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45-41. this was interesting. obama, santorum 44-44. after this hat trick by rick santorum the other night has rick santorum can he take this from romney? >> i believe he can. the reason is first of all ive been saying the candidate who presents the strongest con trat tras to obama conservatives will get behind. conservatives have been waiting to see, there an electability factor and lot are jumping on the bandwagon. >> and i have a deep opinion. >> clearly the narrative republican voters are not...

Of thoats those moments, could even you get behind him? >> that not going to happen. i think newt is more like brutus. he says he will go all the way to the end and all that will do is hurt mitt romney. newt gingrich is the anti-candidate. hes anti-loud audience, anti-silent audience. hes a grumpy old man, sad sack sore loser. megyn: what about rick santorum. he tried to keep it above board. he has been louded as the most conservative in this race. but why arent we discussing him? >> its going t...

Debates where his performance was not as strong. does the electability factor go up and down depending on the debate performance. >> reporter: youve got it. if you like somebody you think he ise isee electable. it may be a ration my liization, someone who wants to vote for mitt romney or newt gingrich could say they aree are electable. megyn: no more debates before tomorrow nights big, big event in florida. we will be on special coverage at 8:00. we have new polling for newt gingrich today. if y...

Has had executive elected experience. thats the only person i think we have left in the game who can turn the economy around. >> what about the electability factor. if you want to change the post, heretofore it was thought that mitt romney was the most electable candidate. if you look at the exit polls on south carolina on this issue it showed that newt gingrich was the one to get 51% to 37% for mitt romney. so what will -- will that carry over to florida? >> it was in response to an unfair medi...

And they dont think hes going to win. so whats the sell? im not sure he knows what he stands for. and that makes it harder too. >> shes raising the electability factor. democrats have 75 house districts and need to plan at least 50 of them if they hope to win back the 25 seats they need for her to become speaker again.

Romney could win, they might be more enthusiastic about him. but they dont share -- they question what he stands for. and they dont think hes going to win. so whats the sell? im not sure he knows what he stands for. and that makes it harder too. >> shes raising the electability factor. democrats have 75 house districts and need to plan at least 50 of them if they hope to win back the 25 seats they need for her to become speaker again. . i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i wan...

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Hn new hampshire and jumped up significantly, quadrupling it. >> lets look ahead to the debates this weekend. this is a preview of how gingrich is going to go after romney. here it is. >> but ive always been very confident in this race because i dont believe, you know, the state that produced michael dukakis, john kerry and mitt romney, is not going to produce the republican nominee. thats just a fact. >> joy-ann, hows this going to work for him? >> its interesting because the problem for romney...

Hn new hampshire and jumped up significantly, quadrupling it. >> lets look ahead to the debates this weekend. this is a preview of how gingrich is going to go after romney. here it is. >> but ive always been very confident in this race because i dont believe, you know, the state that produced michael dukakis, john kerry and mitt romney, is not going to produce the republican nominee. thats just a fact. >> joy-ann, hows this going to work for him? >> its interesting because the problem for romney...

Mormons in the race for president. yet he is emphasizing religion far less than candidates like rick santorum and rick perry who strongly courted evangelicals in iowa. entry polls found some didnt vote for mitt romney because of his religion. we know your dad has said that iowa picks corn and not presidents but with that as an example does your father have a national electability issue because of religious conservatives? >> you know, i think the electability factor is his biggest strength. i don...