Newt Gingrich took questions from reporters in Las Vegas, following Mitt Romney’s big victory in the Nevada caucuses.
One reporter asked Gingrich about his absence from reporters for a few days, while he was reportedly meeting with donors.
“Did you miss me?” Gingrich answered with a clear note of sarcasm. “Okay, I was worried that you may not have noticed.”
He then explained why he was working on strategy. “Well we got together for a very practical reason. I was surprised by the degree to which the establishment has closed ranks, and made quite clear that they’re desperate over the prospect of a Gingrich presidency. I was amazed by George Soros saying in Davos that he was happy with either Obama or Romney, because it was not a difference of policy, it was just a change in personality.”
He then explained that he and his campaign concluded that the establishment would go all out to defeat him, with Wall Street money and other resources — but that the people would not go along.
“Do they want two George Soros-approved candidates in the general election, or do they want a conservative, and one George Soros-approved candidate?”
