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Politics, which is dont let an attack go unanswered. he tried to stay above it in part i think because he knew his own history suggested if he went hard against those it would be bring up the bad side of newt people remembered. he was in a very difficult position. i think those ads did a tremendous amount of damage to him. >> his greatest moment over the many, many debates we had that catapulted him up in the polls. woe went into this big period, a couple weeks where there were no debates, and i...

Or whatever, you know, i think maybe saying i bet you a quarter might have been the better move. >> shannon: hes unabashed about his faith hes ramping up that advertising tone now in high what. >> -- in iowa >> yes, according to the exit polls four years ago 60% of the people who came to the iowa caucuses and voted describe themselves as evangelicals. theres a strong strain and hes reaching out for them. he has an ad up now which is not subtle. he says im a christian, im not ashamed of. accuses ...

That makes perfect sense. it would be shocking, wouldnt it, if hes seven or eight points up in the state of ohio at this economy, at this stage? >> i think thats right. i think you touched on it. how they go into a state like ohio is going to say a lot about how this campaign unfolds. >> the obama team is really practiced at that. >> they are. >> the gingrich and/or romney team is not. they never had to do that before. >> we got an ad up from rick perry in iowa, where hes spending a lot of money...

43%. thats better than john kerrys 41% so it wasnt about race no matter what congressman joe walsh says. next, former massachusetts governor mitt romney met with business folks yesterday at the legendary chicagos pizza place, genos east. he tweeted great deep dish at ginoseast, sending slices to barack obama and his chicago hq team. along with the tweet was this photo of the delivery guy about to head to the obama campaign offices? was it an attempt at a fun prank? his spokesperson said it was j...

Moving their vehicles in their fleets to more energy-efficient cars and trucks, either using alternative fuels or just more efficient vehicles. so which companies? ups, at&t, fedex, pepsico and verizon have all agreed to do this, and their goal, the presidents, is to cut the u.s. oil imports by one-third by 2025. and todays april fools day. so far no one has pulled a gag on me, im waiting, but the republican senatorial campaign committee did pull a gag. they have a new ad up on youtube, but its ...

Congress. its sickening. thank you. we really appreciate it. >> thank you very much. now joining me is adam green. theyve got their own ads up. adam, i want to ask you about that, you guys scrounge together $22 a person, you put this money together. hey, weve got an ad up and these guys come in with $750,000 and already outspend you. how do you feel about that? >> well, actually, were still feeling pretty good. as you said, 24,000 people have now chipped in $550,000 for our ad, which is located ...

Necessary to put an ad up, however big a buy it is, i dont think it is to be that much of a buy, more to be part of the conversation, that they would need to do something on a state issue in a state place. that means this is a national conversation going on, and i think it shows that the republicans think at least for now that theyre on the wrong side of it. >> howard, is there any tags that the governor may be looking for a way out with these deadlines hes setting? some of these deadlines seem ...

Their colleague, governor walker. lets take a look. >> it is a sea of red ink in madison. while senate democrats are fleeing their responsibility, governor walker is leading. balancing the budget without raising taxes, so wisconsin will be open for business again, and asking state employees to contribute to their own benefits just like everyone else. in wisconsin, leaders dont run away from tough problems like the senate democrats. instead, they stand and lead like governor scott walker. >> howa...

Lets clean it up. stop obama and his union bosses today. the republican national committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> we should point out that we did invite tim kaine who heads up the dnc to show him his ad but he did decline. now, in that ad, sir, you are linking the president of the united states with whats going on out there. although hes kind of tried to distance himself after he initially sided with the unions. >> well, he jumped in the fray and the reason the pr...

>> is he digging a deeper hole by putting this ad up or is it just his style and he can get away with this if he happens to get an attorney. >> well, look. this guy will do anything to be visible. hes a five-alarm screwball. theres absolutely nothing there. and the fact is that this is consistent with the way this guy does. he will do anything. hes now selling bear scratch devices and stuff like that out on the internet. there is no basis for it. if a suit is filed, i have to tell you this, the ...