united states. >> newt gingrich. >> newt gingrich. >> newt gingrich. >> gingrich. >> gingrich. >> suspending his campaign. >> finally calling it quits. >> with the longest good-bye in political history. >> today i'm suspending the campaign. >> newt, we knew you. >> i could neither predict the low points or the high points. >> i don't think he ever got his mojo back. >> he's the person to claim. >> don't try to blame somebody else. >> he had his own destiny. >> i'm committed to going all the way to tampa. >> we're going to go all the way to tampa. >> we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> the campaign, which was clearly over a month ago -- >> romney and the super pac spent $20 million. >> are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> how does newt gingrich get all of that back? >> there was a hot and heavy campaign. >> newt gingrich showed a lot of great bravado. >> we will have the first permanent space on the moon. >> he's an idea person. >> it's a gun a glower rouse ride for you. >> the game is not over yet. >> you've chosen to start the debate. >> can we stop the bias baloney?

newt gingrich knows that. newt gingrich is afraid of donald trump.ng acts right through congress in 1964 and 1965, republicans realized there were millions of racists in this country who from that point forward would hate the democratic party. but they were still registered voters. and some republicans wanted to make sure that those racist registered voters knew they still had a political home. and so was born the republican strategy which delivered the presidency to nixon in 1968 and has been the key to every republican electoral college victory since then. some are always looking for a way to signal to the racist vote that they should be voting republican. and with a -- casting himself in the role of the pied piper of american racism, the romney campaign is doing everything it can to help provide a stage for trump to play his tune. newt gingrich knows the southern strategy well. he's from georgia, a state that used to be controlled by the democratic party and is now a rock solid republican. the euphemism republicans coined for molly coddling racist

the bottom line, how did newt gingrich walk that back? i know you like to say politics, strange bed fellows and people get back on track but in the age of youtube and playing these things, it is out there. >> i think it is one of the net effects of a very long republican primary process and probably you could interchange newt gingrich with any of the other candidates competing with mitt romney and ultimately unsuccessful. there is too much videos out there for the obama campaign to use all of it going into the fa fall. the romney spend diagnose him in and he was undisciplined and i would add a third factor which is there was too much traffic among conservatives, too many choices on the far right and in my view that's what allowed mitt romney to escape with the nomination. >> we heard that, steve, conservatives trying to pressure at one point newt gingrich to get out of the race so that as rick santorum's camp liked to say they could go one-on-one with mitt romney. the bottom line, though, i am looking at here is that, steve, you got a fra

i think it is, you know, fun to remember newt as chuck todd said earlier, newt, we knew you. >> yes,has of course been described as an undisciplined meg low maniac. we were going to collect the greatest hits against mitt romney but funnily enough the obama campaign did it for us. take a look. >> the romney machine can drive down and turn out and run over opponents with negative ads and doesn't seem panl of inspiring positive turnout and the result is very, very worrisome if you are thinking about the fall campaign. >> are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> mr. cheerful has been pretty brutal on mitt romney, hasn't he, julian? >> yes, and he has been a gift to the democrats in addition to everything s.e. just said. he has shown him to be hollow, tin man with no core that can be yanked to any side of the political spectrum depending on what they needed to do to get a vote. i think also with respect to our friend newt, we finally figured out why it is that he wants a moon colony, and i think the answer to that is he is looking for protection from creditors. he has 4.2 million in

he was not the only funnyman taking aim at newt. >> secret service has withdrawn the protection of newtof him announcing suspension of his campaign. now is he is dropping out wednesday. his secret service section was costing $44,000 a day. they figure it wasn't worth anything more to protect of all the people trying to ignore him. >> newt gingrich is dropping out the republican race. [ applause ] >> and people say, what will newt gingrich do? he will catch up on napping and right now he is working on an halfhearted endorsement to mitt romney. >> he looks like a team player and he looks like susan boil. [ laughter ] >> well, on wednesday, calling it a truly wild ride he suspended his campaign ending what they called his right-hander attempt to be the party's pick. in typical fashion he took nearly 25 minutes to do so. >> gingrich had all the problems the comedians were laying out but he had an upside to him. he was talking the language of technological transformation that is out of fashion. some day they will be a lunar colony hopefully called newt gingrich. >> jon: that is a wrap this w

