online. we would love to see you here in myrtle beach or anywhere else in our beautiful state. enjoy the debates. welcome back to myrtle beach, south carolina and the presidential gop debate. we are getting questions from twitter. governor romney endorsed, you were endorsed you were called a perfectly lubery indicated weather vein on the important issues of the day and governor huntsman said it s hard to find your core which leads to our first twitter question. quote, i want to support mitt romney, but considering his changing views, convince me you won t change again. . you know, the issue where i change my mind, which obviously draws a lot of attention was when i was running for governor, i said i would leave the law in place as it related to abortion. and i thought i could go in that
romney. as long as there are so many people in the race, it s hard to coalesce around that one single alternative. gregg: yeah. as i mentioned in the introduction, you were with the huntsman campaign who called it quits yesterday and offered up a rather tepid, at least the washington post called it an awkward and brief endorsement of mitt romney. and then we noticed huntsman urging the candidates who were still in the race, stop the personal attacks. well, you know, joel, isn t that a little hypocritical since it wasn t long ago that huntsman was referring to romney the following ways: he s completely out of touch, romney is unelectable because he lacks a core, romney is the perfectly-lubricated weather vein? i mean, look, isn t huntsman guilty of the things he s now encouraging other candidates not to do? i m going to let governor huntsmans words stand on their own, but there s been some
that he was two years ago in and the answer to that, yep. candidates need to show leadership. can you not be a perfectly lubricated weather vein on the important issues of the day whether it is libya, the debt ceiling, whether it is the discussion around the kasich bill in ohio where governor romney has been missing in action. dave: that was perfectly lubricated weather vein if you missed it. clayton: do you know the controversial smoking man from herman cain? huntsman daughters have promised with this spoof ad. alisyn: and he cast himself as the squeaky clean outsider but now has he opened the door to those he vowed to keep out
he skipped the last republican presidential debate in las vegas saying he wanted to focus in on the first of the nation primary state of new hampshire. but former utah governor john huntsman is trailing in that critical state while rival mitt romney is enjoying a solid lead. john huntsman is joining us from salt lake city. governor, thanks very much for coming in. thank you, wolf. it s an honor to be with you. let s talk about mitt romney a little bit. george will, the conservative columnist writing in an upcoming edition of the washington post says this about mitt romney. he says, romney, supposedly the republican most lektable next november, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable, he might endanger gop chances of capturing the senate. republicans may have found their michael dukakis, a tech know democratic massachusetts governor who takes his bearings from data. do you agree with george will on that? well, those are pre
u.s. oil companies, are raking in near record profits, so why are they still getting huge taxpayer subsidies? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. he skipped the last presidential debate and sidelined himself in iowa saying he wants to focus on the first of the nation s primary state. jon huntsman is betting almost everything on new hampshire, but is trail ng the state while romney is enjoying a substantial lead and now, huntsman is joining some of romney s sharpest critics in questioning romney s conservative credentials. jon huntsman is joining us now from salt lake city. thanks very much for coming in. thank you, wolf. an honor to be with you. george will, the conservative columnist writing in an upcoming edition of the washington post says this about mitt romney. he says you agree with george will on that? those are pretty tough words, wolf. all i can say is this is the time when this nation wants leadership. we ve been looking for leadership for