some people would say the way newt gingrich practices politics, there's plenty of bloodshed, but it's metaphorical blood. >> eleanor clift, did he cooperate with you in this book? >> nt gingrich was the most enthusiastic of our eight characters at the outset of this project, and he id, "you know, you've got to spend time with us, see what we do, how we do it, and why we do it." and i remember in early 1994, march, we took a walk with him at 6:00 in the morning around the washington monuments, and it was tom who asked him how he was preparing to take over the minority leadership of his party. d he stopped and he said, "minority leadership?" he said, "that's like preparing to be vice president. i'm going to be speaker." and we thought, "of course, sure, buddy." t he turned outo be very, very right, and what we do is chart his 17-year rise to power, and how he accomplished that. >> who else is in the book? >> well, we have... what we did was, we picked positions in washington. we modeled it after orge will's book on baseball, which took four key positions in the game of baseball, and the

. >> let's go over, you think newt gingrich won the battle? >> he took on the media tonight which is something everyone said go for it. i was in the room for first two-thirds of it. that got greatest applause of any line this evening. also took on that super commission, super committee. newt did it the way the public would have said go for it. what mitt romney sounded presidential no. one laid a glove on him. and tim pawlenty had a funny line. but that battle between him and michelle bachmann, did he not come across effective. >> in the room itself, she held her ground, standing for principle. he looked like he was attacking her policy. >> sean: does that come off as desperate? >> as someone who isn't focused and should&aur have prepared better for this debate. someone, that language is not effective. >> we'll be dialing this. your initial impressions? there is a lot tafkz against the president tonight. >> i was surprised and thought newt gingrich did well. he came in clearly with -- he wanted to take that attack on the press looking for it an

. >> let's go over, you think newt gingrich won the battle? >> he took on the media tonight which is something everyone said go for it. i was in the room for first two-thirds of it. that got greatest applause of any line this evening. also took on that super commission, super committee. newt did it the way the public would have said go for it. what mitt romney sounded presidential no. one laid a glove on him. and tim pawlenty had a funny line. but that battle between him and michelle bachmann, did he not come across effective. >> in the room itself, she held her ground, standing for principle. he looked like he was attacking her policy. >> sean: does that come off as desperate? >> as someone who isn't focused and should&aur have prepared better for this debate. someone, that language is not effective. >> we'll be dialing this. your initial impressions? there is a lot tafkz against the president tonight. >> i was surprised and thought newt gingrich did well. he came in clearly with -- he wanted to take that attack on the press looking for it an

. >> let's go over, you think newt gingrich won the battle? >> he took on the media tonight which is something everyone said go for it. i was in the room for first two-thirds of it. that got greatest applause of any line this evening. also took on that super commission, super committee. newt did it the way the public would have said go for it. what mitt romney sounded presidential no. one laid a glove on him. and tim pawlenty had a funny line. but that battle between him and michelle bachmann, did he not come across effective. >> in the room itself, she held her ground, standing for principle. he looked like he was attacking her policy. >> sean: does that come off as desperate? >> as someone who isn't focused and should&aur have prepared better for this debate. someone, that language is not effective. >> we'll be dialing this. your initial impressions? there is a lot tafkz against the president tonight. >> i was surprised and thought newt gingrich did well. he came in clearly with -- he wanted to take that attack on the press looking for it an

interesting comments from newt gingrich. how high are the president's expectations for this committee? >> reporter: kind of hard to tell. he has said repeatedly that he wants a balanced approach, that's been the key word, from the white house, a balanced approach. there's been some indication, at least this morning from david axelrod speaking on "good morning america" that the president might be amenable to coming back to washington from his vacation to help expedite this process, to help calm the roiled markets. axelrod said this morning that he will join his family in massachusetts if he can. then he backtracked on that a little bit, saying that he had intentions to join his family in massachusetts so, that remains a little unclear. but newt gingrich is the only one who's criticizing this policy. we heard from mitt romney, saying he's not going to eat the president's dog food when talking about the debt ceiling deal last night, we heard from tim pawlenty this morning that this supercommittee is in the words of pawlenty sup

newt gingrich's campaign has seen better days. last night the claws came out when moderator chris wallace asked him about his campaign missteps. >> how do you respond to people who say that your campaign has -- >> i took seriously brett's injunction to put aside the talking points. i'd love to see the rest of tonight's debates asking us about what we would do to lead america whose president has failed to lead instead of playing mickey mouse games. >> if you think questions about your records are mickey mouse, i'm sorry. i think those questions are what people want to hear answers to. you're responsible for your record, sir. >> in a strange moment midway through the debate, this happened after one commercial break. >> welcome back to the stevens auditorium on the campus of iowa state university. our next round is a lightning round really quick before we get into foreign policy and national security. are we actually missing a candidate on the stage? we are. >> she'll be right back. >> congresswoman bachmann. there she is. that's oka

