mitt romney's office says they get hung up on and fatigued by making phone calls and something that is your wife, suzy, who by great coinci we keep hearing no one is, siness pretty passionate who they're leaders, i will now bring on somebody who may arguably be voting for. in a couple cases it will be mitt romney. even more expert than you, jack, who knows who it will be come november. that is your wife, suzy, who by today, i felt inspired by great coinci americans voting to keep a great siness leaders, i will now bring on somebody who may arguably be democracy great. even more expert than you, jack, that is your wife, suzy, who by great coinci tonight, down to the wire in siness new hampshire. leaders, i will now bring on >> the entire nation looks to somebody who may arguably be new hampshire to see what it decides. even more expert than you, jack, >> the real battle is for second place. that is your wife, suzy, who by >> governor romney enjoys firing great coinci people. siness leaders, i will now bring on i enjoy creating jobs. somebody who may arguably be >> we win elections when people even more expert than you, jack, are excited who to vote for. that is your wife, suzy, who by >> governor romney is in fact a massachusetts moderate. great coinci siness leaders, i will now bring on somebody who may arguably be >> his two biggest supporters, even more expert than you, jack, his daughters and his top that is your wife, suzy, who by advisors what the candidate that is yourswitch tozy, who by citracal maximum plus d. really meant men he said this. >> i like being able to fire people.

>> and sometime tierrist, peter o'rourke tells me there is something funny about this campaign. it's the economy, stupid and nobody knows the economy better than jack well etch. i'll ask him what he thinks of the republican race. and filmmaker ed burns, how he used twitter to make his new movie. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. all eyes on new hampshire, a state known for knock downing front runners. there seems to be little chance [ kate ] most women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. holding a 33% lead. ron paul with 20% and jon huntsman and newt gingrich are not far behind. and rick tan tor rum at 10% and rick perry at 1%. the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. what does this mean? switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement a top romney supporter and that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. former governor of new hampshire, and the funniest it's all about absorption. aot ros her writer in america and hails from new hampshire himself, political satirist, p.j. o'rourke. let me start with you, john sununu.

it would appear, mitt romney is in a good position. however, being the front-runner can be a poison chalist. we are seeing a slight softening in polls and massive acceleration in aggression from opponents. are you feeling a little wobbly? >> you know, obama was 13 points ahead when hillary clinton beat him last time, 13 points ahead the night before. so in new hampshire, we know people can change their minds very late, so you're always a little nervous until you see the results of the election. >> mitt romney is currently nttha polling 33%, roughly what he uth pth polled at last time he tried in arogaorelth new hampshire and came second. although everyone keeps calling arogaorelth beofdy cin'usm ss him the apparently obvious winner of this race, it would seem it may not be quite so clear cut. would you accept that? >> sure. i accept anything that is realistic and understands

anything can happen in new hampshire. the real measure of what the result is, is after the result comes in. too many people are trying to be predictive or trying to pretend they have a knowledge they don't have. i have been around long enough to know, you work until the very last minute, which the governor is doing. he had events tonight. he'll have walk around and talk to people tomorrow as much as he can. and you keep working until until -- until the polls close. then you are allowed to exhale just a little bit and then you get ready to go to south carolina. >> he definitely caught a little flak today for what his pursuers called major gaffe. let's take a look at what he said. >> i want individuals to have their own insurance. that means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. it also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. i like being able to fire people that provide services to me.

>> what was your reaction to that? you're a new hampshire man. was it a gaffe or saying the obvious? >> yes. he said the obvious and ouch, sometimes that hurts. all it made me feel was i wish i had somebody to fire, being self-employed, the only person i can fire is me. well, i do frequently. >> but you have insurance, p.j. >> fire your insurance man. >> i am not firing my insurance man. they treat me pretty well. i actually like my insurance company. coming back to the polling thing, when people call us in new hampshire, when they call is in the middle of dinnertime, make us get up from the table and go answer our wall mounted phones in new hampshire, we tell them lies. you don't want to listen to polling too much in new hampshire. >> if i was spor to put you on the spot to say who are you supporting, do you have a candidate that has your eye? >> yes. but i may not vote for him, being a new hampshirite and therefore unpredictable. i'm going with romney because

i'm looking at this line of candidates and waiting for ron paul's skull to explode and the tentacle tentacled thing to come out from inside there, waiting for newt to blow up like the blowfish in "finding nemo." ceteor s i'm looking at rick perry, the non-smoker's marlboro man. i'm looking at these. i may vote for huntsman just to send romney the message, look, aisr we got another romney out there, okay? if you mess up, you can be replaced. dof you are fungible. 'strfe't >> the only saving grace we have. >> john, isn't this part of the problem with new hampshire, iowa chavhoths is iowa, and they had their iny me moment and it was very very close and very exciting. new hampshire likes to take itself a bit more seriously, they would argue, when it comes to these things and be more unpredictable and indeed trick the balloon of anybody they ar yicgh

