(applause) well, with money tight, newt will have to abandon moby dick airways and start traveling on metaphorical unobtainable goals butline. (laughter) so clearly we need another guy to be the guy. fortunately, the republican presidential field is an embarrassment of rich riches. (laughter) in fact, the first two words that come to mind are "embarrass." and "rich." (laughter) but i am intrigued by one candidate who hasn't declared yet. texas governor and future josh brolin role rick perry. and i am not the only one who is sporting a texas long horn. >> the new infatuation is rick perry, governor of texas. i'm very interested in rick perry. >> who's your dream candidate to get into the race? >> i would love for rick perry to get into it. >> this man needs to be president. >> stephen: (as last speaker) i complete... ahem. i completely agree. this man needs to be president. we haven't had a texas governor in the white house for almost three years! think of all the uncleared brush we've built up! (laughter) and, folks, perry may be going for it because on august 6 he is holding a rally

of newt debt stems from his frequent private jet travel, like the $400,000 he presently owes moby dick airways(laughter) at

the name of the company gingrich uses for renting private jets is -- this is not a joke, moby dick airwaysing me now, alex wagner, nbc analyst and reporter for the huffington post. alex, you're the only last word guest who could follow moby dick airlines. >> it's quite a lead-in, lawrence. >> just go with it. when i say we talked to the owner of moby dick airlines, of course, i mean the staff of the last word today, and we find out he bought the company in 2006, has no idea why it was named moby dick airlines. he should maybe tonight be thinking something more jet-like. >> yeah, there are a lot of question marks over the gingrich campaign at this point, and moby dick airlines, i think, is high up there if not in the top five. i think overall if we're talking about programs and found raysing prowess, one of the most telling things is that only one in five of the top republican donors who gave to the mccain campaign in 2008 gave to this current cycle of gop fundraising. we've said it before, i'm sure it will be settled again, it's a hugely unsettled field. for someone like mitt romney, predi

is $1 million in debt comes word that almost half of the total is owed to -- wait for this -- moby dick airways a private plane company that does a lot of of work for republicans. so is this the white whale that is going to finally sink newt's campaign? more about this from michelle coddle from the daily beast. >> well, we know running for president is expensive, but for a guy preaching fiscal conservativism is not what you preach, and is newt aware he is running for president? >> well, what you have to remember here, ezra, is that newt's presidential campaign is all about the kind of self-aggrandizement of newt, and in order to maintain the lifestyle, certain things have to be done and if he has to spend half a million on private planes, so beit. >> there is a lifestyle to which newt has become accustomed and the presidential funders will have to help him out, and also they point to a $8,400 disbersment to gingrich productions which has calista gingrich as a domain name. i have registered the domain names, and they are $20 and not that much, so any idea what he is actually paying for, because