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Here in south carolina, its all coming down to electability. thats what mitt romney hopes. his super pac started to make the case that romneys rivals just cant win. listen to this one that goes after rick santorum. >> rick santorums been in washington so long, hes called the ultimate washington insider. santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times and for billions in wasteful earmarks. >> joining me now, former democratic governor of south carolina, governor jim hodges. you get to play obse...

Well rapper jay-z seems to be a changed man after with becoming a first-time dad. more than a week after their daughter was born, he is promising to drop the "b" word. according to the british music publication, in a poem dedicated to his daughter he writes before i got in the game, made a change and got rich, i didnt think hard about using the word now with my daughter i curse those that give it. joining me now goldy. as a casual observer who is watching this, people know this word has been use...

Their antipathy attacking iran no matter what preceded it? >> lets say iran goes out and launches an attack on iran. the next day, oil prices go through the roof. $200 a barrel for oil. everyone blames israel. you picked a fight and there were ways around this. if suddenly iran feels strangled, their economy is under collapse, it does something like put sea mines in the strait of hormuz, oil prices go up any way, then an israeli attack happens or a u.s./israeli attack happens or some sort of mil...

>> lets say iran goes out and launches an attack on iran. the next day, oil prices go through the roof. $200 a barrel for oil. everyone blames israel. you picked a fight and there were ways around this. if suddenly iran feels strangled, their economy is under collapse, it does something like put sea mines in the strait of hormuz, oil prices go up any way, then an israeli attack happens or a u.s./israeli attack happens or some sort of military action happens against iran, then you look like the s...

Would anybody take the edge off attacking iran no matter what preceded it? >> lets say iran goes out and launches an attack on iran. the next day, oil prices go through the roof. $200 a barrel for oil. everyone blames israel. there was ways around this. if suddenly iran feels strangled, their economy is under collapse, it it does something like put sea minds in the strait of hormuz, oil prices go up any way, then an israeli attack happens or some sort of military action happens against iran, the...

Expectations are very high for him. >> its funny, you say that, just as an observer, what surprised you about this primary? i can tell you just personally, i cant believe i havent seen any attack ads, and thats sort of different for a new hampshire primary. what surprised you. >> there hasnt been the same level of grass roots activity. my husband and i went through the seacoast and we only saw two signs, going through durham, dover and ports smichlt theres still republicans there and campaigns i...

Republicans was that question, is he in touch with people like you and does he care like people with you? romney has a real vulnerability on this that the obama people are going to exploit if hes the nominee. >> theyre going to try. that time in the show. >> voters of new hampshire are putting on another terrific primary. they are out. they are out in force. putting candidates through the paces. >> they are being as nice about this as iowans. they are thinki ithanking us fog up again. >> tony bl...

>> shepard: of course. >> and she isnt running for mayor of chicago, like rahm emanuel was and isnt thinking of consulting contracts like other people are, all she wants is for him and them to succeed and theres always a difference of opinion and i know from covering nancy reagan, she got in such a spat with donald reagan, at one point in the middle of a fight he hung up on the first lady and i found out about it reported it on the air and reagan fired him. and thats how reagan got fired. >> she...

Is, versus the vision that president obama has for our future, they describe two very different americas. and americas where are you going to support policies that help the 1% at the top? or are you going to support the 99%. i think thats the difference. >> what do you say to the argument that democrats are playing class warfare. >> its not class warfare, its about which are the policies that are really going to help with job creation in this country, which are the policies that are going to hel...

Bane capital issue. >> look at obamas record on job loss. again mitt added jobs at bane, barack obama has ple presided over one of the worst economies in the country, look at solyndra. martha: i understand that. youre a great observer of gop politics across this country and a lot has been said about the fact that mitt romney is not scoring numbers higher than he did last time around when he ran, and he lost that nomination of course to john mccain. the question is is he strong enough to go head-...