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I take him at his word that hess ooh a chingd paern and not attacking him on that basis. im saying this is a guy who never has run anything. i dont think on-the-job training should be the president of the united states. hes done great things for our party over the years and for our country. the fact of the matter is, i dont believe his record stacks up to governor romneys record in that regard. >> what about this electability question? you heard what i challenged speaker gingrich with which is t...

Ronald reagan was much more i think a newt gingrich of a happy warrior. >> the question is whether anger like the realization of we are mad as hell and we cant take it any more and we are not going to take it any more does that play over the long haul or start to turn off voters? juan? >> earlier we were talking about this. i think it is almost a take radio aesthetic. a conservative talk radio passion that i think a lot of the voters are responding to that is coming from newt gingrich. >> people...

Times and been an embarrassment to the parity. you remember these times. you were here. i dont need to regail the country with that entire list except to say, im not saying he will do that in the future, but sometimes past is prologue. >> is this an issue that governor romney makes more strongly? is character an issue in this campaign? >> im not talking about character. im talking about how you conducted yourself in office and what that record indicates. i take him at his word that hess ooh a ch...

Make campaign structure less important? >> i think the big number to stare at, the 53% in south carolina who decided just in the last few days. you get a pretty good feel about which way they are deciding after that gingrich win in the debate. and then the 45% who say electability is the most important issue. thats the issue tonight. the issue tonight i think for gingrich is, does his number in whatever he scores here, how much harm does it do? to romneys inevitability as the leader on electabil...

But look at this poll, joe. i dont know if youve seen this yet this morning. >> yeah. >> which candidate has the best shot at beating president obama? mitt romney, 65%. this is among likely primary voters in the state of new hampshire, 65% say he has the best shot. number two on that list, joe, newt gingrich at 9%. the number two guy is at 9%. so a 56-point split between on the electability question in new hampshire. >> yeah, you know right now, willie, everything looks like its going mitt romne...

Perspective. >> i think, bret, it is remarkable achievement and testament to his determination and his ability as a candidate. you know, it also raises this issue. the knock on rick santorum and you see it reflected to some extent in entrance polls where he doesnt do well on the electability question and that of course, dates from his loss in 2006 in his senate re-election campaign by, what, 17 points or 18 points to democrat bob casey. i think that has been a burden for him to carry and it will...

Perspective. >> i think, bret, it is remarkable achievement and testament to his determination and his ability as a candidate. you know, it also raises this issue. the knock on rick santorum and you see it reflected to some extent in entrance polls where he doesnt do well on the electability question and that of course, dates from his loss in 2006 in his senate re-election campaign by, what, 17 points or 18 points to democrat bob casey. i think that has been a burden for him to carry and it will...

Looking at tomorrow, the electability question. and, so lets take a look at that. this is "the des moines register" poll. what does this tell you about what iowa voters are thinking? >> well, it tells you that this is really good news for mitt romney. mitt romney has been selling himself on somebody who can beat barack obama. one thing that unites all republicans this election season they want to beat barack obama. you look at this number for mitt romney. 48% say he is the most electable. gingri...

Electability question. this is "the des moines register" poll. what does this tell about you what iowa voters are thinking? >> well, it tells you that this is really good news for mitt romney. mitt romney has been selling himself on somebody who can beat barack obama. one thing that unites all republicans this election season is they want to beat barack obama. you look at this number for mitt romney. 48% say he is the most electable. gingrich is trying to sell himself that way. ron paul says he ...

Partly because of the states ethanol and farm-based economy. now the economy is still not doing great. there are a lot of issues there. voters may be less concerned about it than say florida, or south carolina where unemployment its 10%. how big a role the economy played in deciding who to support tomorrow is something well be watching as results come in and well do that with the help of our magic wall. gloria borger will be with us. >> write down a new name for this. john king has a magic wall....