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I take him at his word that hess ooh a chingd paern and not attacking him on that basis. i'm saying this is a guy who never has run anything. i don't think on-the-job training should be the president of the united states. he's done great things for our party over the years and for our country. the fact of the matter is, i don't believe his record stacks up to governor romney's record in that regard. >> what about this electability question? you heard what i challenged speaker gingrich with which is there is this view in the party that if gingrich keeps on going and if he consolidates support a...

Ronald reagan was much more i think a newt gingrich of a happy warrior. >> the question is whether anger like the realization of we are mad as hell and we can't take it any more and we are not going to take it any more does that play over the long haul or start to turn off voters? juan? >> earlier we were talking about this. i think it is almost a take radio aesthetic. a conservative talk radio passion that i think a lot of the voters are responding to that is coming from newt gingrich. >> people are angry, aren't they? >> yes, and in fact if you look at republican voters and the numbers, 80% ...

Times and been an embarrassment to the parity. you remember these times. you were here. i don't need to regail the country with that entire list except to say, i'm not saying he will do that in the future, but sometimes past is prologue. >> is this an issue that governor romney makes more strongly? is character an issue in this campaign? >> i'm not talking about character. i'm talking about how you conducted yourself in office and what that record indicates. i take him at his word that hess ooh a chingd paern and not attacking him on that basis. i'm saying this is a guy who never has run anyth...

Make campaign structure less important? >> i think the big number to stare at, the 53% in south carolina who decided just in the last few days. you get a pretty good feel about which way they are deciding after that gingrich win in the debate. and then the 45% who say electability is the most important issue. that's the issue tonight. the issue tonight i think for gingrich is, does his number in whatever he scores here, how much harm does it do? to romney's inevitability as the leader on electability. romney always comes out as the top in the electability question among republicans can. that b...

But look at this poll, joe. i don't know if you've seen this yet this morning. >> yeah. >> which candidate has the best shot at beating president obama? mitt romney, 65%. this is among likely primary voters in the state of new hampshire, 65% say he has the best shot. number two on that list, joe, newt gingrich at 9%. the number two guy is at 9%. so a 56-point split between on the electability question in new hampshire. >> yeah, you know right now, willie, everything looks like it's going mitt romney's way. but as mike barnicle has been talking about over the, you know, over the last week, the ...