Newt Gingrich Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer

WOLF: Obama supporters, Democrats, White House officials, Obama campaign officials say they look forward to running against you. They're nervous about Mitt Romney.

NEWT: I remember in 1966, Governor Pat Brown, Jerry Brown's father, was really concerned about a moderate Mayor of San Francisco named George Christopher. He really wanted to find some right-wing actor that he could beat easily. They were thrilled that Ronald Reagan was running. Reagan beat him by a million votes.

I am perfectly happy for the Obama people to decide that they want to beat up on Romney. It's a little tough on Romney, but that's fine with me. When we get to the general election, if I'm the nominee, after the president has those seven, three-hour debates, we'll see how they feel about it.


Presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, discusses his time as Speaker, foreign policy, education, healthcare, Israel, and his personal life.

Learn more at http://www.newt.org

Originally aired by CNN on December 7, 2011

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