wasserman schultz joins me to take up the challenge. amateur night at the apollo. president obama thrills the audience by copying al green. and he s no longer in the race, but the comedian stephen colbert is trying to drum up votes anyway, sort of. you ve got to see this. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. it s the final push in the south carolina. the candidates have tried to squeeze in every minute of campaigning into this, the last day before the primary. as mitt romney tries to hold onto a lead, newt gingrich is using what could have been a very damaging spotlight on his personal life. he s trying to turn it around to his advantage. let s go live to joe johns, he s in south carolina. he has the very latest. joe? reporter: wolf, newt gingrich just wrapping up an appearance in orangeburg, south carolina. a hue high-energy crowd essentially ending what had been a very tumultuous race for south carolina. the picture of the day was gingrich s wife calista well p
discriminated against it by the opl straeugs, the bigotry question goes both ways and there is a the hro more anti-christian bigotry today as there is concern on the other side and none of it gets covered by the media. jon: newt gingrich winning a lot of applause there. the question we didn t hear was george stephanopoulos asking whether the state should be allowed to ban contraception. what do you think about that whole issue. first of all the head of the clinton attack machine george stephanopoulos is moderating a gop debate to me seems ridiculous. this question about contraception, this is the new media gotcha question, right? they are bombarding rick santorum with this question. i would encourage the gop candidates not to take the bait on this one. the supreme court ruled on this. they said states can t do this and that is what the candidates should say. really, george stephanopoulos asking about contraception when we still have high unemployment,
opl straeugs, the bigotry question goes both ways and there is a the hro more anti-christian bigotry today as there is concern on the other side and none of it gets covered by the media. jon: newt gingrich winning a lot of applause there. the question we didn t hear was george stephanopoulos asking whether the state should be allowed to ban contraception. what do you think about that whole issue. first of all the head of the clinton attack machine george stephanopoulos is moderating a gop debate to me seems ridiculous. this question about contraception, this is the new media gotcha question, right? they are bombarding rick santorum with this question. i would encourage the gop candidates not to take the bait on this one. the supreme court ruled on this. they said states can t do this and that is what the candidates should say. really, george stephanopoulos asking about contraception when we still have high unemployment, it s absolutely ridiculous. to the point about the obama
rick santorum s political career will be ending soon. he will go to the republican convention next year not as a candidate but as a fox news contributor again. santorum has traveled all of iowa, and he s still gaining no traction. there s a reason for that. then of course, santorum finished in a virtual tie in the iowa caucuses. how could news outlets make this mistake again and fail to scrutinize santorum s record in the process? mitt romney faces skeptical questioning despite winning iowa because his margin was a measly eight votes. what does did say about your candidacy that you actually won fewer votes than but in 2008, and you fought rick santorum to a draw? perhaps the press is just trying to keep this race alive? plus, we ll talk to the political director of the dominant tv station, wmur, about covering the nation s first primary as a local story. i m howard kurtz and this is the new hampshire edition of reliable sources. the media narrative here in new
about some of them. your stance on homosexuality and read a lot of what you said. you said, at educators conference of 2004, gays live a very sad life in that it s part of a quote. you ve taken a lot of flak for that. it s a bizarre thing to bring up. today is the election. what people recognize is that the most important issue that people will be looking at is, who is the best person to deal with the economy? probably someone who s create the a business from scratch. i came from a family where s i was poor poverty. you don t want to discuss social issues but want to talk about the economy. i don t think it s a bizarre question. i think it s a fair question. it s a gotcha question coming way out of the past. i stand very strong for marriage between one man and one woman. i believe in protecting human life from conception to death. i believe in the family, religious liberty and for people to practice their faith freely. that s important.