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academies. gay pride groups are being added to campus club rosters. this comes just six months after the repeal of the so-called "dont ask, dont tell" policy that blocked service members from being openly gay. the chairman of the house budget committee says he misspoke when he accused u.s. military officials about not being honest about the pentagon budget. on cnns state of the union this morning, candy crowley told paul ryan that military leaders were a little offended. >> i really ...

Santorum won big, he still has to convince republicans he hasnt already lost the nomination to romney. >> you dont believe as the pundits have said that this race is over. you didnt get the memo. >> reporter: but even that big win didnt bring big delegate dividends. santorum netted five. romney still has twice the number of delegates. the math says romney will win and some republicans believe the bickering between candidates -- >> senator santorum has the same economic lightweight background. >>...

to a year earlier. an associate professor at columbia university. well see what we can get those two to agree on. i want to start with assistant managing editor for "time" and co-wrote "the wimpy recovery." in the piece you asked people to honk if you feel the recovery. the signs are there but no honking. >> you dont hear honking in the streets. were in recovery. in fact, weaver been in recovery for two years. it really says something, a lot of us arent feeling it. the numbers are ther...

Conservatives in 1976 those who supported ronald reagan in his we victorious battle, nearly, against gerald ford, they did not vote that year against jimmy carter, they just did not vote. what do you say to your supporters despite saying you would support governor nominee who would say no, they would rather be at home? >>guest: support the republican nominee. last week the governor romney called me an economic lightweight and why replace one economic lightweight with another. did you say, obviou...

Romney and his allies are crushing santorum on illinois tv and radio, outspending him by a 7-1 margin. >> hes never run a business or a state. >> on the trail, the candidates have been seriously trading jabs. >> i dont think were going to replace an economic lightweight with another economic lightweight. >> i heard governor romney here called me an economic lightweight. because i wasnt a wall street financier like he was. >> reporter: romneys focused on santorum, but an off-the-cuff comment may ...

Lightweight. we lived with him a long time, chris. we had a lot of respect for him, we all liked him, but dont call him a lightweight on economic issues. >> let me talk to brady bender. this is so high school. go ahead. >> what it really comes down to is records, and whats a maze to go me is that romney is trying to present himself as a successful businessman and nobody has really looked at his record hard enough. >> hes rich. >> he is rich, you got to give him that. >> then he must be successfu...

Santorum called romney a financier. listening to them speak, it is as if theyre seeking entirely different offices. the chicago tribune wrote that romney is attempting to woo the conservative way into the republican party while santorum is going for the social conservatives. who will win out? gentlemen, lets take a look at these elements. the candidates faced them yesterday. lets watch. >> im someone experienced in the economy. im not an economic lightweight. president obama is. were going to ha...

Said freedom 29 times. andrew and jen. >> freedom. >> he believes in freedom. and lets return to this idea ta this is like the 2008 race because i disagree. i do think -- and i and karl rove, maybe the first time in history, agree on this. >> wow. >> i want to play back and forth between rick santorum and mitt romney and a little bit of karl rove. >> i dont care what the unemployment rates going to be. it doesnt matter to me. my campaign doesnt hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates. >> on...

I think youll see a big change here in illinois. >> do you like the phrase lightweight? do you think thats a nice way to talk about a political opponent when youve been fighting it out after 24 fights? is that improving the dialogue or reducing it? >> ill let the political consultants answer that. >> thats your candidates lingo. do you like it? >> hes comparing him to president obama, and the reality is, when president obama -- thats why were going to get someone in the white house who has some ...

>> i heard governor romney called me an economic lightweight because i wasnt a wall street financier like he was. do you really believe this country wants to electricity a wall street financier as president of the united states, someone who is going to take and look after, as he did, his friends on wall street and bail them out at the expense of mainstream america? >> a financier running for president? is that what your guy is? >> i dont know what financier is. >> its a turnaround. >> yeah, but ...