>> reporter: trail tomorrow. carl.
>> kristen welker, thank you for that. john harwood , chief nbc washington correspondent. let's pick up on that michele bachmann story that kristen ended with. we heard about the apology from fallon and nbc. bachmann suggests there would have been a swifter response, say if this had been the first lady instead. are implications more personal than political?
>> probably would have been a swifter response if it was the first lady. she's more high profile. ultimately, though, we got to the place that we ought to get to. everybody knows that jimmy fallon is a funny guy. the show is edgy. if you are going to have a presidential candidate as a guest in your house and you need to treatxd them with respect. the way she was introduced was o outrageo outrageous.
>> newt gingrich , in iowa, among republican caucus goers in first place. 27%, romney at 20%. how significant is this? does he has the organization in iowa to leverage that?
>> very significant, and,?? no, he doesn't have the organization. the question is, can he in the six weeks remaining before the caucuses develop one? newt gingrich is the most interesting of the candidates who have risen and falling because he has such a long track record with conservatives that will help him withstand some of the heat over immigration comments at the debate. but newt gingrich has been running a solo campaign really with no infrastructure at all. and can you in a sort of flash fire situation develop one very quickly? we're going find out. the advantage is that the rest of the field is fairly weak. mitt romney has been a consistent presence, but he's not been able to break out. although everybody considers him easily the front-runner in the race when you look at it in totality. newt gingrich has a challenge ahead of him.
>> you mentioned challenges about immigration during the debate. open to the possibility of illegal immigrants becoming legal residents looking for legality in his words. does that come back to haunt him? do you think he actually really believes it or pandering to voter who's might be with him in the general election ?
>> i think he believes it. he's got a long track record of articulating similar positions and the question that kicked off those comments from wolf blitzer was about his vote in favor of a bill that accomplished a similar goal during the ronald reagan administration . newt gingrich will lose some support over this, but he's better positioned than rick perry was to withstand the heat from conservatives. he has a record of having led the republican party back to control of congress. and a reputation among conservatives that i think will help him. the other thing that helps him in an underlying sense, carl, is that even people who take a hard line on immigration understand that we're not going to kick 12 million people out of the country. it's why you haven't heard a plan from mitt romney about how he's going to execute that. everybody is a little bit vague on what you actually do with those people. newt gingrich , a little more specific. and he'll try to defend that position.
>> you mentioned milt rom mitt romney , he criticized it as an magnet for illegal behavior. he made an appearance in 2007 when he appeared to have a different view. let's take a listen.
>> my own view is that those people who come here illegally and that are in this country, the 12 million or so here illegally, should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship.
>> how much of a reversal is that?
>> mitt romney has a problem on this issue and many other issues. he appears to be on all sides of some of these very controversial and core issues, depending on what point he was in the political process. newt gingrich has responded to criticism from romney , by saying he's been on both sides, because of romney 's reputation for having taken multiple positions, that will be an effective counter for him. romney 's position is clearly the most popular one in the party at this moment.
>> thank you. have a great holiday.
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