[laughter] that's why i'm saddling up newt gingrich. i really think he's the guy. nd though some of the members of the lame-scream-meania -- [laughter] -- have counted him out, newt knows he's got something the other candidates don't. saying, quote: "i have six times as many twitter followers as all the other candidates combined." [laughter] yes, newt has won the coveted voting bloc of bored people at work. newt's got 1.3 million followers, while bachmann's has only 66,000, mitt romney has÷fh÷ 63,000, and ron paul has "what's a twitter? is this how i ebay?" [laughter] forget polls, this is the most important indicator of an electable president. that's why before newt got into the race, i was throwing my weight behind president kutcher. [laughter] he already knows how to please our nation's seniors. many[laughter] [laughter] looking good. [laughter] but folks, scandal is rocking newt's tweet-o-verse. >> a former staffer claims newt gingrich paid an agency to artificially pump up his twitter followers to show more than a million followers.ñr >> stephen: what? [laughte

of laying out some policy. >> jon: so newt gingrich is still runing? >> he's still running, believe it or not. he's still running. but i think this conversation by a lot of the establishment type, particularly in washington... >> jon: you're talking about establishment republicans. >> karl rove or the "wall street journal," they need to cut that noise out... >> jon: they're not satisfied. >> too bad. get over it. the reality is these are the folks that are going to be running. all those other individuals are not going to get into this race at this point because they have to get on the ball yacht in 50 states, and that's a process that takes time. they have to raise money. they have to put the organization in place, and if they haven't done it by now, particularly with perry, bachmann and romney, it's not going to happen. vaughn jon from what i understand, you are allowed to, and i'm not an election law specialist or litigator, but apparently if you have a one nation bus and you're sarah palin, you're allowed to just drive. even on inauguration day, jus

you remember newt gingrich, don't you? the last debate, yes. >> well, michele bachmann is kind of self contained. she is a walking-talking-gch gotcha answer. she doesn't need a question. it is not sur surprising that the person whispering in her air is from the -- >> are we talking about the substance or the guests? you can look at every -- >> you're missing the point here. the point is when she talks about speaking six times a day, the president of the united states probably speaks more times than that and probably should be called upon, called upon to make sure, as a regular basis, he wouldn't make this -- >> that the standard you hold president obama too t.o.? >> to be perfectly honest, sure. >> maybe she needs a vacation. but you guys beat up on president obama about taking vacations, don't you? you think he shouldn't be in martha's vineyard, don't you? >> no, actually he is in washington our economy gets worse. so maybe he needs to stay away lock longer than ten days. he is on two and half year vacation from dealing w

in fact, a number of people have suggested that newt gingrich was one of the winners last night becausewant you to repeat the question you asked him that got him agitated. >> yeah. real quickly, what i asked the speaker was one of the ways we judge candidates is the campaign they run and i pointed out that his entire national staff and his iowa staff walked out on him because they said that he was undisciplined about campaigning and last check, he was a million dollars in debt. here was his response. >> let me say, first of all, chris, that i took seriously injunction to put aside the talking points and i wish you would put aside the gotcha questions. i would love to see the rest of the questions asking us about what we would do to lead an america whose president has failed to lead instead of playing mickey mouse games. >> speaker gingrich, if you think questions about your record are mickey mouse, i'm sorry. i think those are questions that a lot of people want to hear answers to and you're responsible for your record. >> steve: then you hear booing right there. i didn't think that was

megyn: it's tough to think the left is going to vote for newt gingrich.hese people are upset with the house gopers, but are they really going to hold it against romney, pawlenty, rick perry? >> >> is pawlenty running? yeah. [laughter] megyn: are you suggesting pawlenty is less than dynamic? >> yes. i'm saying -- megyn: stirewalt says -- >> he was very liberal in many of his things as governor, immigration of minnesota, and now i think -- megyn: but my question is are these independents going to hold things against pawlenty? they're upset with obama and house gopers. >> i think they're probably waiting to see, get more definition about what the race is going to be. there's too many unknowns. too many unknowns to really know how it's all going to fall a year and a half there now. we're in the summer, a year and a half away. people are going to the beach. i'm not sure most people are paying attention right now. megyn: well, i think they pay attention on the big news days, they watch. i really feel like i can speak to this because i was the average news viewe

