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For president obama both republicans and independents that they want somebody who is going to stand and fight and what you saw with newt was the ability not just to lay out policy prescriptions but a willingness to stand and fight and i think that clearly paid off for him. i would watch santorum closely, though. i think he comes out of this in an interesting position. all of the focus is going to go to florida and i think you will see santorum look beyond that. florida is winner take all. not mu...

For president obama both republicans and independents that they want somebody who is going to stand and fight and what you saw with newt was the ability not just to lay out policy prescriptions but a willingness to stand and fight and i think that clearly paid off for him. i would watch santorum closely, though. i think he comes out of this in an interesting position. all of the focus is going to go to florida and i think you will see santorum look beyond that. florida is winner take all. not mu...

For president obama both republicans and independents that they want somebody who is going to stand and fight and what you saw with newt was the ability not just to lay out policy prescriptions but a willingness to stand and fight and i think that clearly paid off for him. i would watch santorum closely, though. i think he comes out of this in an interesting position. all of the focus is going to go to florida and i think you will see santorum look beyond that. florida is winner take all. not mu...

Fall. theyd go down. now, how does that square with ar electorate where 13 million are unemployed and where poverty levels are at such a record high? >> look, the republican party has always embraced the whole concept of just lower taxes in general. anytime somebody brings up the fact that a particular tax plan would cut upper income rates, its called class warfare. so romney is ot the only person with this problem. he is just kind of an interesting standard bearer. usually what the party is bet...

We owe him for that, but we also have to recognize that he -- hes had a pretty brutal regime and that theres a reaction to it, so publicly i think the administration has by and large done a good job of balancing their statements. i dont know ha theyre doing privately. >> rudy, let me step in there. i mean, mubarak may well have been a friend to america and been a useful ally, but as you rightly said there he has treated his people pretty appallingly in recent years and has been a dictator. no ot...

I mean what i would rather be doing is talking to mubarak about finding somebody in the military that is respected by the military, someone who can hold the confidence of the military, make them the head of an interim government because i think the one good sign that has come out of this is the people of egypt seem to have great respect for the military, and what i would be looking for is who does the military respect? and thats -- that would be the core of the kind of government i would try to ...

Attorney general. >> the mindset behind it is pretty obvious. the mindset is, without jeff sessions there, a new attorney general could be put in place. a new attorney general who would potentially take the hit or the heat for getting rid of the special counsel and the investigation. now, thats the mindset. that doesnt mean that that would happen in reality, because a lot of things would have to go the presidents way to take place, like finding somebody who is an attorney general that is confirm...

That is wrong with doing that? >> well, i dont know about right now, i mean i dont know if this country is ready for mubarak to just step down and just leave it in a void. i mean what i would rather be doing is talking to mubarak about finding somebody in the military that can respected by the military, someone who can hold the confidence of the military, make them the head of an interim government because i think the one good sign that has come out of this is the people of egypt seem to have gr...