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Getting killed in the polls. in large part its because hes very far to the right. hes also tied to governor bob macdonald who has had had ethics problems. and the government shutdown. the republican identification with the government shutdown, i think, was a huge factor in this race. and will be a huge factor on election day. >> i always see interesting coincidents. coincidental facts. a third that say they dont like the republican party nationally say theyre voting against cuccinelli in the oth...

And few tried harder to block voting in 2012s election than this guy, colorado secretary of state gessler. he sent letters to almost 4,000 colorado voters, questioning if they were eligible to vote. in the end, gesslers office found problems only with 141 people, or 0.004% of the states voters. and he didnt even prove that number. but now the guy who was so worried about election integrity is running into ethics problems of his own. colorados ethics commission has decided gessler improperly used...

Recovery from her very serious condition, there will a huge clamor to simple change this rule permanently. >> absolutely. >> if that was the circumstance, would you be in favor of that? >> i would. i think you should give kids more points. and i think if the data shows small survival differences, i think a lot of americans would say okay, lets put kids in there and give them a shot just because theyre kids. the problem, piers, looking at this whole thing a lot of other people may be saying i thi...

>> if sarah finds a donor, and its successful and she makes a recovery from her very serious condition, there will a huge clamor to change this rule permanently. >> absolutely. >> if that was the circumstance, would you be in favor of that? >> i would. i think you should give kids more points. and i think if the data shows small survival differences, i think a lot of americans would say okay, lets put kids in there and give them a shot just because theyre kids. the problem, piers, looking at thi...

Dont have all of the medical facts either, but it just seems arbitrary to me so im going to open the door right now. >> if sarah finds a donor, and its successful and she makes a recovery from her very serious condition, there will a huge clam or to change this rule permanently. >> absolutely. >> if that was the circumstance, would you be in favor of that? >> i would. i think you should give kids more points. and i think if the data shows small survival differences, i think a lot of americans wo...

Very personally passionate about. when the dream act didnt get through, people were crying in the white house. the president was hugging people who were emotional about it. its something that he cared about his whole life and he will continue fighting for continue fighting for t. >> republicans on the hill and even democrats said to us, lead us, mr. president. you need to set up the framework. >> want him to take basically -- nobody has the gut to us take on this issue politically in the senate ...

Off, here he comes out swinging. there was a long history, he was the senate majority leader while newt gingrich came up and became speaker of the house. and he was senator majority leader when gingrich was preventing a lot of bush 41s initiatives. >> newt will have an adverse effect on those running for state and local offices. it was his way or the highway, and he talks about mounting ethics problems, he said that even he went to bob dole and dole helped him get a line of credit to pay off his...

Live in tampa, florida. the weather keeps getting better for you. that is a positive. tell us a little bit of what is going on in florida. how does the race look at this moment? >> reporter: newt gingrich is about to hold his first event in florida since winning the south carolina primary. hell do so in tam path. he has been all over the air waves in news coverage. this will be his first personal appearance. he comes in here from a huge head of steam from his victory. there are polls that sugges...

Governor christie has said that. just release -- >> he will. martha: it makes people start to wonder. is there something that hes worried about in there? >> people should be wondering about what you had in the last segment and that is newt gingrichs ethics problems. contrary to what mr. livingston said three out of four on that ethics committee voted against mr. gingrich. the issues were so bad that his own leadership kicked heupbl out of the leadership. it is important to note that nancy pelosi...

Establishment. >> romney is more conservative than newt on the issues. thats not what it is about. it is about the fact that romney appears to be an establishment candidate. thats not true at all. thats the optics. >> and also newt seems like the guy that can take it to obama and romney is too nice. newt is going to go in there and fight him. a lot of people say newt is a flawed candidate. but arent we all flawed candidates? >> yes, a short answer, yes. what was that question? >> i would say -- ...