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Florida is not quite as conservative as south carolina, but a lot more conservative than new hampshire. and this could be a recipe for why romney might not have florida as the firewall he thought he was going to have. >> let's turn to joe scarborough. why did newt gingrich win? >> david, david -- i love how you got it, and you are part of the enemy. he spoke about the elite and he is talking about you. >> i will tell you why he did not win last night. it's not because he is a conservative. he is not a conservativconserva. he actually hides a record where you can identify very quickly on google...

Going to turn into jerry brown and he will follow him around, and that's not what you have to do to win the election. it would be a train wreck. romney cannot be contended by that either. it's a tough course. >> the white house is loving all of this. they are watching in south carolina. and the ads against newt gingrich write them selves whether it's taxes or speech money, and romney also clearly has a problem and it's something you were suggesting earlier, david, there's something about the mood of the country at the moment and the strength of the message that the occupy movement kind of put ...

Confronting the big issues in our country. i think if he came out and said i was wrong to put it on the shelf, i should take it off the shelf. i'll send it to the congress and i want a vigorous debate and discussion about really tackling debt and deficit in our country in an honest and foerth right way the way senator simpson and mr. bowles suggested. it's a realistic plan that merits discussion. he never did it. that would surprise the nation if he did it. i think it would show great leadership if the president was willing to do it. >> where have republicans been culpable for the paralysis in...

>> everybody misunderstood what i said about being ready for president. i meant being ready to leave the job i had and being ready to run for president of the united states with all that entails. i didn't want to do it, didn't feel ready to do it. i think you have to be absolutely committed and ready to do that. as to the vice presidency, i want to be governor of new jersey. i absolutely believe come november 2012 i'm going to be governor of new jersey and not in any other office. the fact of the matter is, if governor romney who is going to be our nominee picked up the phone and called me to ...

Equitably shared by all the parties, not 70% of the cost being on new jersey. the reason we need to cut taxes, think about what i inherited. i came in. we had $13 billion in deficits. we had 115 tax and fee increases in the eight years before i became governor. the worst business environment in america. in two years we've balanced those budgets and brought ourselves to balance without any tax increases through very difficult and aggressive cuts. now i'm saying it's time for the people to get some of their money back, done responsibly, 10% cut phased in over three years. think about this, david...