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Go to santorum or perry. >> look what happened in iowa and new hampshire. turnout not up the way they hoped it would be. up to 247,000 in -- >> you know why. negative advertising depresses voting because people goic, right? >> so it helps people who have a strong core vote. it's good for ron paul. his voters are going to turn out regardless. and romney has a national organization. but it does discourage everybody else. >> here's the romney campaign itself. not the super pac. it's actually going on the defensive. here's romney with enough bucks to do this. defending himself on an ad in south ca...

Good poll. historically good poll, small sample, 439 republicans, republican leaners. romney, 7. ron paul, 13. and that's a very hard core vote, 13. but michelle bachman sliding all the way down to 5%. why do you think she slid? >> i think rick perry. the bottom line here is she's the best candidate in this field. i watched a lot of candidates over my 40 years in politics. she's an enormous candidate and very, very strong on the stump. she won the straw poll which no one expected her to do. she's a great retail politics. our game plan was always to win iowa. >> bill: then why, if she's so good...

Good poll. historically good poll, small sample, 439 republicans, republican leaners. romney, 7. ron paul, 13. and that's a very hard core vote, 13. but michelle bachman sliding all the way down to 5%. why do you think she slid? >> i think rick perry. the bottom line here is she's the best candidate in this field. i watched a lot of candidates over my 40 years in politics. she's an enormous candidate and very, very strong on the stump. she won the straw poll which no one expected her to do. she's a great retail politics. our game plan was always to win iowa. >> bill: then why, if she's so good...

Good poll. historically good poll, small sample, 439 republicans, republican leaners. romney, 7. ron paul, 13. and that's a very hard core vote, 13. but michelle bachman sliding all the way down to 5%. why do you think she slid? >> i think rick perry. the bottom line here is she's the best candidate in this field. i watched a lot of candidates over my 40 years in politics. she's an enormous candidate and very, very strong on the stump. she won the straw poll which no one expected her to do. she's a great retail politics. our game plan was always to win iowa. >> bill: then why, if she's so good...

So pete, it is remarkable the 98-0 confirmation given the partisan nature of the capitol hill and the senate having to vote on this, is there anybody in your mind who garnered that kind of a vote today? >> no. i don't think there's anyone, whether it's democratic president or republican president. the days of filling the blank to nothing votes for supreme court nominees is over. that all ended with the debate, very partisan acrimonious debate for robert bork. since then there's been no justice that has been confirmed unanimously. so those days are gone. and it's been much, much closer for a su...