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Is that healthy for the republican nominee process, or is it just reaffirming to the public that the kind of washington in-fighting, squabbling, so on, is alive and kicking in the gop? >> i think it is a sad reality of our time. frankly, i do hope that our party and our eventual nominee will decline to take part in that sort of thing. it's perfectly constitutional and right for people to have their say, but it needn't always be a negative one. it has to be noted that the president and his allies are the most skilled practitioners we've seen at this politics of slam and smear. but i don't belie...

Feel to politics. you kept saying, i'm not like the others. >> exactly. >> why couldn't you have played it differently than the way that politicians play to scandals which is to hold up your hands and get out of the race. >> two simple words and i've said this repeatedly. family first. no one had to hear my wife's voice when these false accusations were played over and over. the fact that you're continuing to talk about it, this is an example of what i'm talking about. i didn't want to continue to see it spun and spun. it's about family first. 2012, which is why i'll be announcing this nationa...

Attacking me, i was astounded. when i started looking at the ads and realized how dishonest they were, it has been a surprise. when you and i did the show a while back, you'll remember, i was very positive about everybody. i was very happy to have a clean, positive campaign. i thought it would be great to actually have folks run recognizing that our only real opponent is barack obama. and in that sense, this has been very disappointing to see somebody of the caliber of governor romney stoop to this because he's a smart guy and he could have done better. but all i'm prepared to do is say clearl...

Conservative steve day's ens dorsment. so we'd like to have the maximum number of supporters across the whole country and we're working very hard to attract them. >> what's been fascinating about rick santorum's surging poll success in iowa -- and not just because he's really putting the groundwork in and going to 360-odd rallies in 99 counties is worthy of something at least. but the campaign he's been waging very much on family value conservative issues. there is a concern amongst members of the party that if somebody like rick santorum continues to gather heat, that it will inevitably push ...

Be unhelpful to candidates right now. tell me about how important the choice of running mate is and any further thoughts you have about sarah palin who has kept out of it in the past few weeks and also how important are endorsements from key figures in the party? >> well, let me start with governor palin, who i think has been greatly underestimated in the national news media whose record as governor, as a reformer, was very formidable. one of her major strengths is in the area of energy. if you were trying to maximize the development of energy for the united states, particularly oil and gas, s...