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And do anything about it. >> jackie gingrich cushman, i want to congratulate your candidate. please pass on this congratulations to him. i thought he said the single smartest thing in the debate, in the toughest area of the debate for republicans, which is earmarks. newt gingrich was the only person there who defended the earmark process and warned a republican audience that with a democratic president, you will want people in the house of representatives if the republicans control it to be putting earmarks in the spending that specifically directs how the money will be spent, rather than leav...

More and more unwed people having children. but he also made the point when they were talking about contraception, he has his own personal belief on that. he personally does not believe, his faith does not have him support contraception. but he has also not stood in the way of women who make that option. and he also feels with the way that president obama is acting, we have the federal government stepping in on personal decisions and this has become an infringement on religious freedoms. and we can't have that. that's not the government's role to do that. but one thing that rick made abundantl...

>> what do you say to those republicans who say that you are spending way too much time talking about divisive cultural issues, that they don't want to get into a culture war, and if you're a nominee, this would doom you with women voters and in fact with independent voters. you know they're coming from high places in washington. >> the gallup poll said we're leading among women, and we're doing well. people care about families, people care about what's happening to our society. but i do get these questions, as john king tried to do, on contraception and other things that are sort of...

in fact with independent voters. you know they're coming from high places in washington. >> the gallup poll said we're leading in washington, we care about families, what is happening tooy society. i do get the questions, as john king tried to do on contraception and other things that are outrageous questions, and then the neck question is why are you talking so much about social issues? they ask and then they say, you're talking about social issues all the time. look, i understand the game. and we're just going to go out and continue to stay on message about what we're going to do t...

Good, or should i say bad. aides for santorum say he's about to find out what happens to those who soar. rick perry ace rise reversed when ron paul tied him to al gore. romney pounded his ties to freddie mac. what do you think, buddy? >> neil, i think he's going to go after earmarks, something that santorum got hit on but no one noticed because santorum was in the single digits. earmarks, government spending. >> neil: bob, you're an encyclopedia. you have defended the earmark process in the past and he's since tried to explain by saying, you know, it's money out there that goes to justifiable ...