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Subscribe to RSSInside the Boiler Room NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro debate how serious the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is taking GOP hopeful and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's rise in the polls, and whether the Romney camp will now reconsider Iowa.
Thanks to phinephancy-4252115 for the question! Keep an eye out for the next editions of Inside the Boiler Room and don't forget to post your questions for Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro. You can also tweet us, @NBCFirstRead,@mmurraypolitics or @DomenicoNBC, or post on our Facebook page.
Video edited and transcribed by NBC's Morgan Parmet.
TRANSCRIPT:
MARK MURRAY: Welcome to the latest edition of inside the boiler room. I'm Mark Murray joined by my colleague Domenico Montanaro. Domenico, we have a question from phinephancy. This is phinephancy's first question, I think, inside the boiler room. How serious is the Romney campaign taking Newt Gingrich's rise in the polls? Will they now reconsider Iowa?
DOMENICO MONTANARO: Well, we know they're reconsidering Iowa a little bit. They went up with their first TV ad. So they're actually going to play there a little bit. I think they're taking New Gingrich's rise a little bit more seriously than they were a week ago. You know we've started to see a back and forth over about two or three days. Newt Gingrich called Mitt Romney the former front runner.
MARK MURRAY: Right.
DOMENICO MONTANARO: And Romney hit him back calling him a lifelong politician. Newt Gingrich hit him back. Romney hit him back. So, you know, I think it's going to be a really interesting next 30 days.
MARK MURRAY: Right, the only question is is this two man race going to stay? I mean remember it wasn't too long ago we thought we had a two man race between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney in August and September. Look how that ended up turning out. One other thing about Mitt Romney. He's actually going to have Chris Christie campaigning for him. I mean yes, there is a play going on for Iowa. They might not be all in, but this is now a significant contest and the stakes are very high.
DOMENICO MONTANARO: They're like two legs in.
MARK MURRAY: Right.
DOMENICO MONTANARO: One other small thing, The Hill newspaper today had a blind item from a member of congress Republican saying Newt Gingrich's finger is always six inches away from the self-destruct button.
MARK MURRAY: (laughs)
DOMENICO MONTANARO: So, you know, that's what a lot of people are talking about. If he's able to maintain the message discipline and he said himself he needs to be more disciplined. If he maintains that discipline, maybe he can be the guy over the next 30 days to compete with Romney head to head.
MARK MURRAY: We have about 30 days to go until Iowa.
DOMENICO MONTANARO: We'll see.
MARK MURRAY: We'll see. Thanks.
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Whoever Obama hangs out wth....he's not a WS fatcat, but Romney surely is. Romney, Cain and the Grinch are what's wrong with America-greed gone wild...exporting jobs....making money by destroying the lives of hardworking people in the case of Cain and Romney, and The Grinch is so dirty the Ethics Committee fined him 300K and he left the House in disgrace. He will take money from anyone, and this run is just part of cashing in on America's troubles. This is not an election, it's a three ring circus, and it's all for sale.
Both Cain and The Grinch are after book sales. Neither has been campaigning, they have been doing book tours. This has to be a first in electoral politics....at least Sarah waited a little before cashing in on '08. Well, they aren't going to make a cent off me. I woudn't buy a Kleenex from this bunch, never mind by a book. Total waste of money.
re: hat's exactly what I am no longer a member of, since Obama has taxed the Middle Class into poverty.
^ Obama lowered taxes on the Middle Class, per his campaign pledge.
Claiming otherwise is a complete lie. And this kind of unashamed blatant lying is stock and trade for GOP these days, is why Obama will continue to own you at election time.
Newt Gingrich Owed Up To $500,000 To Tiffany's After Wife's Spending Spree
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Today is a pretty horrible day for the Newt Gingrich Presidential campaign.
First of all, he's been getting roundly slammed for criticizing the Paul Ryan healthcare plan, calling it "too big a jump."
Majority leader Eric Cantor called Gingrich's comments a "tremendous misspeak". Others are wondering whether this alone will doom his candidacy.
And now a more awkward personal revelation.
POLITICO reveals that the former House Speaker listed a revolving debt of between $250,001 -- $500,000 to the jewelry store Tiffany's. Specifically, the debts pertained to a revolving charge account carried by his wife Calista.
The campaign would not comment on whether the debt had been paid off.
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Bachman
got slapped back to reality. Trump flopped like a frog he was. Perry showed
again why Governors from Texas aren’t the brightest bulbs in the bunch by far.
Paul is like a retarded hippy that thinks the 1 percent is owed more then
anyone else and drugs should be legal everywhere. The KochCaine train derailed...
Newt is gonna get neutered the former Porky Preacher and retarded Brother of
Boss hog from Duke of Hazard aint got a chance with all his baggage make him
the nominee though because it would please me greatly to kick his ass. LMFAO…. Like rosco peecotrain "I love it I love it.....
Ron Paul will only vote legally. He is the most trust worthy man in the field. If congress brings him a bill that is not supported by our constitution, as president he will VETO it. This is what Ron Paul is about. If the law is good enough to be supported by an amendment to our constitution, then he is all for amending the constitution. Congress needs to uphold the Constitution. Our founding fathers would be proud of this man. We have got to get all of these special interest guys out of office, and put people in that care about freedom and liberty! Ron Paul is a good guy. I hope his running mate is Rand! That would be awesome. If anyone one of these other guys that are running for president gets elected then our country will go bankrupt, almost immediately. The Amero will be the new form of currency in Mexico, United States, and Canada. Our constitution will no longer exist. This is a last ditch effort to save our constitution, before all that we have worked so hard for is lost. Don't let the men and women that have fought and died for our country, die in vain, to a socialist that doesn't care about our country and our way of thinking. LET FREEDOM RING! Ron Paul 2012!