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Republican presidential campaign of 08. as governor changed his position to pro-life and gingrich will hit him in ads he was taxpayer funding to keep abortion legal and taxpayer funded in massachusetts. that sort of thing is going to go very, very aggressively against romney and could resound against gingrich. he was popular when he insisted he would be positive. hes not going negative, but talking about facts of romneys record, but its increasingly caustic, and could do damage. >> jamie: the gi...

Nothing relatively speaking. >> youre wrong. as a nation, we paid a record amount of money last year for motor fuel. almost half a trillion dollars per household. >> youre citing an absolute number. >> and we paid a lot of money for motor fuel. out of americans policies and we didnt get back to the record i.t. in 08, as a nation were paying more money than ever for motor fuel. >> and so, here is the thing, as the presidents been taking his victory laps on the payroll tax cuts. he says something ...

Number if you are not getting a fail deal on the mortgage it is a mockery. >> you can get foreclosed on for 80 cents . what do investors think about this. is it too much regulation thrown out against the consumer and that pulls them back from spending. >> you are seeing credit lines taken in. banks dont know what is happen. they sell a loan from freddie or fanny and they get the loan put back on them. the credit crisis. this has zero to do with the credit crisis in 08. you had the crisis but you...

Lot more to fill up your cars this year. thats the word from analysts who say the price of gas is now at an all-time high for this point in any year. circle a reports the current national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is 3.35. twenty-seven cents higher than this same time last year when prices hit a record. lets go state by state now. hawaii, 4.03 already. alaska, 3.87. california on average, 3.67. here in new york, 3.61. keep in mind, in a few months, refineries will switch over to t...

Thats the word from analysts who say the price of gas is now at an all-time high for this point in any year. circle a reports the current national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is 3.35. twenty-seven cents higher than this same time last year when prices hit a record. lets go state by state now. hawaii, 4.03 already. alaska, 3.87. california on average, 3.67. here in new york, 3.61. keep in mind, in a few months, refineries will switch over to that more expensive summer blend. thats wh...

jobless numbers, all these candidates on the stump today in new hampshire and south carolina say they can do better on the the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job-creating records that dont stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectac...

say they can do better on the the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job-creating records that dont stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. >> there are a lot of people still hurtin...

thats what the experts say is driving the election. jobs and jobless numbers. all candidates on the stump today in new hampshire and south carolina say they can do better on the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job creating records that dont stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration got a little harder to make. thats because new job numbers came out. unemployment fell down two-tenths of a percent. these are decent, not spectacular...

some are making claims about their own job-creating records that dont stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. >> there are a lot of people still hurting out there after losing more thain 8 million jobs in the recessio...

High profile supporters governor haley and senator john mccain who won south carolina in 08. nbcs ron mott now joins me from keene, new hampshire where rick santorum campaigned earlier this morning. ron, what kind of reception is rick santorum getting in keene today after the controversial comment the moment that he had yesterday at new england college? >> well, good morning, thomas. he had a group of serenading protesters out here. im not sure whether the former senator was able to hear what th...