This Sunday - MTP's Meet The Candidate with Gingrich
Today was Newt Gingrich's 35th appearance on Meet The Press - but it was his first as a presidential candidate.
We kicked off our Meet The Candidates series this morning with the former House speaker who has emerged as one of the most recognizable names in the 2012 race thus far. But a long history of public service also means a long history of things said and done that voters will have questions about.
I showed Gingrich a clip of what he said on the program in 1993 regarding health insurance. Here's what he told Tim Russert:
"I am for people, individuals, exactly like the automobile insurance, individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance, and I am prepared to vote for a voucher system which will give individuals on a sliding scale a government subsidy so we ensure that everyone as individuals have health insurance."
Gingrich argued this was different from President Obama's health care mandate, and said his proposal was a "variation" of the individual mandate. He also said he would not use the mandate against Mitt Romney, who this week gave a speech defending the law he passed in Massachusetts.
I also asked Gingrich about how he plans to overcome his extra material affairs, which have become perhaps the most talked about negative of his candidacy. You can see his response here.
Plus, visit our website for my complete interview with Gingrich, plus our roundtable who put it all in perspective.
If it's Sunday, it's Meet The Press.
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