newt wanted to do it sooner. i think that newt could play a very valuable role in the cabinet if governor romney chooses to appoint him in just about any capacity. he could be -- he could head up the united nations delegation on behalf of the united states. he could do a number of things. he is a very talented guy. it would be a shame just to throw him to the side. >> bob livingston, great to see you. thank you. >> thank you, thomas. >>> gingrich is expected to suspend his campaign at 3:00 this amp. tune in for coverage live on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> all right, so you may have heard about this. the romney spokesman who quit less than two weeks after starting the job. well, the campaign says that rick grenell quit for personal reasons. grenell says it's because of blowback because he's openly gay. the question -- can you be lgbt and in the gop? >>> plus, cheri young gets combative on the witness stand today. she's being called spunky, feisty, and a steel magnolia. if there was a pill to help protect yo

it may turn out to be newt and not newt. to be the nom >> he. >> but inevitably, newt always fell back to earth. >> candidate gingrich was a visionary, especially when it came to his own success. >> all this is going to happen about two hours after the inaugural address before we get to go to the various balls that night. >> he never sold himself short. >> you can make an argument that i helped mitt romney get to be rich. he should be thanking me. i was charging $60,000 a speech. normally celebrities leave and they he sell speeches every year. and always had a theory to sell. >> the wind industry kills about 33,000 birds a year. if you read the rez's energy speeches he's in cloud cuckoo land. >> each individual brain has as many neurons as there are stars in the universities. >> through it all, he never lost his focus. >> the zoo is very nice. >> some of you probably have an additional interest. i got bit by a penguin. it was great fun. >> there are lots of rabbits that run through. i'm the tortoise. >> i have a passion for

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tonight's lead, gone but newt forgotten. newt gingrich's campaign ended today. from his million dollar line of credit atti tiffany's. >> today, i'm suspending the campaign, but that does not mean suspending citizenship. >> that's a relief, you're right not to suspend your citizenship. rhetoric set you skyrocketing in the gop primary. >> many of the schools should get rid of the unionized janitor, have one master janitor, and pay the schools to take care of the school. >> really poor children in really poor neighbors have no habits of working. >> president obama is the best food stamp president in american history. >> i'm not going to compete with president obama singing because i'm not running for entertainer and chief. >> entertainer and chief? poor kids have no habits of working. i don't remember that language when we toured on edge in 2009, but we were doing it for the kids. this election you were doing it for the gop votes, and there is nothing primary voters love more than when you play to the crowd. >> she said you asked her, sir, to enter into an open mar

newt gringrich has a role to play especially since team romney will play this down. >> newt gringrichs like a bad cold that you can't get rid of. the fact that he was still in the race, i was like, really? he was announcing that he was going to get out. then holds the announcement, and then announces the following week that he was going to get out. he shot to the top of the list because the republican party had absolutely no love for mitt romney. the reason why he got there was because herman cain i am imloaded. >> no, he got there because he was the best debater and the anti-romney voting block. >> no-- >> one at a time. >> go ahead, bernard. >> i think it's one of the last men standing. the fact that rick santorum and newt gringrich refused to endorse the republican nominee spokes volumes that the republicans will have pulling out voters. >> i disagree with you there. >> we all know that mitt romney got this nomination, he was the only one who could keep chugging forward in the finish line. and it was his for the taking but he's a weather vane, no one knows, and we don't know what h

. >> stephen: newt gingrich has left the race! i have not been this caught off guard since he entered the race. (laughter) >> stephen: now newt pledged to endorse mitt romney at a later date. but mitt's campaign might think newt said enough already. >> romney is a guy who will manage the decay. he's not the guy who is going to change washington. >> governor romney is extraordinarily insensitive to religious freedom in america. >> if governor romney would like to give back all the money he has earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over his years at bain, that i would be glad to then listen him. >> are you calling aromney a liar? >> yes. (laughter) >> stephen: now obviously this healing is going to be a process. baby steps. but mitt has already proven himself a leader by releasing this gracious statement about the former speaker. >> ann and i are proud to call newt and calista friends. we look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead. that from mitt romney. politics is weird. and now i know las

