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in northern florida, interstate 75 is closed after a string of crashes overnight that killed at least nine people. officials tell us the highway will be closed in that area for most of today. the sheriffs office says visibility was poor because of smoke from a nearby brushfire. all right, in just two days, floridas primary, most delegate rich contest so far. and candidate newt gingrich is heading into it with a new endorsement. >> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt...

Nonnative south carolina, republican voter, think country club republican, military voters, it was dead even. newt ran dead even with him among veterans and veterans is a huge chunk. the mccain coalition basically wasnt there for romney. newt cut into that in a way that, that mike huckabee couldnt do four years ago. and it just underscores the other thing. as we keep going forward, these electorates actually get more conservative. so if newt gets through, its going to be a conservative electorat...

Bandwagon? are we going to start seeing a bunch of endorsements from the next couple of days? >> chuck, first happy new year and congratulations on the second anniversary of your show, great job. >> yes, very nice, thank you sir. >> youre welcome. mitts done something nobodys done for about 35 years or so and thats to win iowa and new hampshire back to back. different electorates and i think its certainly pretty impressive to have done that and hes been the steady one, 21% to 30% along the way a...

The economic situation of the states, the unemployment rates as well as the very vast difference in the electorates, is that why these others will potentially hang on and go ugly against mitt romney? >> i think its personal hate. >> good lord, it seems -- >> they can try, but at the end of the day, i dont think it works in south carolina. if you told me that newt was going to spend $5 million showing clips of mitt romney from 1994 saying that he was pro-choice and pro-gun control and pro-gay mar...

Not talking about beating romney, im talking about beating paul and gingrich, why not? >> well, again, new hampshire marches to the beat of its own drummer to begin with. the second thing is, theyre distinctly different electorates, in hawaii six out of every ten voters are evangelicals, protestants, strong social conservatives. in new hampshire one of the most secular less than a quarter evangelical and born again. and marches to the tune of a different drummer. south carolina, however, pays at...

Not talking about beating romney, im talking about beating paul and gingrich, why not? >> well, again, new hampshire marches to the beat of its own drummer to begin with. the second thing is, theyre distinctly different electorates, in hawaii six out of every ten voters are evangelicals, protestants, strong social conservatives. in new hampshire one of the most secular less than a quarter evangelical and born again. and marches to the tune of a different drummer. south carolina, however, pays at...

Romney, im talking about beating paul and gingrich, why not? >> well, again, new hampshire marches to the beat of its own drummer to begin with. the second thing is, theyre distinctly different electorates, in hawaii six out of every ten voters are evangelicals, protestants, strong social conservatives. in new hampshire one of the most secular less than a quarter evangelical and born again. and marches to the tune of a different drummer. south carolina, however, pays attention to what happens in...

Romney, im talking about beating paul and gingrich, why not? >> well, again, new hampshire marches to the beat of its own drummer to begin with. the second thing is, theyre distinctly different electorates, in hawaii six out of every ten voters are evangelicals, protestants, strong social conservatives. in new hampshire one of the most secular less than a quarter evangelical and born again. and marches to the tune of a different drummer. south carolina, however, pays attention to what happens in...

Romney is going to win new hampshire. so new hampshire just doesnt like to be told by iowa effectively, is that what youre saying, who the leader is? >> they like to make a separate decision and theyre two very different electorates. they look at politics differently even though theyre in the same party. it would make sense given the historical pattern. >> given the historical pattern, which of the two is the pattern of who is more electable? >> new hampshire has a better record than iowa does. ...

Party thats split between people in the far extreme and people who want a mor moderate place and youre about to go into the heat of the primaries that is going to draw the candidates to the right, to the right, to the right, where will that be in terms of consistency when they try to come out and appeal to middle america? >> what do you think about that? >> i think shell be the first one that primaries are for primary electorates and people can move to the one side to the other. four years ago t...