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newt gingrich at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. in case you missed it earlier in the day, tim pawlenty, who is spending a lot of time in iowa. he spoke to folks at the "des moines register" soapbox earlier in the day. it. >> good afternoon. thanks for the opportunity to share a few thoughts about the future of our country but before i do that, i wanted to do is a special guest, my wife mary, former first lady of minnesota. a big part of my campaign. i know she would like to share a few thoughts with you about the great state of iowa and this country. mary pawalenty -- pawlenty. >> thanks for being here. i know you're seeing one or two politicians along the way. we love the seeing eye was a fair and going to the minnesota state fair, of course. i would like to say thank you. i appreciate i was -- iowans. we have come to appreciate all engage you are and how people genuinely asked good questions of the candidates and doing the job you do so well cycle after cycle. it matters, obviously not only to iowa but it matters more broadly to

i thought newt gingrich had a great moment. ce where everybody can nod and say yeah, i understand that i was a good moment for several candidates. >> sean: does it matter that some are not participating in the straw poll? governor romney, newt gingrich, those that decide, those that don't decide, they make a mistake? >> i believe it is like entering a marathon. you can't enter at mile six. like it or not the marathon to the white house begins in iowa. had it not been for iowa, barack obama would not have had a launching pad. it can be a very important breakthrough moment for a candidate who otherwise is wall lowing in obscurity. >> sean: -- wallowing in obscurity. >> sean: for those of us who saw barack obama as radical left from the beginning. i think we hit a tipping point with the downgrade, losing our aaa rating. between that, the high unemployment rate, record deficit, record debt, economy in a shambles. all of this has contributed to a narrative that i don't see how the president can change or shift. this president has not

newt gingrich is back with us. mr. speaker, welcome. >> good to be with you. >> sean: i think i changed -- >> go ahead. >> sean: no, go ahead, you wanted to say something. >> i was going to surprise you. i was going to agree with maxine waters. i think if you listen to the exact quote you had a minute ago, where she said this level of unemployment is unconscionable. and you think about african-american communities that have had 43% teenaged unemployment. she is right. the president ought to be in washington tonight with a brand new plan based on free markets and free enterprise and things that work. he ought to ask the congress to come in monday and pass that plan. this country is in real serious trouble. and we could find that our already in a depression at 9.2% unemployment, that we could be sliding over the next three months, deeper. that's why i think we need jobs now. we need a plan for jobs now. the president doesn't have one i would be glad to give him one, anybody who is watching can go to newt.org and will see

hundred thousand and they thought that was a little strange that well we know that nobody likes newt gingrich so that is a little going to follow you know i mean it's just like there are hot girls doing odd things on twitter who don't have nearly as many followers as an old man who you know because newt gingrich gave all men excuses to how to talk their way out of infidelity and i'm like my girl got a rabbit out of a thanks for joining me that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in and make sure that you come back tomorrow and experience for the young turks to be on the show again now in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the alone a show on facebook and follow us on twitter he missed any of tonight's show or any other nights you can always catch it on youtube dot com slash the ilona shelf and coming up next is adam versus the man. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporation to rule the day. wealthy british soil the sun. sometimes because they don't. like.

later the seven men, former house speaker newt gingrich, and congresswoman michele bachmann. republican line. >> i have to say, even though it was just barely touched upon, i do have to commend newt gingrich for bringing up the subject of the u.n., and how we should be fun them, seeing how our government seems to be shaping their policies and legislation is in agreement with the treaty is that we have signed onto with the u.n.. i think that this should be addressed more thoroughly in the dates and so forth with the candidates -- debates and so forth with the candidates. i believe it is a driving factor in a lot of obama's policy and legislation. >> paula, thank you for the call. next, portland, maine, mark is on the phone and also on the republican line.

