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deadly string of assassinations. and the first lady of the united states reacting to a controversial new book about the obama white house, saying shes not the stereotype of, quote, some angry black woman. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." with back-to-back wins in iowa and new hampshire, mitt romney has now done what no other republican incumbent candidate has ever done, once again no republican candidate except, i should say, for a sitting president. romney, of cours...

tally as it stands right now. hes 28,000 votes ahead of ron paul. huntsman comes in third. there is a battle underway for fourth and fifth. rick perry barely did anything in new hampshire. lets go over to mid romney headquarters right now. he delivered a pretty powerful victory speech. >> if the romney people cough scripted it could not have gone any better. a good and solid first place. ron paul, really the candidate they fear the least, the man they dont think will ever be acceptable...

Colleague did a very poor job. as a matter of fact, when she was describing someone that likes to fire people, shipping jobs overseas and also causing companies to go bankrupt, i thought she was talking about president obama. because the president is the chief executive officer was united states of america, obviously, he sees himself as a venture capitalist but yet, we saw solyndra and others go bankrupt. we know that when the president came to the presidency back in january 2009, the unemployme...

Guying stock and taking over companies. >> it made money. >> no. >> venture capitalist. its different than private equity. >> can you imagine mitt romney said were going to cut government spending and government employment by 20-25% and make it more healthy and better for the taxpayer. this guy would win. >> danas shaking her head. you said 30% of his companies when bankrupt. >> i think its 22%. >> thats probably the average. i dont think that -- no one said -- has proven thats not the record of...

Second in iowa, but may have trouble making new hampshires top three. >> this could be a long race. well be the conservative alternative because we have the record and the plan. we are going to be the nomine nominee. i hope we get votes in new hampshire to back that up. >> newt gingrich led the attack on romneys days investing in and closing businesses. today admitted ail tacks on romney for saying he likes to fire people were taken out of context. on his campaign bus, gingrich said this weeks a...

You you go after romney for laying off people at bain capital, correct? >> for lots of things related to his role at bain capital. >> chris: that is one of them. >> for that and -- >> chris: is the president responsible for laying off the people at solyndra? >> no, because the president wasnt the c.e.o. of solyndra? >> well, romney wasnt the c.e.o. of the companies either. the president was a venture capitalist and put taxpayer money into solyndra and a thousand people lost their jobs. is the pr...

Guying stock and taking over companies. >> it made money. >> no. >> venture capitalist. its different than private equity. >> can you imagine mitt romney said were going to cut government spending and government employment by 20-25% and make it more healthy and better for the taxpayer. this guy would win. >> danas shaking her head. you said 30% of his companies when bankrupt. >> i think its 22%. >> thats probably the average. i dont think that -- no one said -- has proven thats not the record of...

Firms. * but when chris wallace compared those layoffs to those that took place at solyndra after the president gave solyndra $taxpayer money, a leading democrat debbie wasserman-shultz does not agree. >> is the president responsible for laying off the people at solyndra. >> no, because the president wasnt the ceo of solyndra. >> mitt romney wasnt the ceo of these companies. the president was a venture capitalist. is the president responsible for the thousand people who lost their jobs at solynd...

That provide services to me. >> reporter: with that in mind we now go to south carolina where earlier this morning rick perry was campaigning and he has been talking specifically about mitt romneys time at his former firm bain capital as a venture capitalist helping to build and grow companies very successful. occasionally some of those companies went under. why the investors may have made money people lost their jobs. rick perry, paring down on mitt romney in south carolina. listen. >> i have n...

For his history as a venture capitalist where he helped some companies actually grow but some companies were shut down and people lost their jobs. newt gingrich went off on him today saying i draw a distinction between looting a company and leaving behind broken families and neighborhoods. here is newt gingrich, rather, huntsman who went after mitt romney. here is what he said. governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. it could be he is out of touch with the economic reality p...