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newt gingrich in arlington. he suspended his campaign saying it was clear mitt romney would be the nominee. >> we have a team coverage and the developments of the republican race for the white house. rebecca cooper is live in boston. >> first, scott thuman with more on mitt romney's the. >> mitt romney hosting a fund raiser at the ritz carlton and it will be a very busy time in virginia for a lot of reasons. earlier today he kicked off his campaign in virginia. it was no coincidence mitt romney was surrounded today by women. >> at an -- at a woman owned business and introduced by a woman -- >> we appreciate all these women being here -- >> his mo is not hard to figure out. he is offering economic empathy. >> i will make america a great place for entrepreneur doors again. for women and men who own businesses. we have to get business going again in this country. >> when i go to the polls, it is about this. i see how it affects families. >> i actually do have a small business. i just need government to stop overtax

i don't expect newt will get anything in tampa. santorum gained influence with social conservatives, who are still not enthusiastic. it will be hard for him to do it, but if he did something for romney that is half-sincere, it would help to shore up the base and let it run the appeal to the middle. -- romney a bill to the middle. >> it is problem that romney is seen as cold and out of touch, but obama has the same problem. he is a pretty chilly guy. it is the weird thing in this election, this age of populism, that we have these chilly technocrats who graduated from harvard law school. they don't want people to know that, -- >> a book coming out about obama -- >> making the point to his old girlfriends about what actually guy he is -- a chilly guy he is. >> michelle, shot a lot of j. crew and any -- michelle obama shops lot of j. crew. >> trips to spain and elsewhere. >> the point is that that is easy not to do. >> it is the problem for romney, sometimes they have to be aware of -- something they have to be aware of. about that's p

newt gingrich said, you know what? we republicans will never take power, as long as this is seen as a debate between decent people who disagree on economics and who disagree on the environmental, and who disagree on health care policy. he said, let's be very clear. and he put out, you know, things saying this. he put out work sheets and instruction manuals. the democrats are corrupt, they are treasonous, et cetera. and he worked that and worked that. and what we're now seeing is the ultimate triumph of that. you have -- look, american politics has always had two factions. one that wanted somewhat more government, one that wanted somewhat less government. he understood the legitimacy of the other. there were no democrats that don't believe in a free enterprise system as a generator of wealth and goods and services. and most republicans used to say, yes, and we need a government that sets the rules and works together. that's now out of whack. you have a republican party full of people who don't believe there should be an

the route newt gingrich's entire speech, -- bailout newt gingrich his entire speech, -- threw out newtingrich's entire speech. these other people that consider republican exceptionalism. i think we really need to understand that we need to be americans again. it is not even about ron paul or mitt romney. it is about how we will change america as a whole. as we watched these gentlemen up on stage, they continue to talk about to going to war and keeping iran from gaining nuclear weapons. ron paul goes against mitt romney. he is a different type of politician. what my question is, ron paul is going to stay in the race. the delegates will not vote for mitt romney. there is no way that we will do it. i am a delegate in arizona, and we have already talked about it. if he does not go into the convention and -- in no way, we vote for mitt romney. we would rather not vote. host: this afternoon, newt gingrich announcing that he is ending his campaign for the presidency. that leaves mitt romney and ron paul. we are asking your thoughts. what does this mean for the convention in august? pam is on

>>> the eye of newt. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington and let me start with this. i've got newt gingrich here with me tonight and it's going to be an interesting discussion. i hope to get the former speaker to say what he really thinks, because he thinks a lot of whatever you think of his conclusions and rough politics, i stand ready to challenge him on both, he thinks at a deeper level of discussion than his opponents. unlike them he has the perspective that comes from knowing history and knowing its importance. let's get at it with the man who gave mitt romney a hard fight, who learned the hard way more about mitt than most of us will ever learn. former speaker of the house, and presidential candidate newt gingrich. anybody who watches you knows that you are smarter than you talk sometimes and you are know politics at a deeper level and you read endlessly about the political history and write historic novels and up against guys in a debate who don't. >> that is t

newt gingrich. plus an interview on marion jones.he olympic triumph and the doping scandal that sent her to prison. >> i realized laws in prison, in solitary in particular, that being number one and marion jones meant nothing in there. >> and only in america. robin gibb with a moment that changed his and hollywood's history. >>> we begin tonight with our big story. joining me now a man with a fascinating view of the campaign, formered the newt gingrich. mr. speaker, welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> i'm gripped in fact by what you're about to tell me of what you make of the bain capital fury given you hammered mitt romney in the ground over this. what do you think of what cory booker said? >> well, i think booker is telling the truth about how the american people feel. i'm very surprised that president obama went down this road for two reasons. first, we found out when we got in a fight with mitt romney over this that it didn't work. that people understand free enterprise. people understand sometimes you succeed, sometimes you