>> i have to give it to newt gingrich.ice now. >> he really fought. >> he really fought and laid down a good gauntlet. he's going to be the one more than anyone else who can focus us on the issue. >> okay. i don't know about about you, i want to talk about serious issues, really i'm captivated by micka and onthon dancing. she's really got the moves. we'll see if the gop candidates we'll see if the gop candidates do too. checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do more with your money. see what a complete view of your money can do for you at pncvirtualwallet.com. ♪ pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> we've been talking online about whether tomorrow's iowa straw poll will be decisive for the gop field. samuel writes the straw poll is a creative marketing ploy by the residents of iowa to bring revenue to states. the candidates feel they have to make an appearance. paul writes, it's a a measure of what a small fringe group of snake handling

. >> a former staffer claims newt gingrich paid an agency to artificially pump up his twitter followerso show more than a million followers.ñr >> stephen: what? [laughter] his twitter followers aren't real? are you telling me today's youth don't fancy a 68-year-old, semi-employed, former politician who tweets such gems as "had great lunch at mabe's pizza." [laughter] and "stopped in for lunch at the pizza shack." [laughter] he's speaking their language, man! kids love hearin' about the 'grich eatin' 'za. [laughter] the former staffer alleges that 80% of newt's followers are inactive or dummy accounts. oh come on. are you trying to tell me that devoted newt follower "at 41113846806103" is not a living, breathing person who just happens to have no photo, no profile and has never tweeted? [laughter] now, newt insists his twitter followers are legit, and i have no reason to doubt the word of a man who cheated on two wives. [laughter] but let's say he did hire a firm to create his twitter followers. well, i say, making up fake people could be the key to keeping newt's campaign alive. he shou

to fellow minnesotan michele bachmann if there was a surprise performance it might have been newt gingrich's but the winner of the debate overall in terms of how it changes the election and what effect it has going forward is pretty obviously mitt romney. now don't get me wrong i watch the debate i'm covering it too i obviously think that it's important what it's him what is what is important is the stuff that actually sticks out the stuff that makes you want to laugh or the stuff that might want to make you cry and run in fear not the expected usual g.o.p. talking points about who loves the constitution more than the other and foreign policy is a great example of where we should be looking let's see we've been fighting a ten year war in afghanistan we're still in iraq we have drones in elite teams in pakistan yemen somalia and who knows where else and all the while social programs are going to be cut here at home to keep those wars going and foreign aid is going to be given out to whoever the flavor of the month is that we think promote stability worldwide until of course they do something

i heard newt gingrich may be in hawaii?uite modest, you can say, on a shoestring budget. he is in hawaii today. he's going to be doing an event with the maui gop, fund-raising out there, and fweguess what, i his 11th anniversary, his third marriage, newt gingrich on the campaign trail, extends all the way to hawaii. and herman cain, the former godfather's pizza ceo and former radio talk show host. he's campaigning for a second straight day in new hampshire. you'll also see rick santorum there as well. so things are quieting down a little bit, but there's still some business on the campaign trail this weekend, alina. >> paul, you mentioned with newt gingrich, that shoestring budget. obviously, i want to say a month or two ago, there was a mutiny in his campaign and everyone just sort of upped and quit. has he hired back most of those campaign staffers? >> no. they are gone and some of them, some of the top ones are now with rick perry. when that happened, that was an indication that, well, maybe perry's jumping in, because t

newt gingrich is do accused of doing that andepl w go indepth. >>> it wasn't a bad start to the weekend. temperatures a little cooler than average but nice inland. 81 san jose. 76 fremont. not the best beach weather, though. 50s and 60s at best. your extended forecast has a warming trend. details ahead. >>> a 9-year-old boy who was the victim of a hit and run is in critical condition tonight at san francisco general hospital. the boy was reportedly hit in the crosswalk just after he and his family left the giants/phillies game at at&t park on thursday night. both teams are reaching out to the boy and his family who were visiting from pennsylvania at the time. we are joined from san francisco with more on that. >> reporter: good evening. we're told the players from both the giants and phillies are signing people beale wra for the 9-year-old ryan white and they hope to deliver the items to the hospital eventually. safety advocates were on the street to raise awareness about pedestrian safety. the condition of 9-year-old ryan white is said to be improving, but the young phillies fan is lis

now by the guy i met newt gingrich chris wallace but so newt gingrich does he even really have a campaign left anymore i don't know i'm going to go on a long shot and say no he's not going to be president but he did it now it's you know while everybody right now is in iowa and we're also they going. minnesota or new hampshire newt is announced that he's actually taking his campaign to hawaii and to hollywood first they're making a stop in hollywood and are going to screen two films or something and then they're going to hawaii that is the best excuse for somebody who knows that they have no shot at winning anywhere but all these people have already donated money he would say you just say well why thank you my loyal followers i'm going to take a vacation in hawaii that is particular absolutely you think it can be to go everywhere you want to go on vacation yeah i mean a couple things first of all the timing is a little suspect here in that it's new gingrich is anniversary with his wife and he just happens to be going to hawaii eleventh and imo because there were eleven of her i mean you kn

