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Jobs and also want leadership. they want character in a president. in recent days we have learned that four different women have accused you of inappropriate behavior. here we are focusing on character and judgment. [boos] >> you have been a ceo, why should the american people hire a president if they feel there are character issues? >> the american people deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion based on unfounded accusations. [ applause ] >> laura: newt gingrich c...

>> somebody who decided not to go to the spin room afterwards to take on questions was herman cain although he did take on the question about his character during the actual debate. you have to listen to this whole snippet if you missed it because maybe the most interesting part about the answer is what happened during the question. watch this. >> mr. cain, the american people want jobs but they also want leadership. they want character in a president. in recent days, we have learned that four d...

White-knuckled moments where you could almost hear him saying, line, line. it was painful to watch. but once you have the pity of the american public, youve also lost their vote. >> and steve, this is one of those debates everybody was watching just to see, how is herman cain going to handle it? and also, not just how is he going to handle it, but how is it going to come up? it wasnt clear to me in a cnbc economics debate, how you could bring this up. but lets see exactly how it did come up in t...

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Here were focusing on character and on judgment. youve been a ceo. >> yes. >> why should the american people hire a president if they feel there are character issues? >> the american people deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion based on unfounded accusations. thats what thats about. over the last nine days, the voters have voted with their noggins, and theyre saying, they dont care about the character assassination, they care about leadership. >> would you keep h...

People hire a president if they feel there are character issues? >> the american people deserve better than someone being tried in the court of public opinion based on unfounded accusations. thats what that -- [cheers and applause] and i value my character and my integrity more than anything else. over the last nine days the voters have voted with their dollars and they are saying, they dont care about the character assassination. they care about leadership and getting this economy growing and a...

That some jurors thought that he might be responsible not just for an accident or a coverup but for a murder. >> it was just -- it was just one of those things where we -- because he was there and there is a gray area there, he was in question. for -- for us, just being, having some character issues when he was on that stand and he was there. he was there at the time on that day that all the gray area is happening with us. and that puts him in that mix. it put him in the mix for us. >> if this w...

Details about al qaeda members who live there, they are directly contacting those countries and keeping a close eye on homeland security as well. >> peter alexander joining us, thank you very much. a new nbc news poll shows a mixed picture for president obama after the killing of osama bin laden. the poll puts the presidents overall job approval at 52%. thats a small bump from 49% last month within the margin of error. however the president did get an approval rating boost on foreign policy at...

Does he this for a living. i likes winning elections. he sees someone like her as an amateur. if you look at that first interview, there was something denigrating in the voice. >> whats why tea paerlt love to hate. the big shots telling them theyre amateurs even though theyre voters. >> he talked about her character issues, you know, things she -- nutty things she said. i think someone like rove, he doesnt want a republican like that, even if there were no character issues. doesnt want a republi...