candidate they want. and once i heard the first economy from cnn. it hit its out of the park . we go to malls and jimmiep gyms and offices . and would you see that congressman continuing in other state. and we get to ohio and those kinds of states where there might be more pressure for newt gingrich. how do you think it sorts out. >> i think it is mitt's race to lose. he has to go on offense. but the challenge that newt has is that the bump he

receives is a one week performance. a strop week. but strong and very interesting and highly engaged. there is no doubt that the race long-term belongs to mitt romney unless he loses it. >> congressman. i know you have not been feeling well. thank you for taking time to chat with us. >> thank you. >> the congressman joins us. and already crying foul over new voters id laws there. saying it is going to hurt them in the general election. across the golden state,

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>> yeven half hours until the polls close. a big issue with the primary today. how it will shape up in the general election in the polls. it makes it very, very difficult. we have the state's attorney general looking into this. and responding to this. this is just a way to keep the democrats away from the polls. >> nothing is forther from the trouth. it is no more real that we are keeping democrats from getting prescription medication or boarding the plan or entering a federal building or buying

sudafed. you have to register to vote. and you have to have a voters id. you have to show a photocard to insure you are who you are who you say when you are voting. >> what do you have now in south carolina. you show up to vote what do you have to present? >> you don't have to present anything but a voters registration card. you can walk in and say i am john smith and pass a paper card that said john smith and it has your address and john smith and say go vote. we just recenttly learned that there are over 900 individuals that had died before the election and at least 600, of

those individuals died when an absentee voters was. we know that 5,000 people out of a 90,000 number that left our state and take residence in another state are registered to vote. some may be college students who are away at school for a few years and some may have left forever. but we have a situation if they are deceased or hey no longer live here and voting in two places . we want to make sure it is secure. >> can this be going on today? >> oh, sure. there is no way to prove a negative. it is hard to go back and prove john smith that voted is not john smith. you can't go back and prove something that is flaudulent unless you catch it in the

act. there is no election fraud. it is difficult to document and prove. meanwhile the republican candidates . and the president is in a cash crunch? >> there is it always something that is going to be done by a certain state. i have homework today. it is what is right here. and most important to me.

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>> okay, we are back here. the candidates have left the restaurant. this was the scene earlier today. rom recommend had a big crowd and showed up 45 minutes early. maybe romney did a head fake here because we heard so much in greenville, south carolina . he was there 15 or 20 minutes or so and then a 45 minutes after that. newt gingrich showed up and he was there for close to an

hour. bottom line. it was surreal. i think when they were going to that event say going for breakfast. you had idea the candidates are stopping by there. that is weird. order your pancake now two men running for president are crowding the table. probably everyone knew they were there. that is just me. >> fundraisers and the push and money matters. the president has a lot of it who got to ask how they sort it out. and lady, it is roth child a former fundraiser for jon hunts man and a former big backer of the hillary clinton and has a huge losing record. milady. you are like a piriah for these guys. the best doesn't always win. and i am proud of the people i supported and i would do it

all over again. >> you are a big backer of hunts man . where do you go now? >> i believe that barack obama should not be reelected. >> i know, you don't like him. >> but mitt romney? >> i think the country is 39 percent moderate, 37 percent conservative. we are a center right nation and if the republican party doesn't figure out a way to get above mccabe- on mccain's 47 percent. >> you are a center right. how did you ever support hillary clinton? >> how? >> she is not center right anything. >> that is not true. hillary clinton believes that america is the place where anything is possible for anyone who works hard and plays by the rules .

she is not a big government person. she believes in inividual. >> i don't want to get distracted. >> hillary clinton was a center left i would say. >> >> you peck yourself up by the boot straps and that is what mitt romney, he's criticized for it. and maybe it's, it's been too easy for him and maybe he has too much money for it and newt gingrich has his tax returns out there and explain to me how you pay a 15 percent rate. what is the war issue. >> what mitt romney has to do, he has to make the speech defending capitalism. like barack pumbum came out on race. mitt romney has to come out and defend capitalism as a

source of. it is taking out 180 million in fees. and then that is not the kind of capitalism i defend. and i think he should come out and say 15 percent tax on carried interest for people who run private equity fun exercise hedge funds is wrong. >> he has that which he does. and he is the person who can change the law. just like when roosevelt put kennedy in the fcc because kennedy knew the trickings. >> is it when bill clinton took on a rapper in the democratic party. a defining moment. but could i ask you about the

money advantage regardless of the case of the republicans. the president has a significant advantage. mitt romney has more money for now. but money follows momentum. are they running up hill here. >> mitt romney doesn't have a money advantage obama. >> obama has more money than the republicans. but obama has 90 million and mitt romney has 30 million . obama has done 127 fund raising and twice more than bill clint and george bush. bad news for him. in 2008, he got 24 million from the financial industry . right now he has 2.4 million and i want to defend people who contribute to political campaign. we think we are helping our country and we do it because we think that elect the the right government makes the country better.