newt gingrich's problem has never been his debate performance. he's had fantastic debate performances the entire time. but his problems are organizational, managerial, financial. no one can deny newt gingrich is not an excellent debater or speaker. they don't get anyone to the white house. >> at the top, we played governor pawlenty actually turning to mitt romney and using the term obama care. they were couple feet apart. michele bachmann in the middle tonight. he said obama care. he stood by it. that was a redo of this moment from our debate. >> why would you chose -- choose those words maybe in the comfort of a sunday show studio, your rival standing right there. it was obama care on "fox news sunday" why is not obama care with the governor standing right there. >> president obama is the person whoim quoted saying he looked to massachusetts for designing his program. he's the one wo said it a blueprint and he merge said the two programs and soution the term obama care was a refliction of the president's comments that he designed obama care on t

you heard newt gingrich, dr. sabato say that president obama pretty much a captive of the far left that, you know, despite all the evidence, and all the hard times america is going through, continues to hawk about spending more and cutting less. and i don't know. maybe the president is a captive of those people. what do you say? >> i wouldn't say captive. i would say his orientation is liberal anyway. but, look, i think one thing that may be in the back of his mind, is that he may fear a liberal challenge for the nomination. everybody today would say oh, it can't happen. but did you notice that senator bernie sanders from vermont last week. >> bill: we noticed. they might be able to give him a hard time. no candidate that's close. >> not going to beat him. >> bill, the question is, do you end up spending some of europe time and effort and money fighting a candidate in the primary even if you are certain of winning? >> listen, i said this from the jump and i wrote it in my book pinheads and patriots. the president

newt gingrich. he's got 1 passport 3 million twitter followers, which sounds impressive, but he has hired firms to hire people to follow him on twitter to boost his number of followers. now, i am following newt gingrich for free. >> that's very sad that you follow him for free. >> where's my paycheck. >> this is really common. i see a lot of people that have massive followings on twitter, but there is no activity on their account. so you look, who is following him and they have no profiles. i think the companies -- i don't know why twitter allows it. >> i don't have any people following me on twitter. >> bob, you have to be on twitter. >> i understand. >> people do follow out street, though. >> i was going to say one thing about newt. i took a train ride with newt. it was sad. he started to talk about what he wanted to have one-on-one debates for two hours with mitsubishi, -- with mitt romney. and one of the smartest men i know. he has a lot of ideas. but in this case, it's a time that has come -- >

newt gingrich, jon huntsman and mitt romney are not participating. why are their names still on the ballot? >> historically, the republican party places names on the ballot of serious contenders ford the presidency. they participated in the debate thursday night. in 2007, john mccain and rudy guiliani were on the ballot even though they were not aggressively participating in the straw poll. for mitt romney, he still retains a reservation -- a reservoir of support even though he will not personally be here. >> two official candidates are not participating. why? >> i will let the official campaigns make that decision. i know at the end of the day they were well aware of the be deadlines and guidelines. for whatever reason, they chose not to. >> $30 is the price of admission. going to see ae large segment of undecided voters here today. anecdotally, i have heard from a lot of people who are going to wait to hear the speeches and then decide who to support. there is a lot of trauma today on how the race comes out, how the vote comes out, but there is no

you heard newt gingrich, dr. sabato say that president obama pretty much a captive of the far left that, you know, despite all the evidence, and all the hard times america is going through, continues to hawk about spending more and cutting less. and i don't know. maybe the president is a captive of those people. what do you say? >> i wouldn't say captive. i would say his orientation is liberal anyway. but, look, i think one thing that may be in the back of his mind, is that he may fear a liberal challenge for the nomination. everybody today would say oh, it can't happen. but did you notice that senator bernie sanders from vermont last week. >> bill: we noticed. they might be able to give him a hard time. no candidate that's close. >> not going to beat him. >> bill, the question is, do you end up spending some of europe time and effort and money fighting a candidate in the primary even if you are certain of winning? >> listen, i said this from the jump and i wrote it in my book pinheads and patriots. the president

