the book on election cliff hangers. here in florida. that s how important florida is. only one thing is certain in this contest. expect the unexpected. you have three candidates who have won three primaries. you re going to have to make a decision. which of the three should become our nominee. i think you know. tonight, the candidates, together, in jacksonville, florida. newt gingrich, the south carolina winner. hoping to capitalize on his recent victory and his strong record in debates. not that i am a good debater. it is that articulate the deepest values of the american people. mitt romney. the new hampshire winner. trying to broaden his appeal and reclaim the title of front-runner. we re not choosing a talk show host. we re choosing the person who should be the leader of the free world. rick santorum. the iowa winner. looking for a new burst of momentum, after his upset in the heartland. there was one race that was in nobody s backyard. and we won th
tonight, the final faceoff before florida voters choose. a presidential race that s breaking all the rules. it comes to a state that wrote the book on election cliff hangers. here in florida. that s how important florida is. only one thing is certain in this contest. expect the unexpected. you have three candidates who have won three primaries. you re going to have to make a decision. which of the three should become our nominee. i think you know. tonight, the candidates, together, in jacksonville, florida. newt gingrich, the south carolina winner. hoping to capitalize on his recent victory and his strong record in debates. not that i am a good debater. it is that articulate the deepest values of the american people. mitt romney. the new hampshire winner. trying to broaden his appeal and reclaim the title of front-runner. we re not choosing a talk show host. we re choosing the person who should be the leader of the free world. rick santorum. the iowa w
weeks because is he now the frontrunner. at the end of the day his organization as has not gone away. you won t pull paul people away from paul. shepard: you can remind people of his previous positions on things. for instance, that iran is entitled in some way to something nuclear. that s just getting started. that s just getting started. he has a lot of rubbish that was written in the past. he has been pretty radical and some of that stuff will get exposed today. but he has a die hard following. foreign policy is nuts. not going to be the nominee of this party. but at the end of the day he basically could be a spoiler. shepard: is he the guy that would do that though? i don t know. he clearly has supporters out there and if hes is not treated with respect. particularly if he does well in iowa. you know, he basically can do anything he wants to do. he is an old man who basically and i say that as another old man who is not going to run for re-election. we get not treated with r