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Changeable subject at the moment. this is a guy who is either number one or number two in national polling as well as polling in state like iowa and new hampshire to have obviously a lot of say over who the nominee is going to be, and when there is something like this, questions, lets just say questions in his background during his time at the national restaurant association, i do think it is fair game for reporters to say what actually happened? lets hear exactly what happened. lets hear everyt...

Gingrich, or somebody that believes will be running. the question is can he really sustain this? >> his wife very controversial role in all this. a key factor beyond the resignations of those staff people who have gone over to rick perry. >> what i found fascinating, its not news that a spouse is difficult to deal with on a campaign. >> not our spouses of course. >> candidate spouses you always hear about strategists wringing their hands, the spouse this, the spouse that. its a universal thing t...

My kids are better athletes than me. they were so excited. >> how many firearms are there in woodstock? >> no firearms. that was mclean, virginia. >> what happened, mike, with the snowstorm? you had bloomberg just getting pounded, and then you had chris christie down in disney world unapologetically. >> all i could think of, two political examples of snowstorms and politicians. one was mike bilandic, the former mayor of chicago, after mayor daley died, he became mayor. the first winter he was ma...

Last weekend can be critical to their bottom line in what has so far been an upbeat season. >> you really see people have fun again this year and its nice to see. people are out here. theyre enjoying themselves. >> reporter: and theyre apparently a little more willing to spend. retail sales to be up 3% from laugh year. >> in the last it was so dismal with everybody losing their jobs. i just think -- i dont -- were on the rise to, you know, spend more and help the economy. >> reporter: to take ad...