they need to to help their business. i am not naive to believe we do it all for good. but most believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. >> who will you give? >> i will sit on sideline with respect for the money. i did a lot for huntsman. >> can you see yourself giving money to newt gingrich in >> no. >> what do you do if it is between newt gingrich or obama. >> try to get the third party. >> newt gingrich cannot beat barack obama and newt gingrich cannot be elected. look at the ethics violation. >> he was exxonerated on that. >> look at what he had to pay a big fine number one . number two, he was lobbying for fannie mae. >> he has a lot of baggage. >> huge baggage and while he was trying to impeach bill clinton for having an affair,

he's having an affair. >> it doesn't matter to the south carolinians. >> i think it does matter. for one minute he has a moment of strength on the stage that was brilliant. that is a character issue not that we go in private lives, but private lives do matter and character matters in the office and newt gingrich does not. >> you stuck with bill clinton when the character matters. >> i didn't dismiss it, i thought as a president he was -- >> you liked him. >> i really like his wife and i really like him and i was mad at him like everybody else. i didn't think he should be impeached for it >> lady. milady, that is cool. you have that on your card. >> no, i don't use that anymore. you are the one who loves it. >> sir paul.

? my lady. >> you are best with ties like that. >> iris is wrong. seriously she is -- direct as they come. when we come back. it is raining in south carolina and does that affect turn out. not as many people turn out, who does that benefit? [ male a] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade.

>> how loyal and rabid are your supporters that they will show up in rain? rain over the half of the state. i don't believe charleston, south carolina where peter barnes is. peter, what can you tell us thus far? >> right now, neal.

it is just overcast in charleston and it is raining up stateheavy rain that is newt gingrich, santorum country. and could affect turn out there. and it is also raining hard in columbia. they are concerned about turn out there. that tends to be more moderate and here in the coastal area where romney is poling stronger it is overcast and that might help him. all right. let's connect and by the way, we are getting a lot of e-mails about ron paul and breaking off an interview. sorry, peter. i hear you. and now he's coming up against a hard break. that comes whether they are talking and that was my bad. it was not a deliberate slight to the congressman. he's been on with me more than

i think any other broadcaster combined. and so for the ron paul supporters that are upset. it happens. they are called satellite feeds that go against the break and that broke and i didn't realize we were coming against it . and managing editor of the hill.com. what is at stake in this race. rick santorum. he, you know, now the official winner of iowa . he was giving it a good fight in the south carolina where the conservative position would be popular and then newt gingrich eed him in the last couple of debates and he's since moved on. and what do you make of the battle for the conservative heart. between newt gingrich and mr. santorum? >> i think that nile you - on neal you are right.

rick santorum is doing decent in the debates but not the story. maybe newt gingrich should step aside so the anti-romney vote can go behind santorum. he ricked a lot and did not do well playing there. and polls inicate he will not do well i think there will be pressure for him after florida if he doesn't do well to drop out and then you have newt versus romney with ron paul still in it. >> romney tried to read the tea leaves and saying the fight will go on and each campaign have folks who track the numbers. hard to say which is reall until after 7:00 p.m. mitt romney might be acknowledging the state. >> i know tim scott was on earlier and he called it a photofinish. he knows that i think it is a

big night for newt. it is how much. double digits and mitt romney, there is a concern. you talk to the republicans and a lot of them are not crazy about mitt romney. but they thought mitt romney cou beat obama. but his shaky debate performances think mitt romney can politically punch obama even if he can't beat him. thank you, neal. o be we socked y and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and the common sense of retirement planning became anything but common. fortunately, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. take control by opening a new account or rolling over an old 401(k) today, and we'll throw in up to $600. how's that for common sense?

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we'll get a gauge of where the presidential race is going. karl cameron said it could drag out longer and more than 72 hours ago. it looks like it would be a race that romney couldn't lose. that could be the case but it is a