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But if they attacked me, i would hold them up on the campaign trail. new hampshire is different. new hampshire is a state that where you had, mark, one editorial page after another endorse john mccain back in 2008. and it mattered. huntsman is getting all of those endorsements right now. he's going up on tv now, the super pacs are going up, do you see a late huntsman charge? >> he had a pretty big crowd last night at an event i was at in newport and proved as a candidate. but right now, i still don't see it. i think he's also going to be endorsed by "the nation" magazine and "huffington post."...

So huntsman can go after romney. i think for all of these reasons, mitt romney's going to have a difficult time at these debates. and the question is, will he get testy as he's known to do. >> mark haleprin, in the end, it all comes down to math and these moderates are going to vote for mitt romney. and if you want to get from 8% to 11% or 11% to 15%, you are fighting for the same conservative votes in the same pot. that's -- people haven't been avoiding mitt romney because they're scared of him or because they like him, they've been avoiding him because they know they're not going to get his ...

Is still with us along with richard haas, also mark haleprin in manchester, new hampshire. and joining us from washington, columnist from the "washington post," ezra klein joining the conversation. good to see you. >> good morning. >> good to have all i don't have you guys here. voters in new hampshire are not voters in iowa, but rick santorum is going to -- he's going to say what he believes. he's not poll tested, he's not market driven. and i just wonder whether that actually -- let's just say rowing against the tide whether there's some voters in new hampshire and beyond that don't like tha...

Give romney a hard time. and at one point when white house officials i talked to actually feared perry because of his immigration stance and the potential to do well among minority voters particularly in the southwest. that was a long time ago. >> let me go to mark haleprin. there's news up in new hampshire that mitt romney has been endorsed by buchanan. >> go, bay, go. you've got to pick through the endorsements, we've had a lot and there'll be a lot more. find the ones of importance. bay buchanan is a long time prominent leader. it's a big deal in new hampshire where the buchanan name means ...

No be close behind on that endorsement. >> i think to mark's point, i do think it's important how big electability is. even those social conservatives who think we'd like to see a strong alternative or something. there's a question of they want to beat president obama and ultimately do they think mitt romney's the one to do that? even moike huckabee appeared stronger at this point. if you thought he would be the alternative. he's going to be hit. everybody thinks it's being too conservative. that's not really the case. he's going to be hit as all the -- for everything he did in washington to m...