the ticket with romney, because romney is going to practice religious discrimination in his choice and he will not under any circumstances xhooz another mormon on that ticket. let's listen to huntsman on this. >> you should be wary of any candidate who carries all the endorsement of the members of congress because there's a status quo president. anyone in the hip pocket of wall street because of all the donatio

in this incredibly important election, that candidate is newt gingrich. that endorsement should help gingrich narrow romney's lead in new hampshire but today gingrich was doing his endorsement victory lap in south carolina where he now has a strong chance of actually beating romney. in an interview with a south carolina radio station, gingrich was asked about the union leader's statement that he is by no means the perfect candidate. >> anybody who is knot honest about it knows that no person except christ has ever been perfect. so i don't claim to be the per effect candidate. i just claim to be a lot more conservative than mitt romney and a lot more electable than anybody else. newt gingrich is now actually being considered for a possible endorsement from the iowa-based conservative group "family leader" a group that ruled out the possibility of endorsing former liberal mitt romney. asked about gingrich's several marriages and the affairs he's conducted during those mam marriages the family leaders director of development said i have heard him speak candi

advisers suggest that newt gingrich appears to be best-positioned to secure her support. they speak very favorably of newt and what they see as his credentials, as compared to perry and romney. one member of palin's inner circle said of the former alaska governor and her husband, todd, who has long served as her unofficial chief adviser. joining me now are christina bellantoni, the associate editor for "roll call," and melissa harris perry, msnbc contributor and professor of political science at tulane university. melissa, this secret meeting, which is no longer secret, and was really kind of obvious, that christian conservatives really want to find an anybody but romney candidate, aren't they just kind of getting in a room and doing together in a relatively small group what all the rest of the larger republican electorate has been trying to do? >> well, yeah. that's certainly what it feels like, watching this gop primary season thus far. is that there has been a pretty solid romney vote. those supporters. and then there is the very powerful, and in fact, vast majority of

newt gingrich did a fine job tonight. it was interesting to see michele bachmann is the one person who did take a swipe at him on the immigration issue and challenged him going down the same path that torpedoed rick perry's campaign a few months ago. newt took a body blow. i'm interesting to see if that makes movement in the polls. overall newt had a very grasp of the issues and he's going to probably stay solid in the polls at this point in time. >> ron, let me stay with you on this immigration question, because it seems to me that newt gingrich found a new way of talking about it. perry's way of talking about it was obviously disastrous within republican party politics. but you heard some new sounds and some new angles from gingrich on this. has he found a way to make this more open notion about what might be possible in immigration policy, acceptable to the republican primary audience? >> well, certainly he brought -- he packaged his position in a much more palatable mode. whether or not, there are a lot more republica

newt gingrich did a fine job tonight. it was interesting to see michele bachmann is the one person who did take a swipe at him on the immigration issue and challenged him going down the same path that torpedoed rick per perry's campaign a few months ago. newt took a body blow. i'm interesting to see if that makes movement in the polls. overall newt had a very grasp of the issues and he's going to probably stay solid in the polls at this point in time. >> ron, let me stay with you on this immigration question, because it seems to me that newt gingrich found a new way of talking about it. perry's way of talking about it was obviously disastrous within republican party politics. but you heard some new sounds and some new angles from gingrich on this. has he found a way to make this more open notion about what might be possible in immigration policy, acceptable to the republican primary audience? >> well, certainly he brought -- he packaged his position in a much more palatable mode. whether or not, there are a lot more repub

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he gives us jack abramoff on newt gingrich next. i've seen this before -- the old "impromptu in-law visit." dad's a real cleaning machine. and look at mom whipping up some kraft homestyle mac & cheese. sure it's easy to make, but it looks like she's been busting her hump in the kitchen. [ doorbell rings ] ♪ let the fireworks begin. hi, it's so nice to see you. something smells good. [ male announcer ] kraft homestyle macaroni & cheese. cheesy noodles topped with golden-brown, breadcrumbs. you know you love it. >>> for the second day in a row a poll shows that newt gingrich is the leader of the republican presidential field. the economist ugov poll has him at 23% and cain 21%, romney at 19% and ron paul 7%. rick perry at 6%. michele bachmann is at 5%. as newt gingrich knows, a surge in the polls means more scrutiny. he acknowledged as much in a warning to a tea party crowd in jacksonville this afternoon. >> in the next three weeks, i predict you will have all sorts of questions about me, and it's fine. i will cheerfully answer ever

