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Could be facts in there that both you and president obama would use against him? >> i don't know. if there are things that can be used against him, we better know it before the nomination. the last thing republicans want to do is nominate somebody that collapses in september. beating barack obama has to be the number one mission of the republican party. a second term for barack obama will be a disaster for this country, and i am committed to beating him and i think i proved in the debates i could take him on in a series of debates and i think it's important that we have a candidate strong enou...

To do is nominate somebody that collapses in september. beating barack obama has to be the number one mission of the republican party. a second term for barack obama will be a disaster for this country, and i am committed to beating him and i think i proved in the debates i could take him on in a series of debates and i think it's important that we have a candidate strong enough and tough enough to be able to take on president obama in a series of debates. >> to give you your due on the electability question in south carolina, you had the edge, not governor romney who has had the edge in iowa ...

They will embolden, i think, a candidate like newt gingrich to just become so negative as well as the others. so negative toward romney in the hopes of closing those numbers, that the entertainment value of those debates has only increased tenfold since iowa i would think. >> what have you seen coming out of iowa? we haven't talked to you yet since that result came out. romney won by eight votes over rick santorum. but he's moving into new hampshire where he's expected to win big. >> i don't like disagreeing with joe or mike, but i disagree slightly. i think this is romney's race, i think if h...

The key to romney's success will be the electability question. since we just saw rick santorum, 7% electability. this is a man who lost his last senate race as erik erikson pointed out. there are clearly questions about that. same for newt gingrich. and, of course, for ron paul and perry. so, again, this is romney's ticket if, when people go to the caucuses, they actually think about electability or somebody they like. we just don't know until we see that entrance poll on tuesday. >> all right. well, thank you, gloria. we shall see, wolf. but, obviously, this picture shows it right here. it re...

Really going to satisfy them on all fronts. mitt romney now does well by comparison to rick perry, but only because rick perry screwed up so royally over the last couple weeks. >> and you asked them the electability question, howard. 63% saying romney has the best chance to defeat obama. 24% says perry has the best chance to defeat the president. that could turn out to be the decisive issue as the campaign ripens. >> keep in mind, that's given the choice between perry and romney. so what romney has done as sort of unpopular as he is natively, if you will, is he keeps beating people back who tr...