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From the beginning of the debate. >> i think they were all nervous. they didnt know how it would play. they thought, heres a guy who is the front-runner, republicans arent supposed to be like that. theyre not supposed to go after each other. you go down to the wire, theyve got to do something. theyve got to slow him down. >> lets look at the tv ads. for month, all three of us were in iowa sitting in our hotel rooms. we would come home and watch the devastating super p.a.c. ads. late in the debat...

Ridiculous doesnt make it so. i was in iowa and couldnt get away from the ads run by your candidate again and again and again. >> theres nothing wrong with it. >> saturated with negativity and saying he isnt responsible. im asking you, is a candidate responsible -- >> hes not responsible. do you know what the law is? >> i know what the law is. were talking about how laws can be used should a candidate be -- should the candidate -- >> you guys have an agenda that you want to drive and you have no...

It is your millionaire friends giving the p.a.c. and you know some of the ads arent true. just say that. straightforward. [ applause ] >> well, of course its former staff of mine and of course the people who support me. they wouldnt be putting money into a p.a.c. that supports me if they didnt support me. with regards to their ads, i havent seen them. under the law, i cant direct their ads. i cant direct their ads. if theres anything in there thats wrong, i hope everything is taken out if its wr...

[ applause ] >> well, of course its former staff of mine and of course theyre people who support me. they wouldnt put money into i a p.a.c. if they didnt support me. with regards to the ads, i havent seen them. under the law, i cant direct their ads. speaker, hold on a second. i cant direct their ads. if theres anything in there thats wrong, i hope they take it out. i hope everything thats wrong is taken out. let me tell you this. the ad i saw said that youve been forced out of the speakership. ...

Ridiculous. just repeating the word ridiculous doesnt make it so. i was in iowa and couldnt get away from the ads run by your candidate again and again and again. >> theres nothing wrong with it. >> saturated with negativity and saying he isnt responsible. im asking you, is a candidate responsible -- >> hes not responsible. do you know what the law is? >> i know what the law is. were talking about how laws can be used should a candidate be -- should the candidate -- >> you guys have an agenda th...

Wants to get i -- some in the worst way, theres a lot of hatred out there, what do you think it will do to him in terms of coming out on the eve of the new hampshire primary. will it get him votes to be a serious man in the middle sm. >> i think it works in new hampshire. in south carolina, its dirty politics, its going to be nasty down there. can jon huntsman get his head above water? it remains tbd. stay with msnbc for our coverage of the republican presidential candidates debate just held. ...

Course is a fiction. of course its my ad. we maintain the fiction that its independent. its my forper staff that does it. its legal, but its fictional. >> that conversation was the high point of this campaign so far in terms of honesty. ended by him basically saying bean bag. you got to take this stuff. is he denying the truth of these ads and then he said maybe there were inaccuracies. >> there was a question about the abortion language in the ad. but newt comes back and says being look, i agre...

Should candidates be responsible for ads put on the air by their former staffers and friends in their interest? should they be responsible for the content of those ads? >> you guys are reveling and wallowing in ridiculous perception of whats going on. theres a law defining what can and cant be done by those p.a.c.s and all the candidates are following the law. to suggest that governor romney shouldnt know whats in that ad with all the clippings that have been out describing it, come on, stop bei...

Groups that were lodging charges against you, bringing up some old issues against you. now you have a former campaign spokesperson preparing attacks against romney calling him a predator at the -- you agreed with somebody who said that governor romney was a liar when he didnt take account for those attacks against you. are you consistent now as youre preparing to launch against governor romney? >> sure. >> how so? >> im consistent because i think you ought to have fact-based campaigns. the talk ...

Things that arent true. one ad in iowa said there is no difference between me and obama on right to life and second amendment rights that is 180° opposite from the truth. the fact is, i am pro-life, obama is pro-choice. the fact is, im for the right to bear arms, obama is for gun control. you couldnt be further part and yet that ad misinformed people and required us to go back and tell the truth just to undo the damage of an ad that was false. >> have you evolve on the issue of negative ads? it...