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Given his more moderate pedigree, given the health care plan that he passed in massachusetts, given that in the past he has been pro-choice and pro-gay rights, i think i understate the case to say that he has some work to do. now, the good news for romney is that this is not his first time around the track. remember, joe, that when he came to the podium that is just behind me right now four years ago, he was welcomed as a conservative hero who had taken on john mccain from the right. so hes buil...

Of straw vote of conservatives, and they went dramatically. >> well, you know, chuck, youve covered this stuff for years. so you know that in 2008, mike huckabee spent a nickel in georgia and beat john mccain. he probably spent a dime in virginia and beat john mccain. what was that a sign of in 2008? it was a sign that john mccain, if he were to become the nominee had a lot of work to do to excite, energize, and effectively court the evangelical pro-family and conservative grass roots of the rep...

Won three. rick santorum needs newt gingrich to get out of the race or the voters to collapse his support and come over to him decisively. if there are two candidates splitting the conservative vote, looking ahead at the remaining contest and going on to super tuesday, i think it means that its big trouble for those candidates. >> what do you make of santorum winning where president obama won? minnesota, iowa, missouri, colorado? i went to the newt gingrich event the other night and they werent ...

>> jamie: a run-up to the florida republican primary, newt gingrich and romney camps are going negative and what could be the most important electoral contest we have seen yet. newt gingrich spoke with our chris wallace on fox news sunday. and gave his predictions for this tuesday. >> we had a poll day before yesterday, we were tied, and we had the two polls this morning that show santorum and i collectively are bigger than mitt romney and mitt romney beats me as long as we split the conservativ...

And the shear amount of r money they raise on wall street. >> chris: six days before the south carolina primary, you predicted correctly -- and i think you could sense momentumsi there that you were gog win that race andca you won by 12 points. all right. its two days before the florida primary. whats going to happen in florida? >> i think its going to be very close. we had a poll day before yesterday that we were tied. we had the two polls thisat morning that show that santorum and i collective...

Base groups that he needs between party. that is what he built, based on that very strong performance in south carolina. >> yet, here is florida, which is such an interesting state historically as we think of the 2000 election, it a diverse state. even in the republican primary, the abilil t the ability, he can make the case that he is a stronger candidate because you are right, if theres a tea party candidate and conservative alternative, its newt gingrich that is emerging to be that person, sa...

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He bases it on his career. he is running for president, i think he owes the country a much more detailed answer about what his career was like, what decisions they made. because were looking at the judgment, values of a particular person, not of a system, but one guy, mitt romney who wants to be president. >> sean: you keep using the term massachusetts moderate. i think most people recognize you are conservative. doing that between you, rick perry, rick santorum you are slitting the conservative...

Remains wide open and all three of you are saying the same thing. is there a chance you split the conservative vote you all seem to be appealing for tonight? >> well, i think that the campaign that we put together here in south carolina is really strong. i have got the speaker of the house, endorsed, aen really serious conservatives and thats a message thats going to resonate with people from south carolina. and people who get it from the standpoint we need an individual whos got a track record ...