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Momentum. >> iowa is all about confirming or defying expectations. if romney comes out on top or second place hes probably fine. but he has gingrich, who has a huge bump. but you have to be careful because you can think back to 2008, my former boss came in fourth in iowa and ended up capturing the nomination. >> i think it goes to the diversity of the republican electorate. its a thoughtful electorate at that point. we say do we want to be over here with paul or here with gingrich? these are var...

Harassment allegations against herman cain mysteriously coming out of chicago. they are dirty, dirty, campaigners. they have the mainstream media in their back pocket. and the idea we pick the most right wing candidate without any concern about who is going to win is suicidal for the republican party. >> im going to devil into that in a second. i agree, i think its a good admonition by governor christie. the difference this time is his words are falling flat. he now has a record. i think people ...

Been called out on. explain what he means today as opposed to what perhaps he meant some years ago and when he served as governor because there have been some inconsistencies with the positions that he takes now. so he needs to reach out to tea party inned depends and all constituents and do more television appearance today explain himself because we do seek that authenticity. we seek the candid necessary and we want answers. its been kind of a surprising role that romney has played when you con...

Republican who can talk since ronald reagan so thats good. >> thats a plus. i can tell you right now any of the frontrunners or even people in the back of the pack will be in finish italy better than obama. and in the end this is what is going to happen. the people, tea party members, conservatives, moderate republicans are going to have their chance to voice their opinion, and whoever they pick they better get behind and support. and i can accept anybody in the field. i have a big problem with ...

Harassment allegations against herman cain mysteriously coming out of chicago. they are dirty, dirty, campaigners. they have the mainstream media in their back pocket. and the idea we pick the most right wing candidate without any concern about who is going to win is suicidal for the republican party. >> im going to devil into that in a second. i agree, i think its a good admonition by governor christie. the difference this time is his words are falling flat. he now has a record. i think people ...

You know i like him because hes a member of my great golf club in washington d.c. he love people who join my clubs. >> is he good at golfing? >> he is and his wife is very nice. they are liked very much at the club, that i can tell you. >> on a serious note why he is doing well besides the fact he is a good debater? >> the good debater is a good thing. the debates have never been so important as they are now, for some reason, both good and bad. you see what happened to certain candidates who did...

Romney-rubio. i would love it to be romney-cain. i love herman cain, he would be fantastic in any administration. the democrats are terrified about him but he hasnt held elective office before. hes been running all the business, hes a ceo. but this is why you need someone not own with political experience but someone who has held office and run in a big enough state that he has had to appeal to get votes from independents, and democrats and women. and thats why governors from small states like d...

Going to win iowa. he is not campaigning in iowa. we have to look to new hampshire. >> what do you think of newt gingrichs rise in the poll? he had a good run as speaker, he took deficits and turned them in surpluses. and i asked him last night about global warming, personal issues. he gave his answers. what do you think about him? >> you know im not a fan, and i think conservatives are worried about mitt romneys flip-flopping and ought to look into the record of newt gingrich. i have a link to ...

Now. now its fascinating in the policy, hes the one guy that has remained a frontrunner, has not lost that status from the very beginning. it seems like he is having -- it doesnt seem like, hes having problems with some of the conservative base in the policy there. >> right. thats what im saying. the reason for that is, and i understand this, i agree, this seems, feels like 1980. if we had a ronald reagan out there we do probably win with ronald reagan. ronald reagan is not available this year. ...

Gingrichs asen dency? do you think he is going to be the challenger to mit romney, who continues to hold a nice, strong, steady number? >> quickly on the solyndra thing i think one of the things the white house should have done immediately early on is ask for a complete investigation so that they could point to that. instead now what they complain about is republicans are so-called cherry picking evidence and putting putting ito there. but when you have e-mails the department of energy asking a ...