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National campaign. all of that is to say, im the most electable. and hes even lost on that score in south carolina against newt gingrich. we will talk to gingrich tomorrow about how he thinks the race is fundamentally changed. and what he makes of the fact that this level of volatility, chris, that we have now, at the end of this week, had three different winners, of the three big contests to start this thing off. >> well newt gingrich has done good job of organizing the sort of sparring match w...

To belittle people. >> well -- first of all, juan, the fact is that more people have been put on food stamps by barack obama than any president in american history. [ cheers and applause ] >> a standing ovation for mr. gingrich there. but it was only the first of his standing ovations. he also received a standing ovation from a south carolina crowd when he pushed back at jon king from cnn, for asking about adultery allegations. on the issue of race, mr. gingrich was confronted at tommys country ...

Against jimmy carter. "there you go again." the crowd will root for the guy or woman who comes back from what looks like an unfair attack, always. so all newt had to do was wait for that time, either from juan williams or jon king, knowing it was coming, praying it was coming and then come back with the righteous indignation. the public automatically roots for the person who looks like theyre simply defending who they are. and its almost like the right or wrong of what was being talked about is ...

collapsing. a surge in momentum for newt gingrich, being driven by a ton of super pac money and by those debates. >> more people have been put on food stamps by barack obama than any president in american history. >> she says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. >> 16 days after the iowa caucuses, mitt romney, it turns out, did not win there. >> we actually won the iowa caucuses yesterday. >> people ...

any president in american history. >> she says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. >> 16 days after the iowa caucuses, mitt romney, it turns out, did not win there. >> we actually won the iowa caucuses yesterday. >> people of south carolina, have a job to do. >> in 2008, john mccain won south carolina, when fred thompson split the right flank with mike huckabee. will a santorum/gingrich split on the...

Debate. especially this close to a primary. it was the elephant in the room. i do agree with michael, oh, no you didnt bring it up in the beginning. it was a little bit questionable, but it had to be asked and it was just as well for gingrich to get it out there address it and move on to the issues that people care about which is jobs and the economy and here in south carolina, the social issues are critical and they were able to touch to that as well. >> and it gave newt the opportunity to own ...

Attacked jon king and he said this could be you next, rick, and mitt, we should not allow this to happen to me, because it can happen to you next. that was smart. once the question was out there, the candidates had the opportunity to address it, so i think they were easier on him. that was smart for him to handle that question that way. >> alice, stewart, thank you for joining us. pay no attention to the democrats lurking outside the house, with the potential republican take over in the senate, ...

Ford, mike you were making an interesting point, if jon king would not have asked about it newt would have brought it up? >> he knows it has to be dealt with and it can be dealt with in one of two ways, i can wait for it to be brought up or bring it up myself. when you look at the video, you could tell he was no, you are not really doing this yourself. but i think to ariis point, he was relieved to get it out of the way. >> he kept saying he was appalled but what i saw was gleas glee, and he wan...

mr. cain, i thank you for endorsing me, im very excited. >> thank you. and you know what? im here on the campus of the charleston, the students and people love it because we the people have to take back washington. washington is broken, america is broke and so the people have to take it back. >> so lets ask about the people, eventually they will have to vote for somebody on the ballot. unfortunately we did not qualify in south carolina and virginia. you know the other can tadidate well...

charleston, the students and people love it because we the people have to take back washington. washington is broken, america is broke and so the people have to take it back. >> so lets ask about the people, eventually they will have to vote for somebody on the ballot. unfortunately we did not qualify in south carolina and virginia. you know the other can tadidate well. giving your insider knowledge could have helped us? i could have, but im running an unconventional campaign. this is ...