think is getting a little bit too super confident and complacent. >> well, look, new hampshire de whene also rewards people for working hard. governor romney has been here quit a bit. he has worked hard for the o ii t wiarin republican party, worked hard supporting republican candidates and even though we like to suggest that this thing is going to close down quite a lot over the last few hours, the fact is that he did build up an honestly ei f earned base in the state. >> i've lived in new hampshire for a long time and i do what the governor tells me to do. >> the only problem we have is that -- the only problem we have is he might misspell the x. io pugey w'd >> let me -- >> this is entirely true. >> let me leave you, p.j., with a final word on this. do you think whoever wins the nomination can actually beat barack obama, given the economic noe >>ee inde omcacs climate in america right now appears to be increasing and

improving quite markedly. >> it's what i call the romney effect. i think people are beginning to understand the governor might get elected and a lot of the aggressive entrepreneurs are no cimlaboh starting to hire and spend money and invest. >> he's already having a positive effect on america. >> paradoxically, his success s. thaitrewa may be what makes it a much more difficult task for him to win. >> p.j., i did promise you the last word. i have to get you to jump in. go on. >> just that i think, you know, that the republican, probably romney, can beat obama, but it really will be a thumbs up-thumbs down judgment on the state of the american economy in the last four, three, four weeks before the november election. which is very sad, actually, because there are some big n do ter issues here on the table, some very important reasons to have this election and for it just to be -- for it to be determined by something that frankly the

president can't do, the a thr. president is not in charge of the economy, in fact, one of the ieswe yeradbow beauties of a free economy system is no one is in charge, no one person. >> on that bombshell, p.j., the no one is in charge bombshell, i 0 ag wt tr have to leave it there. thank you very much. today, newt gingrich picked up a palin endorsement, but not the top palin. sarah palin has herself yet to endorse a candidate. beas , yoid two of newt gingrich's top supporters are his daughters, scl.inry ce e kat kathy cushman and lubbers. usousaandf >> thank you for having us on. venoat >> i appreciate you being on. it's about time we had you on. we had the huntsman daughters on. are they your rivals in this race? >> not at all. we're all having a good time. .ehann i ran into them today. a'luz they're enjoying it with their

father just like we are. eope >> tell me about your father. i've interviewed him a couple times now. st i - r wtl he's obviously a very bright man. i get the sense he slightly mowete boxed himself into this mr. nice guy thing and he's not really your dad, is he. ckelge what he really wants to do is eat raw meat, pref vious which mitt romney. >> i don't know about the mitt romney part. >> he likes his steak medium rare. he's providing a clear contrast between himself and other candidates. that's what you see going forward, very persistent about people thinking about who they will nominate to run against president barack obama and he's done these things on a national level and positive vision for the future. >> he keeps using this word "baloney" and now a website devoted to this. the baloney website.

did your father always use the word baloney? is he a big fan of baloney? >> i'm a big fan of baloney. >> it's a funny little phrase but his point is we need to be very frank. the american people need to think very hard about who they nominate to run against president barack obama. i think in the last segment, you talked a little bit about the contrast. the contrast we need in the general election is a president who can't govern, can't pass a budget. and our father, newt gingrich who not only served as speaker but with a democratic president, reformed welfare, cut taxes and reduced spending and knows how to govern on a national level. >> let me put this to you. we have to wrap it here. he's also been a bit of a naughty boy in the past and people are using that baggage against him. he says he's a changed animal. has the leopard changed his spots, do you think?

>> the great news about our father, he is a life-long lerner. he has converted to kat thol sirms, has his family completely ce tas g behind him. lveur gted. va "sa my sister and i are behind him on the trail, love him and adore him. our husbands as well. being a grandfather has really enlightened him and broadened his horizons and he is wise. he has governed and will do well. close your eyes and imagine newt gingrich debating barack obama and you know who will win. >> ladies, thank you very much. >> our pleasure. ueto,0ngon t. >>weja >> a lot of president candidates and jack welch saying mitt romney is the most qualified from a business point of view he's ever seen. wto we'll ask him why when we come back. enwa o 00vi sarah, will you marry me? havthin t tolic

