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Enough life to see newt gingrich as the possible nominee of the republican party? how do you feel about that? >> well ill have to divide the question as you can do in a parliamentary situation. leaving my life aside, yeah, i think a very real chance he will be the nominee, i think an analogy odd as it may seem to the 1972 democratic race. mitt romney is looking like ed muskie, a very responsible guy, he was somewhat thoughtful, he was much more substantive, i dont mean to dishonor him by compari...

History. is that an electability issue or you dont agree with them today what they think. >> i think they are legitimate in saying -- they realize how bad this bill is and every republican up there and every republican thats been up there wants to repeal obamacare. question is winning the election on this issue, which is if not the central issue in this campaign, certainly one of the top two or three. and we have someone who is badly compromised by having put a plan together that was the model f...

Goes up against $1 billion obama machine? >> and thats the prism, right? the question has been for a year and a half, for a lot of establishment republicans, could mitt romney take a punch? very few were thrown at him let alone landed on him for the better part of a year. and now unforced errors. >> punching himself. >> he now looks like this guy who has kind of lost control of his public image and hes got -- part of him being portrayed and getting caricatured of gordon gekko, and part as ritchi...

Here in south carolina, its all coming down to electability. thats what mitt romney hopes. his super pac started to make the case that romneys rivals just cant win. listen to this one that goes after rick santorum. >> rick santorums been in washington so long, hes called the ultimate washington insider. santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times and for billions in wasteful earmarks. >> joining me now, former democratic governor of south carolina, governor jim hodges. you get to play obse...

Conservative but im not perfect. president bushs signature initiative with no child left behind, i voted for it, i shouldnt have. it was something that i said and ill say publicly that we should repeal. in fact, we should repeal all of the federal governments role in primary and secondary education. if you give me the opportunity, ill do that. >> explanation, people of south carolina need? >> well, i think it was a good explanation. you know, rick santorum like so many of the other folks in this...

Guess willingness to say these things more openly in south carolina than in other parts of the country. so, i think youll have some people who really come together around that idea. people who would ordinarily perhaps be inclined for someone that does not express openly evangelical religious views, but likely that they are going to find community around the idea that they cannot have a black president again. i think that race is the critical point. >> you have the electability issue. and santoru...

good evening. tonight, newt gingrich giving mitt romney a run for his money in south carolina. a new poll shows the former speaker trailing by four points. almost within the margin of error and much closer than just a week ago. could south carolina be newts comeback state? heres what he had to say about that. >> i think im going to win south carolina on a liberal conservative split where i represent conservative and romney represents a massachusetts view. second, i hope to win on jobs....

tonight, newt gingrich giving mitt romney a run for his money in south carolina. a new poll shows the former speaker trailing by four points. almost within the margin of error and much closer than just a week ago. could south carolina be newts comeback state? heres what he had to say about that. >> i think im going to win south carolina on a liberal conservative split where i rupt reagan conservatism and georgia conservatism, and romney represents a massachusetts modern view. second, i...

hes here tonight, outfront. lets go. tonight, newt gingrich giving mitt romney a run for his money in south carolina. a new poll shows the former speaker trailing by four points. almost within the margin of error and much closer than just a week ago. could south carolina be newts comeback state? heres what he had to say about that. >> i think im going to win south carolina on a liberal conservative split where i rupt reagan conservatism and georgia conservatism, and romney represents a...

Are the questions like, who do you think and who do you believe? especially the electability issue. well run 38, 9% in these polls -- >> no, doug, tell me what poll hes in the lead in. i look at the polls and i say theres not sanl poll that indicates he has any chance. is there any poll i missed that shows him winning in a state or winning nationwide? >> yes, every one of those polls that i just mentioned to you, when they pit barack obama against ron paul -- >> now, ron paul against mitt romney...