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>> youve studied this guy before. he was your cover story. people keep liking -- they love to say, this is the end of newt. this is newts waterloo, newt keeps coming back. ive got a feeling newt has a lot more fight in him. >> i do think newt is going to keep going just kind of powered by that kind of, you know, mean spirit of his. hell want to keep going just to kind of show his fists, you know -- >> wait a minute, im sorry -- >> no, no i dont think so. but i do think its interesting and people...

sum it up for me tonight. it looks on the face of it like a thumping victory for romney. his campaign back on track. had a great week of debates. seems to have got his mojo in a way he maybe lost it before. whats your overview? >> its a big night for mitt romney. theres no doubt about that. he seems to be well positioned right now for february. most of these contests, whether in nevada or arizona or michigan, hes got major advantages, even in colorado, lets say. hes going to do well in...

The republicans created a mess. he was handed a mess. they believe that. you know, they want him to work on it. they dont want him to blame people. but they know what he was handed. and so they want him to succeed. you know, i think if you get, you know, steady progress going into the next couple quarters in the economy and then our politics, i think he gets into a stronger position and the republicans are a mess. you know, this primary process and the republicans and the congress, you know, is ...

They believe that. you know, they want him to work on it. they dont want him to blame people. but they know what he was handed. and so they want him to succeed. you know, i think if you get, you know, steady progress going into the next couple quarters in the economy and then our politics, i think he gets into a stronger position and the republicans are a mess. you know, this primary process and the republicans and the congress, you know, is a death march. >> as long as they keep going after eac...

Got 25.2% of the vote in iowa in 2008. 25.2%. he has not been able to hit that number in any of the polls weve seen. the highest he has been is 23%. if he comes out tonight weaker than he was last time around, would that be of concern? >> no, i dont think so, martha. we look at it as it is a 50-state primary process. it is a race to about 1200 delegates. this is the beginning of the primary season. i dont look at it like that at all. i happen to be believe that primaries are great for our party....

Clear on who to love. there has been a lot of infighting back and forth, sort of a flavor of the month mentality throughout this caucus. here specifically in iowa, throughout the republican campaign, so far. and a lot of people who had said initially that they had liked someone more conservative now have acknowledged theres some need to find a candidate they believe who can compete with barack obama. its worth noting today as we stand out in 34-degree temperatures this is the forecast high for t...

Democratic partys approach for allocating the early delegates on a proportional basis, and we watched what happened when the democrats did that. their primary process went on for a long, longtime. so we are prepared if we go on for months and months, we will have the resources to carry a campaign, to each of the states that will decide who gets delegates and who becomes the nominee. >> one of the knocks against you is that at a time when republican voters want dramatic change that you are offeri...

Well against president obama in the head to heads as they do, for example, in the generic matchup, obama versus an unnamed republican is look. were at the beginning of a robust primary process and so of course, theyre going to be people who say you know what? if so and so gets nominated, i dont think i can be for them. the other thing is the amount of information that a general election voter has about the republican nominee. its about this much. this is what they got about president obama, so t...

Well against president obama in the head to heads as they do, for example, in the generic matchup, obama versus an unnamed republican is look. were at the beginning of a robust primary process and so of course, theyre going to be people who say you know what? if so and so gets nominated, i dont think i can be for them. the other thing is the amount of information that a general election voter has about the republican nominee. its about this much. this is what they got about president obama, so t...

im gloria borger. john king is off today. thanks for joining us on what turns out to be a very significant day on the campaign trail. mitt romney who has been taking a rather low-key approach to his republican opponents so far today decided to take some jabs at the man whos replaced him as the official frontrunner, texas governor rick perry. and he did it in perrys home state. >> thank you. >> during a speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention in san antonio, romney pointed to ...