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i liked that part of his campaign and wanted to take a good look at him on that basis. i think he might have had some runway if he stayed with it. we need a growth rate. >> mitt romney, you say from a presidential candidate point of view is the best you have ever seen. that's high praise. >> i'm talking about as a candidate. we never know what somebody will do when they get the big job, always a question. as a candidate, take john f. kennedy, nixon, go through them all, mitt romney has been to harvard law school, harvard business school. he went to bain consulting, first class company, built it, left to go to bain capital. consulting got in trouble, they brought him back and he fixed that. took it out of trouble for two years and brought it back. then he -- i was involved in the olympics in the 2002 one. we had bought it earlier, they were going down the drain, had a corruption scandal and they were

going to cancel after 9/11. romney went out there, rallied everybody and got the olympics on track and they had a very successful olympics after 9/11. then he came back in a democratic state and took on a >> so come on in, you married christie turlington, which of itself is a fantastic thing and $500 million deficit and turned i apologize. it into a $2 billion positive budget gain. your brother married his sister. so he's fixed all kinds of things. he's fixed olympics, consulting companies, he's fixed government. >> afriday he might screw it up. fortunately it did not happen. >> was it in your mind it might? he has a great background, family. you pick one. >> oh, yeah. >> two things i would say to you. i wouldn't dispute anything you said. i interviewed him twice. he's a very impressive man and i i took him out fishing and i said brian, you have to be 100% liked them personally. sure of this. his track record is obviously very good. >> and two kids later, it's what his critics say is, take going great. the bain period of his life, >> do you go out together? actually, he's a classic asset >> oh, absolutely. all the time. stripper, hire e-mail m, fire em, clean them out, his comment, i like firing people, to his there was some innocent

critics way too close to home. flirtation and then the next thing you know, actually, at our he did like firing people. wedding real sparks flew. that's what people in that game do? >> stop it. >> that's a great story. i'm not in that game. is it unusual as it appears or do you meet other people everywhere. >> is he neutral mitt? >> no, you rascal, you pulled that out of the hat. >> we'll constantly here from other people who said oh, that in private equity, that -- let's was our grandparents, or our aunt and uncle. take -- i talked to a "new york but he has the rights to the script. times" reporter today, he was >> is being married to christie talking like this, i said, look turlington as great as i imagine it would be? >> yes, it is. what any "new york times" just did, laid off all these that's all i would say. reporters in this recession, went down to mexico and raised money from a mexican, brought it back, to try and stay afloat. >> >> she's waking up next to ed burns. private equity goes in, gets the company lean, gets the company this is a marriage made in heaven. lean, gets it to win, gets it to and you're making movies for grow and people win. $9,000 and making $500,000. if you look at the record, it's been studied by harvard, private >> do you watch movies yourself? >> i do. equity grows faster than any i'm a movie nut. traditional big business sector but we have kids so i'm usually in the economy does once they go through this restructuring

piece. >> there was a young wise jack watching on netnetflix. in the current climate with occupy wall street, was he unwise to use a phrase like "i like to fire people." >> whow do you fancy this year? >> look, he was using it in a >> woody i love woody allen so i totally different context. this is out of context beyond always pull for him. belief! out of context beyond belief! "the decendents." >> i love george clooney. he was talking about his insurance company if they're not taking care of him in his health care problems. he likes to get rid of -- he was it wasn't just the normal telling people, you'll have a hearthrob clooney. choice, you'll have a choice i thought it was a really challenging role. with this plan and you'll be able to pick your own insurance he was a vulnerable character. company and be able to buy other insurance company you don't it's a fascinating thing to like. watch him do. >> if he's as perfect as you >> you look at all the actors. think he is in almost every way, business-wise, family, everything, why is he unable to look at what paul giamatti did in "sideways." get his poll ratings any higher nicholas in "about schmidt." than that kind of 25% that he's been at now for months and months? >> will you be at the golden globes? >> i will not. why don't his own party see in him what you see? >> so you'll be afraiding the ricky gervais roast? >> oh, yeah. >> well, my wife saw this, when >> do you laugh at the amount of you see people that perfect, sheer offense that he causes?

you're always wondering what is there that isn't quite right? in his case, i think he really >> i'm just gad glad i'm not there being the one being picked is perfect. on. >> i think he's almost single as a candidate for the president of the united states in these handedly pricked the balloon of pomposity. tough economic times in these global waters that are tough. look at that background. the fact that he's been invited back now three times -- you can't pick a candidate, you >> that's pretty incredible. >> he's kind of made american stars perhaps a little too rallngng of business pampered in recent years laugh leaders, i will now bring on somebody who may arguably be at themselves again. even more expert than you, jack, that is your wife, suzy, who by >> i guess, yeah. great coincidence, worked at i mean, clearly, they've invited him back. bain under a certain mitt and it is the golden globes. romney. it's not the oscars. she'll be fascinating, back after the break. i don't know if that would fly at the oscars. >> i would unleash him at the oscars. that is your wife, suzy, who by great coinciord at actors take themselves terribly bain under a certain mitt serious. romney. she'll be fascinating, back after the break. rthan you, jac,