Corn on “Hardball”: the Unbelievably Irresponsible Newt Gingrich

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David Corn and Jonathan Alter joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball to discuss Newt Gingrich’s announcement of his presidential candidacy and his long history of Nazi-baiting and other wildly irresponsible statements.

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