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And kept on hitting himself. >> kept on going, kept on smiling. there was one moment where he lost his cool a little bit with michele bachmann, pushed back a little bit hard. that was the one time you saw sort of old newt. but absolutely, he is continuing his momentum streak. he had real energy at his event in iowa this weekend. i was there. mitt romney did not have comparable energy. mitt romney has a problem on his hands. >> when we talk about mitt romney, new hampshire, iowa is a stretch for ...

Led debate were fairly interesting and dead on in that it will probably get a lot more attention than some of the ones we had up until now. having said all that, that is what happens. the race starts to crystallize and whoever the republican nominee is there is not a candidate in the race that in my opinion as a republican would not be able to give obama a run for the money if not ultimately defeat him. >> judge jeanine: do you think that the fact that gingrich doesnt run as well against obama a...

With president obama and really belittling president obamas intellect and academic credentials and saying hes ready to stand up. his electability argument. hes done it to the other candidates and with the press whenever he talks to the press. its an interesting gambit. i think a lot of debates up until now for many americans, especially in general electric, this sort of im smarter than you conned session can be off-putting, but it seems to be working right now for him. >> but, you know, barack o...

Obama, but youre afraid to show up with donald trump is it i think it strikes me as kind of a very weak position. i dont know why people would do that. >> thats the evil genius, michael, newt gingrich. >> bingo. >> hes turned around what was a show of -- a profile in courage by mr. romney and not bowing to donald trump and turned it into a weasel act of him walking away from what looks to be a scaredy cat situation. its a weird thing ive been watching this guy newt. he can turn anything around d...

Rounding up the bipartisan votes they needed to get that thing past. new jersey governor chris christie is one of the romney surrogates making romneys electability argument for him. >> he is the only person who i believe can legitimately take the fight to barack obama this november. and so as republicans, we know we love our party, but i will tell you that if youre looking for the candidate who agrees with you on everything, buy a mirror. okay? buy a mirror. >> reischea pero, white house corre...

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Whole sale like it d to mccain. you can talk to the president all day everyday but going on cable is not the general way for digging your way out of a hole. >> what is the scene inside romney headquarters these days? you get the feeling that they are now just in the day-to-day panic about what the next move is. >> yeah. the problem is theyve been running this -- well, really, it is the clinton campaign pr 2008. the electability argument is great for as long as it lasts. when it collapses youve g...

Which is not being up at all. its 49%, 48%. thats essentially a tie. certainly romneys electability argument is strengthened by the cnn poll. >> yes. i think national polls at this point are largely meaningless. the truth is, the country, though mitt romney is a well known commodity, the country doesnt know rick perry. dont look at the head to heads against these republicans. look at what the presidents favorability rating is, what the right track, wrong track ratings are. when he sees his appro...

Of the polling, people would have said, mitt romney is beginning to take control, gain the upper hand in the republican race and give barack obama a lot of things to worry about. >> the president is ahead of the republican front-runners in national polling. we have a cnn poll showing the president beats rick perry 51% to 46%. the president versus mitt romney, hes up by one point which is not being up at all. its 49%, 48%. thats essentially a tie. certainly romneys electability argument is streng...

Course of the last five years. if he won the straw poll on top of the polling, people would have said, mitt romney is beginning to take control, gain the upper hand in the republican race and give barack obama a lot of things to worry about. >> the president is ahead of the republican front-runners in national polling. we have a cnn poll showing the president beats rick perry 51% to 46%. the president versus mitt romney, hes up by one point which is not being up at all. its 49%, 48%. thats essen...