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Us to be finding out that oops, there is something out there that is a problem. we need to know it now. >> oops, he got the months right. but republican voters they dont seem to care too much about any of this right now because romneys numbers are on the move. hes got a 21 point lead in south carolina, according to the latest reuters poll. newt gingrich attacks on romneys bain capital record do not appear to be working. nationally romney has finally i guess broken out. he has jumped 17 points to...

Support behind another moderate and one of them bailing. >> moderates are backing moderates, that is sort of the bottom line. no surprise there. governor huntsman ran as a moderate trying to compete for governor mitt romney for the establishment moderate vote, and governor romney had a leg up on them, being the solid moderate that the establishment could get behind and governor huntsman continue track through that. >> reporter: usual supposeyou are supposed to get the talking point there that th...

Governor mitt romney. >> huntsman said he will now work on the trust deficit in our current politics. his website purged of many negative attacks on romney. he single this morning that huntsman support is irrelevant to his cause. >> moderates are backing moderates. thats the bottom line. its no surprise there. >> hes hardly got the base locked up with newt gingrich making the case that hes the better conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> no, i think the fact is if you look at the actual vo...

November, and now youre the most electable of the bunch. >> i think the opinion you heard is probably the real opinion that he holds. jon huntsman was the person who embodied the characteristic to reach the people. he speaks to the sensibilities. hes a young guy. four years from now folks will be having a similar conversation. >> rick santorums reaction was in part that moderates are backing moderates at this point. he dismissed in as anything that will get real traction. i want to get your reac...

In the polls. he endorsed when the largest newspaper endorsed him. he does not have currency to give, but to a agive to the ide that he gives up the pcht rarag vote to romney. >> lets look at what the views are in the race overall of santorum. >> moderates are backing moderates. that is sort of the bottom line. i think its important that we eventually consolidate this race and to the extent that that can happen through the voting process -- >> rick santorum, trying make a play for the conservati...

10:00 p.m. he put a call out to governor romney, acknowledging he would be endorsing romney at todays event. this would be a little suspect given the statements the two have made. it was just a week ago where he called out romney for putting party before country as has been a theme throughout the campaign and then in november, governor huntsman said of romney that he was unelectable, saying he lacked a certain core and had so many shifting positions that made him not a sufficient candidate. hunt...

Remark able leader and went to be his ambassador in china. >> this stage is divided because of attitudes like that. >> some of the other candidates responded, this is santorum, not entirely nice. >> moderates are backing moderates. that is sort of the bottom line, its no surprise there. governor huntsman ran as a moderate trying to compete for governor romney for establishment moderate vote and romney had a leg up on him as a solid moderate that the establishment could get behind. >> of course, ...

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President. >> huntsman calls it quits. >> today, i am suspending my campaign. >> ending a candidacy that was always better in theory than in practice. >> some have described jon huntsman as a media mirage all along. >> hes singing a new tune when it comes to mitt romney. >> i believe that candidate is governor mitt romney. >> hes praising mitt romney as the most electable. >> hes dropping out of the race today and throwing his support to the man he once called unelectable. >> moderates are backi...

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