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yes, that newt gingrich. newt gingrich announced his presidential campaign six weeks ago. on that day i asked how soon he would drop out of the race. i didn't have the awe das city to imagine his campaign didn't last a week. it's no functionally over for gingrich. he will have enough money to continue traveling for months and actually wait for votes to be counted in iowa, new hampshire, or even south i=1%99ñ >> well, the republican presidential roller coaster has suddenly turned up this week for newt gingrich. he is as of this moment in some polls one of the front-runners for the republican nomination. in the new poll, president obama has 47% to gingrich's 45%. that's within the margin of error. by comparison the president is beating mitt romney 48% to 44%. a fox news poll released tonight showing gingrich leading the republican pack. gingrich has 23%, romney struggling in and out at 22%, herman cain has 15% and everyone else in sing digits. as soon as gingrich's candidacy has shot up in the polls, he is mired in a controversy for working for freddie mac after bloomberg n

yes, that newt gingrich. newt gingrich announced his presidential campaign six weeks ago. on that day i asked how soon he would drop out of the race. i didn't have the awe das city to imagine his campaign didn't last a week. it's no functionally over for gingrich. he will have enough money to continue traveling for months and actually wait for votes to be counted in iowa, new hampshire, or even south carolina. >> well, the republican presidential roller coaster has suddenly turned up this week for newt gingrich. he is as of this moment in some polls one of the front-runners for the republican nomination. in the new poll, president obama has 47% to gingrich'sç 45%. that's within the margin of error. by comparison the president is beating mitt romney 48% to 44%. a fox news poll released tonight showing gingrich leading the republican pack. gingrich has 23%, romney struggling in and out at 22%, herman cain has 15% and everyone else in sing digits. as soon as gingrich's candidacy has shot up in the polls, he is meyer mired in a controversy for working for freddie mac after b

time to make way for newt. >> the neutron bomb. >> now we are talking about the rise of newt gingrich. >> republicans liking inning in on their pizza pie. >> newt gingrich is surging in the polls. >> would you care to evaluate governor romney's ability to think outside of the box? >> no. >> if willard mitt romney could be any ice cream he would be ba nan that nut, cookies and cream, coconut penitentiary tash pistachio with rainbow sprinkles on top. >> last night herman cain's wife gloria taped her first public appearance since her husband announced his presidential cab dascy. she had this reaction to the allegation from sharon beeial bialek of what they did in his car. >> to hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her, as a woman. and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> today sharon bialek's boyfriend at the time victor zuckerman appeared at a news conference to confirm the account that she told him about the alleged incident after it happened. >> she had indicated in previous interviews

among registered republican voters cain has 27% and romney has 21% and newt gingrich with 17% and perry with 5%. 16% say, they don't know who they would vote for. when the choice is narrowed to just cain or romney, cain still beats romney, 45 to 39%. the sexual harassment controversy that has surrounded cain may begin to quiet down after this announcement by the attorney for one of cain's accusers today. >> for several days, my client karen kraushaar has been trying to contact the other two women who were subjected to sexual harassment by herman cain while he was the ceo of the national restaurant association. despite diligent efforts, shes ha not heard from these two women. mrs. kraushaar has decided not to hold a press conference unless and until the other women come forward and want to participate. she will have no further comment until that time. >> joining me now is john harwood, cnbc washington correspondent and a moderator of last night's debate, and jonathan capehart, an msnbc contributor, and thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. >> john harwood, they are er

newt gingrich talking about occupy wall street. he really seems to have a feel for it. >> well, it's amazing that here's a movement that's seven weeks old and it was mentioned two or three times tonight in the republican debate. that's something they used to ignore that sort of thing. so that's a victory for occupy wall street. but he -- i think he's got it mixed up, what he said, if it wasn't for the corporation, there wouldn't be a park there. i seem to remember in america, parks are developed by the local governments for the people, by the people, let the people pick and do things. i don't ever remember a corporate park. >> you don't have to buy a ticket to, you know, grand central, central park and boston, these places. >> do they have to start these primaries in january? i don't want these to be the end -- >> we have a little subject change possibility here. we have breaking news from penn state. a bad week for penn state. >> yeah. >> the trustees have just voted to oust coach joe paterno, apparently effective immediately. i g

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