willard may not be smiling, but newt, you left the rest of us laughing. joining me now, ed rendell, now an msnbc political analyst, and mark mckennan. thank you for being here tonight. >> governor rendell, let me start with you, you have dealt with a lot of endorsements in your career, what do you make of this nonendorsement today. >> in some ways i think it's the right thing to do. if he sang the praises of mitt romney, saying what a great guy he was, it would ring hollow. i think his message is, look,ly not be insincere about mitt romney. i don't the he was the greatest candidate to come down the road, but one you compare the two, romney is the more viable candidate. when you put it that way it has a higher level of credibility. the one thing i want to say if i might, what disturbed me most, is when he described barack obama as the food stamp president. implying that food stamps was something that urban african-american population predominates. as you know, white recipients are more than 70% of the food stamp population. the economy is where it is becau

newt gingrich to once again in tonight's rewrite. that's coming up. >>> major combat operations in iraq have ended in the battle i' of iraq. the united states and our allies have prevailed. [ applause ] >> barack obama chose to figurely parade osama bin laden's dead body around the public square and brought singular glory to himself. how pathetic. the guy they today drag off the golf course. obama is out there basically, he is trying, folks, to call himself or have us think of him as a hero. for doing something that if bush or cheney had done, obama probably would have called in the war criminals. >> joining me now are karen finny former dnc director and david frum former bush speech writer and writer for the daily beast. david is the author ever "patriots." karen, i would show you the clip of limbaugh criticizing the accomplished speech but i'm afraid he never got around to it. >> how about that? that's missing, isn't it? we didn't expect that rush limbaugh would actually give president obama credit for doing anything right, did you

let me say one thing about romney and newt. newt's endorsement is not important, but santorum's will have some effect. santorum gained some influence with social conservatives, who are still not enthusiastic. it would be hard for him to do it, but if he did something for romney that is half a sincere, it would help to shore up the base and let romney appeal to the middle. >> it is problem that romney is seen as cold and out of touch, but obama has the same problem. he is a pretty chilly guy. and that the people know that about him. i.t. has a weird -- it is a whipping and this election, in this age of populism, you have these chilly technocrats who graduated from harvard law school could they don't want anybody to know that, -- >> david maraniss has a book about that -- >> talks about old girlfriends to make that point about how chilly he is. >> mrs. romney, according to my friend on the right, was wearing a $1,000 blouse. >> meshaal makes trips to spain and elsewhere -- michelle makes chips to spain and elsewhere -- trips to s

i thought you were about newt gingrich.ught you were talking about barack obama. >> you've worked for mr. gingrich forle, many years. >> and i hnlt worked for barack obama. >> that's why i wouldn't address that question to you if i was asking it concerning the president. specifically, just for clarity. does newt gingrich have narcissistic personality disorder? >> no. i've known him for over a decade on a personal level. he is a very gentle russ person. he is actually in person, not a confrontational person. he is very inclusive. he includes a lot of people in his discussions and deliberations. i found him to be very open to ideas, suggestions, conversations, ideas. so no. i don't find him to be that way at all. >>> you don't think he sets unrealistic goals. one is reminded when he told us all that he would be the nominee. >> but martin, he said the republicans would be in the majority. everybody thought he was what you're saying and we were in the majority. he said, people we can't balance the budget. we have to balance for

look, newt gingrich cannot get votes from mitt romney, because newt gingrich couldn't get votes for newtg negative with women, with independents. i'm not even convinced as justin was saying that he would help with the base of the republican party. i think he has a real problem with evangelicals. so no, i can't actually see him being a help. i just believe that in general surrogates don't often make that much of a difference. that's maybe one saving grace here. >> justin, what about the independents? >> well, look, independent voters are something newt gingrich hasn't done well, i don't think, but this race will be decided based on whose base is more motivated to go out and vote. certainly independent voters are important, but right now the most important thing that governor romney is doing is unifying the republican party. we just had a nasty primary in the republican party, and now to have newt gingrich, rick santorum, michele bachmann, rick perry, all the other republican candidates unite and say we support mitt romney because we want to defeat president obama and joe biden and deny th