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-- bomb. then you have the state and local government budget bombs. this one i love! deficit of $110 billion in 2010. $178 billion in 2011. on top of the more than $450 billion in underfunded state and municipal employee pension funds. gee, firefighters. who is going to pay for this? who is going to pay for it? the underfunded corporate pension bonds. $405 billion deficit in underfunded pension. consumer debt bond. our tvs. americans are still living beyond their means, even with a downturn. we're still spending more than we have. which leads me to this. this is good news. the personal savings...

Those two seemed to be teaming up against mitt romney. how damage religion the comments coming from a former ally? >> rick santorum, look. i understand he is trying to get some attention but these things aren't true. newt led the republican party to the majority in 1994. he then helped balance the budget for four years in a row. bill clinton vetoed it but then eventually signed it. newt gingrich. 405 billion paid off. the stock market went up and nasdaq went up. the idea rick santorum says newt can't pull things together. show me somebody else that has a record on achievement since ronald reag...

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Effective advocate for the principles that they believed in. that's the contrast. >> he has a different definition of the private sector than i have. it's the gsc, government sponsored enterprise. that's completely different. >> we know he cashed paychecks from freddie mac, that's the best evidence you can have. when the speaker had his hand out, take $1.6 million to influence senior republicans to keep the scam going in washington, d.c. that's absolutely wrong. >> the former peeker's conservative credentials were also called into question last night. here's how he sppded. >> i have a 90% amer...

And he is the person i want to have debate jimmy carter. he carried more states against carter than fdr carried against herbert hoover in 1932. i believe i can debate barack obama and i think in seven three-hour debates, barack obama will not have a leg to stand on in trying to defend a record that is terrible and an ideology that is radical. >> bret: mr. speaker, governor romney just yesterday said you are an unreliable conservative. obviously, he is your opponent. isn't iowa governor terry branstad said today he respects you greatly but he openly questioned if you had the discipline or focus...