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Olympi olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> that seems to be the sound bite of the night. while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> rick santorum having an awful difficult time explaining his support for earmarks while he was a member of congress. didnt do too well. >> this is one of his vulnerabilities, he goes out on the campaign trail and says im all for -- im a fiscal conservative, im the only true conservative in ...

>> bill: personal story segment tonight. perhaps the best expert on the south carolina primary is former arkansas governor mike huckabee now a fox news analyst. four years ago he finished second in south carolina behind john mccain. take the speaker first, how much will mr. gingrichs personal life hurt him tomorrow. what do you think? >> probably not a lot, bill because what he did the other night in the debate was pril brilliant political gamesmanship. it was a flawless put down and when you ar...

The bad news is hes getting down in the muck and mud wrestling with newt gingerich rather than spending time attacking the real opponent, president barack obama, on a whole array of reasons why he should not be reelected. hes telling us newt gingerich was a lobbyist in washington, which we know. >> hes hitting at vulnerabilities that are genuine. freddie mac is a real problem. >> it is but im more impressed with mitt romney has appeared more comfortable in the last two debates, defending his rec...

Average of polls. what do you make of what hes been doing? >> good news and bad news about what romneys doing. good news is what hes doing is something he had to do. he had to crack back against gingrichs criticisms of him and he had to do it very well. he is doing it very well. in the debate romneys criticism is showing hes capable of sternly and aggressively going after an opponent. there was no doubt about whether he was do that against obama. the bad news is hes getting down in the muck and ...

Campaign is that, yeah, while its great to go mano-e-mano with newt and score and do well, you still are exposing your own vulnerabilities in how you answer questions. the degree to which you are moving yourself out of position to go as governor rendell mentioned into the new ball game which is the general election. so i think that they need to be careful about that because you dont want to overexpose any flank you left or your right flank in these. and you want to try to hit as many balls out o...

Vulnerabilities there and there are, essentially, needles that can be thread. so they are all looking. you will see, back in 2004 you say john kerry talk about if the boston red sox can win the world series, he had a chance at the presidency and i assume you will hear people excited about that upset and claim it to be the giants. >>neil: these guys are not eli manning but having said that i am wondering if lightning strikes if more drop outs, is it people for such a scenario and i will raise wit...

Michele bachmanns departure. the g.o.p. pac blanketed the state. and rick santorum hoping to capitalize on his iowa motor tumult and newt gingrich hoping for a comeback and mitt romney, the double digit lead in the polls there. joining the panel. this week, diary editor, jason riley, assistant editorial page editor, james freeman and dorothy rabinowitz and washington columnist, kim strassel. so, james, is rick santorum the most serious threat so far to mitt romney or not? >> hes a major threat. ...

Discomfort for the rest of the campaign. is it possible for a non-romney candidate to become viable because of the weaknesses in mr. romneys record, because of those vulnerabilities, particularly if somebody is pointing them out every day? top tier conservatives are looking into that today. politico reports conservative elites plan to get together soon in texas to try to find a consensus republican presidential hopeful to coalesce around. conceivably, i guess they could be considering rick perry...

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Romney win iowa which appears to be more likely, it looks like romney could coast with this nomination. so the next week is really super important as to whether or not this is even going to be a contentiously fought race. >> ezra, what do you make of newt, of romneys message there in the state of iowa? hes up with that new ad we just played saying he is a conservative. hes touting his conservative credentials. on the other side now newt gingrich is backing off his, you know, his promise to not g...