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Hes running third. in the national poll, hes second. the money is going to be key, goes back to your point, gretchen, the reason why i think santorum isnt making a big deal of it, hes already benefitting. people say where did you come from? i had 3% and being ignored and now hes got more press following him than anybody else. meanwhile, big pat on the back and a boost for his credibility, charles krauthammer says hes a formidable foe and gives a worthy challenge and writes a nice column about hi...

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Necessary to appear. this past weekend the former speakers campaign put out a statement. on on knowledge a failed system excludes four out of six candidates. they should have the right to vote for any top contender. >> in new hampshire, according to a new boston globe ball, mitt romney leads the pack with a wide margin, 79%. jon huntsman is in fourth place with 11%. and whoever is whom nate goes against president obama has their work cut out for them. for the first time since the summer more ame...

Every time they do something it tends to make mitt romney look more and more like the one contender in the republican field who is actually a potential president. he now has the money to spend. hes on the air. its to waz in and it be poised for a victory in iowa. should he achieve that and its awfully hard to see how they get any traction going forward. >> you point out in your piece in vanity fair that in a certain way, what romney has been up against all year is the one liner. there is no more...

Danny goeky, his story coming up. >> but first we begin with new reaction after a stunning development in the 2012 g.o.p. presidential race. did you hear about this one? this is a doozy. front runner news gingrich failing to make the primary ballot in the key battle ground state of virginia and hes not alone. several of the major candidates also denied, the gingrich campaign releasing a statement. quote. only a failed system excludes four out of the and voters access to the battle. voters deserv...

>> the president cannot figure out that its-- im using mild words here. utterly irrational to say im now going to veto a middle class tax cut to protect left wing environmental extremist ins san francisco so that were going to kill american jobs, weaken american energy, make us more vulnerable to the iranians and did so in a way that makes sense to no rational american. >> and president obamas decision to suspend work on keystone pipeline. mr. gingrich had the center podium on thursday night and...

Independent. i say when you start moving into politics as entertainment, which is exactly what this is, and when you put an show and say afterwards you might pick your favorite contender, this becomes more politics as entertainment as opposed to politics as part of a serious dialogue that this country has been waiting for. and i say we need to get back to the issues, we need to get back to the kind of discussion, sean, that im going to be regular with newt gingrich and new hampshire in a few sho...

Adviser david axelrod took a jab at the republican contenders latest ad. >> i was amused by the newt gingrich ad, by the way, because he talked about hes going to bring the country together to solve problems. you talk about the godfather of gridlock here, the guy who, you know, two decades ago really invented the kind of tactics that have now become commonplace in washington so this is a whole new newt. >> we heard it here first, the obama case against newt? >> i think it may be the publics case...

Leather. so, for example, in a republican caucus fight, you want to get the support of social conservatives, because a lot of those pass totors have networks members that they work. and in a democratic fight, you want to get support from organized labor. but endorsements of individual politicians or newspapers, i dont think they make much difference. >> howard, is there any prospect that ron paul wins in iowa, builds on that, and puts himself on a path to capturing to gop nomination? >> well, we...

Things at the same time: one, dodge the bullets for rivals, newt gingrich were talking about, two, not shoot himself in the foot which a lot of former colleagues could say could ago challenge and three, build an organization, all contemporaneously and not just in iowa and new hampshire but basically around the country. its a big, big challenge and frankly the romney campaign is arguing that over time, it may come down to a 2-person race and long battle, but theyve got more infrastructure to outl...