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It in new hampshire. >> now, the approach next door was a state plan to address state problems in ways that were unique to massachusetts. now, our experiment was not perfect. >> reporter: for former house speaker newt gingrich the challenge isnt policy, but personal. he has been married three times. he has admitted to having affairs, and that is a tough sell for the values voters who naturally gr lly gravitate to t social conservative position, and he is asking for forgiveness and putting ration...

Broad name recognition and he is getting praise from the man in the oval office. >> i agree with mitt romney, who recently said he is proud of what he accomplished on health care in massachusetts. >> reporter: what these that about? health care reform could well be romneys achilles heel. as massachusetts governor, he signed a health care reform law that included a mandate. and it is a lot like the obama health care plan, which is wildly unpopular among republican voters. heres a governor explain...

>> reporter: whats that about? health care reform could be romneys achilles heel. he signed a law that included a mandate. its a lot like the obama health care plan which is wildly unpopular among voters. >> our approach next door was a state plan to address state problems in a way ways that were unique to massachusetts. the experiment wasnt perfect. >> reporter: for former house speaker newt gingrich, the challenge is personal. he has been married three times and admitted to having affairs. tha...

Accomplishment. we led the nation, fix a broken insurance market and it is something he should be proud of not running away from. >> listen to what he said about the massachusetts reform. >> our approach next door was a state plan to address state problems in ways that were unique to massachusetts. >> now, the democrats obviously did not look at it that way. they looked at it as you say as a model for federal legislation. who was right? is romney right to say no one should have looked at massach...

Insurance market and it is something he should be proud of not running away from. >> listen to what he said about the massachusetts reform. >> our approach next door was a state plan to address state problems in ways that were unique to massachusetts. >> now, the democrats obviously did not look at it that way. they looked at it as you say as a model for federal legislation. who was right? is romney right to say no one should have looked at massachusetts and thought there was anything in it that...

Is mitt romney. >> obama care is bad luck, constitution is bad policy. >> romney explained what he thinks is the key difference between the overhaul and romney care. >> our approach next door was a state plan to address state problems in ways that were unique to massachusetts. >> actually, running for president, you need all the friends you can gather. so far, stuart barr picked up the trump and cofounded should trump run.com and tells us by phone in new orleans he is celebrating mardi gras he w...

Presidential campaign obstacle is mitt romney. >> obama care is bad luck, constitution is bad policy. >> romney explained what he thinks is the key difference between the overhaul and romney care. >> our approach next door was a state plan to address state problems in ways that were unique to massachusetts. >> actually, running for president, you need all the friends you can gather. so far, stuart barr picked up the trump and cofounded should trump run.com and tells us by phone in new orleans he...

Have the right candidate. and i agree with david or perhaps going a bit further, i think it is a weak field, and i think its -- its indicative of that weakness, that everyone is waiting for a brand-new new jersey governor who has done a lot of things, very dynamic, but who just got here five minutes ago, to get into the race and try to be president and carry the standard for the party. i think that that shows where we are. they dont like the guys theyve already got. >> its interesting, mitt romn...

>> yeah. and it did before the bill was passed, too. >> bill: isnt it supposed to bring the cost down. >> no. >> bill: no? its not? >> what the bill did was to say look we are going to solve a problem at the state level. two big things different than obama care. one is states should be able to solve state problems. the federal government should not step in as the president has, take away the right of states. we solved our problem on a bipartisan basis. we also had the business community, health ...

Passed, too. >> bill: isnt it supposed to bring the cost down. >> no. >> bill: no? its not? >> what the bill did was to say look we are going to solve a problem at the state level. two big things different than obama care. one is states should be able to solve state problems. the federal government should not step in as the president has, take away the right of states. we solved our problem on a bipartisan basis. we also had the business community, health care community come together. great supp...