. >>> after pulling injures 2% of the vote in the straw poll, newt gingrich is fighting to stay in the race. this morning gingrich spoke at the heritage foundation, outlining his plan for deficit reduction. earlier on cnbc, he blasted president obama's policies. >> the president has an enormous challenge, none of which he's going to solve on the bus tour. he's committed to class warfare and bureaucratic socialism as a mod. both of them fail. >> karen, tim pawlenty dropped out after finishing third, your candidate came in eighth, got just 385 votes, how are you guys making the case to even stay in the race at this point? >> one, the empirical record of the iowa straw poll suggests that it's not a predictor at all of electoral viability. remember, in 2007 senator mccain had 101 votes of the iowa straw poll and went on to wing the nomination. only one successful presidential candidate has come out of that poll as the winner. so the fact that mer gingrich got 385 votes in the straw poll and put zero money into it didn't work toward it, is significant, especially in comparison to 207 with m

if you want to go on that form, i'd say grinning rich had a great night for newt gingrich. d newt moments than bad newt moments. he's not viable, not a factor, not taken seriously out here among iowa republicans. dismiss that for a second, and i guess it's a cheap cliche to say this, you got to say rick perry has got to feel pretty good about last night. the more i think about it and digest the debate from last night, i'm thinking i bet you i can't find a republican strategist who is not affiliated with one of these campaigns who thinks last night was a good night for the republican party. how did they advance their cause of making the case against president obama? i felt like you could see how it was beginning -- yes, this is what happens in primary debates. you made a great point about the ten-to-one deal. you say things in primary debates that once you're in office, you'd never actually dismiss something like that. they're in the middle of this primary. iowa republicans are very conservative. this is going off in a direction that's probably not good for the republican par

joining us newt gingrich. welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> sean: you are a historian. these are devastating up thises. gallup low 38%. rasmussen lowest in his presidency. optic of him on a golf course during an earthquake. a plan to be revealed for jobs three years into his administration. does he have a chance to come back? is there a way to jobs without abandoning his rigid ideology? >> you just asked two different questions. a chance he could come back? absolutely. either the republicans could self-destruct or obama could begin to do things right. is he likely to come back? not without changing what he believes. how he operates. the fact is, class warfare kills jobs. bureaucratic socialism kills jobs. he believes deeply in both. one of the reasons he can't give us a jobs' speech tomorrow morning is they are trying to be clever. the reason is, nothing that will really work fits their ideology. i think we are in for a very serious period. the congressional budget office came out and said we should expect very high unemployment for years and years to come. that suggest

did they ask about newt gingrich's marriages?my knowledge, but i think if this is going to be a part of your politics, it's going to be completely fair to ask and we don't need to protect female candidates different from male candidates. >> irin carmon, you convinced me. thank you. >> thaing very much. >>> coming up, downgrade of u.s. debt helped make the economy look like a roller coaster this week. and no matter what you think of standard & poor's, and we don't think much of it, but they say about why they downgraded us tells something dangerous about our politics. >>> a news magazine cover provided some of the best in late night humor this week. friday funnys are coming up. >>> and standard & poor's has more to say about the downgrade. the short version, it's our politics. is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find the experts you need, whether you're trying to sell of hoping to buy. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me.

and newt gingrich.3 million followers which sounds impressive until you fine out he's hired firms to hire people to follow him on twiter to boost his number of followers. i follow newt gingrich for free. i guess that means -- >> greg: that is sad that you follow him for free. this is really common. i see people with massive following on twiter but there is no activity on the account. you look at who is following them and weird names, no profile. the companies are -- i don't know why twiter allows it to happen. >> bob: i don't have any people following me on twiter. >> greg: you're not on it. people follow you on the street. >> bob: one thing about newt. i took a train ride with newt last week and it was sad. he sat down and started to talk about he wanted one-on-one debate for two hours with mitt romney, like mitt is going to do that. he wanted to debate bachmann. you know, i tell you the sad part is one of the smartest men i know. a lot of policy ideas. give him credit for that. but in this case, the t

we asked newt gingrich. mr.see you. >> great to see you. >> greta: i must note, you have a nice relaxed iowa look about yourself. no suit and tie tonight. >> we are on the way to the parade which kicks off the fair tomorrow morning at 8:00, the fairground opens. i was there and people are already eating and having a good time. it is going to be a great fair. >> greta: great time in iowa. the dow plunged 519 points, wiping out all the recent gains. why did it happen? what should we do about it? >> well, we have been following policies that aren't going to work. they aren't working. i think congress should come back and start bypassing the repeal of the dodd-frank bill on -- day one. move to repeal sarbanes-oxley on day two. go through as many federal regulation as they can to repeal them to let businesses focus on doing their jobs. this economy is crumbling under a bureaucratic socialism in which washington dictates every aspect of life. the result is, people aren't hiring. folks are running out of money. i think