Exclusive: Gingrich Says Perry Endorsement Will Make Big Difference

VOTE 2012 -- January 19, 2012 at 4:17 PM EDT

Exclusive: Gingrich Says Perry Endorsement Will Make Big Difference

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich told the PBS NewsHour's Gwen Ifill in an exclusive interview Thursday in Beaufort, S.C., that Texas Gov. Rick Perry's endorsement of him earlier in the day is further evidence that he is the only conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.

Watch the rest of Gwen's interview with Gingrich on Thursday's PBS NewsHour.

Video editing by Quinn Bowman

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