the casino magnet to backs the newt gingerich super pac said he may give newt gingerich $100 million. told forbes magazine, when asked about the criticism he's trying to buy the election forking in, he says those people are either jealous or professional critics. they trash other people. i might give 10 million or $100 million to gingrich. >> well, there you have it. you know, the free speech means free spending and he doesn't like being criticized and he's been a loyal friend to gingrich. you know, i don't think he's going to give $100 million to him, but this also really shows the importance of the super pacs and individual wealthy donors. mitt romney is relying on a small group to keep his campaign going but that's one of the most significant features of the campaign. >> david, what about the bounceback possibility for gingrich. >>> i'm done ruling gingrich out. until we get to the end and there's a winner and loser, i won't take him for granted. we will know more after super tuesday and you get the southern states voting. if he gains traction there, he's still in the ballgame. if

newt gingerich did not do well. >> i want to bring up something.p lop poll shows santorum leading romney 36-26 among republicans, eric. >> well, it's swayed. he's the flavor of the month. i love what he's doing. the question is, is he pushing too far right? he's pushing far right. >> this is coming from you? >> here's the problem. >> you want the winner in the general. >> i'm all for smaller government but when you go so far with the social issues, can you bring it back by general time? >> he's looking at a state like michigan, missouri, minnesota, but michigan, where one-third of the voters are catholic. it's also a republican primary so he has to stay on the social issues. >> he can't get off them because everywhere he turns, he's cornered and it's fore shadowing. >> you're saying he's the flavor of the month. if you had an ice cream store, you would be down to so few flavors. >> there's a problem. if you go to a situation where no one gets 1144, you may have extra flavors. >> you and sarah palin are wishing for things that aren't going to happen

. >> newt gingerich was in oklahoma city on the eve of a forbes magazine cover story on the vegas casino billionaire and addressed critics who say he's attempt to go buy an election saying it's unfair that i've been treated unfair but it doesn't stop me. i might give 10 million-dollar or $100 million to gingrich. all four will be in as for a televised debate. santorum is inching in on the romney lead. real clear politics gives him a larger margin in as. arizonians complain they're not getting enough attention from the candidates. the primary is the same day as michigan with arizona being a winner take all state for the 29 delegates. it's thought second place would be a losing proposition. >> thank you. >>> we're learning more about why the president reversed himself on supporting you don't see super pacs. the pro-obama action u.s. super pac raised $59,000 in january and almost all from one person. they spent more more than a quar million dollars last month. >>> money isn't the only deciding factor. ed henry reports the president is trying to get a handle on the controversy over his contr

he would rather invest in the volt. >> you're a supporter of newt gingerich.isten to what he said on the campaign trail about energy prices, listen to this. >> i think we can easily deliver gasoline at $2.50 a gallon. our goal should be to bring the cost of gasoline down. if you like $2.50 of gasoline per gallon and you like being free of the saudis, you have a candidate. >> do you think that's possible, $2.50 a gallon by drilling domestically? do you think it's doable? >> i think $2 is doable. a buck and a half. in texas they're drilling. they're drilling a lot of oil. they're sending it china and india and other developing nations. not here. we have $1.4 trillion barrels of oil underground. enough for 250 years of oil. with a are we doing? sending it other places, we're not using it ourselves. everybody is fearful of going up against this president for fear they'll be attacked. therefore, we, the consumer, we suffer and pay high prices because nobody wants to stand up for themselves. >> stewart: you think newt's doing the right thing, seizing on this issue b

latest average of polls shows santorum leading, mitt romney six points behind, ron paul third and newt gingerich at 9.8%. santorum at 37, romney at 33, paul at 15 and gingrich at 10. the campaigns are trying to set expectations, santorum saying michigan is important but not the only state and noting romney's family history, romney folks are saying it's not a must-win but others believe it is. >> romney and santorum are in ohio. what are the talking points? >> santorum, emphasizing a lot of points from other stops but he's telling ohio voters how critical their state will be not only primary day but election day. check this out. >> you have an opportunity in a little over two weeks now, you've got an opportunity to do something about that in ohio. you are the -- as ohio, for republicans, so goes the nation. if a republican wins ohio -- [ applause ] , if a republican wins ohio we'll be happy on election night and probably win this election. >> romney this afternoon is in cincinnati and he was emphasizing his personal philosophy and how it's different from folks in washington. here's mitt romney. >