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Saturday. what is rick santorum doing to try to catch up to gingrich stp. >> two things. first of all he's angry at this sort of dismittal by newt gingrich, suggesting that mr. santorum cannot effectively compete against mitt romney and has said so. he's lashed back at gingrich pretty aggressively, pointing out that when he was speaker he was in many minds forced out of his speakership by conservatives who felt as though mr. gingrich had sort of betrayed the cause from '96 to 'nine # and santorum is aggressively going after mitt romney. the south carolina campaign is historically known for its...

>> as the characters said when bill clinton was in, that character counts. it seems to me whether it's private or not, he is cheating and doing something deceitful on someone who he's supposedly more committed to than anybody. >> the economy can be made, for instance -- you could say this has really no bearing necessarily on how he could handle the job as president. you're right, in a republican primary context, that's not going to fly because it is the party's composed of religious conservatives who wouldn't want that. >> why do we measure character in regard to these private matters? public ...

Character issues as well. >> it is huge. i think it's huge. everybody has to render judgment on whether they think it's a big deal or not. the republicans need to do it right now. the party that has always said they're all about family values. got to ask you this, gentlemen, before we go. he steps out, who benefits. sam? >> clearly i think gingrich is the one who benefits. obviously there's been a good chunk, maybe 70% of the party who isn't willing to commit to mitt romney. as soon as the non-romney candidates did l down a lit bit, the one last standing is going to win. that's gingrich. keep ...

Republican party, i'm going to win more votes than anybody among black people since eisenhower, so they rode this dark horse, so to speak, into the future thinking that herman cain could deliver and what he's ended up delivering, of course, is a bunch of mess and chaos that has really upended his campaign, perhaps. >> go ahead, sam. >> there's also, i mean, let's not dismiss the fact there was a story to herman cain that really appealed to conservatives. he was a self-made businessman, he was espoused in very conservative policies. he established himself in college as this up and comer and had...

Experience, i'm not from hawaii, i'm going to be the better assertion of blackness in the republican party, i'm going to win more votes than anybody among black people since eisenhower, so they rode this dark horse, so to speak, into the future thinking that herman cain could deliver and what he's ended up delivering, of course, is a bunch of mess and chaos that has really upended his campaign, perhaps. >> go ahead, sam. >> there's also, i mean, let's not dismiss the fact there was a story to herman cain that really appealed to conservatives. he was a self-made businessman, he was espoused in ...