. >> was jackie mason there? >> jackie mason. also the miami herald reported that strippers were there. >> okay. >> not strippers. women of the night. that's what i heard. >> so i asked lauren. i said let me see a copy of that "miami herald" story because there's a funny picture of mike allen with a stripper next to him. and i'm looking. guess what is on the side of the ad? while florida was suffering, newt cashed in. on the side of the -- everywhere -- i'm just saying, no. everywhere you go in this state, mitt romney is hammering newt gingrich. and you know what? it's just like rick scott. this is how he beat bill mccollum. he destroyed him in 30-second ads but there's always a cost to that. you end up being hated and mitt romney may be winning the battle. he's going to lose the war if he's not careful. he needs to start telling people what's good about mitt instead of what's bad about newt. >> if he's not careful. let's take a look at this. romney has a commanding lead in our latest nbc/marist poll. that's 15 points down here.

i don't know who -- of the he went to jackie mason. >> he should have said, look, that was then this is now. i condemn it now. i should have condemned it then. he did eventually. the emphasis is back more on the issues aren't the people entitled to a government that stays within the confines of constitution? who is the government to tell us what to do in the bedrooms or basements of our homes? >> jon: what just happened here? here is the thing: the republicans very much are -- here is the thing i don't understand about -- maybe you tell me thiscy libertarian viewpoint. the federal government cannot infringe on your freedoms but if the states do it it's okay. >> there are a lot of republicans who agree with you and they are wrong because the 14th amendment without getting too historical applies the bill of rights to the states. what the federal government can't do with speech or privacy or religion or travel the states can't interfere with it either. that's the lesson of civil war. it's been the law of the land for the past 125 years. not all republicans accept that. am i getting a pa