. >> this was posted by the republican jewish coalition. most of the remarks were condemning the actions of iran and condemning the white house for not being supportive of love is real. but it was also a good test for the top candidates and what they have to do to become the nominee. >> it's a burst of applause few would have predicted just four weeks before the caucuses. >> it must be a great shock to have me showing up again. >> that brash talk and calm confidence has vaulted newt gingrich to the top. he doesn't have to answer questions if he doesn't want to. it also means he has a target of his back. new ads by mitt romney taking swipes at his ethics violations and three marriages. insiders say romney is not worried yet and may be banking on an eventual gingrich implosion. >> the history of new is you never know. >> is the romney campaign that panic button? >> i would not say that. the people i talk to say they always knew there would be a test. >> it could open the door for others. jon huntsman says his turn could be next. >> in today's

while romney spoke at the republican jewish coalition today, american bridge, released a web ad highlighting romney's flip-flops on the health care mandate including romney's own words from the last time he spoke to the republican jewish coalition. >> at times you thought it would be the model for the nation. >> you're wrong, bret. >> is that a good model for the nation in. >> i think so. that's how we're going to be successful nationwide. it's the best path. we'll end up with a nation that takes a mandate approach. my plan allows every citizen in america to get health insurance. >> you know, romney ain't doing himself any favors. he continues to get flumaxed by interviews with conservative leaning news outlets. fresh off his disastrous fox news interview last week, romney couldn't avoid his own flip-flops with the "washington examiner." >> governor, on health care, you've often said the health care plan you created in massachusetts would be a good model for some other states. you said maybe not every state, but most. >> i don't think i said "most." >> on "meet the press." >> we know romney

gatherings debates forums whatever the republican jewish coalition is holding a foreign and guess who they're not inviting or not inviting ron paul now we have a hunch as to why probably because of his stance on israel i want to show you a clip of him saying that israel can take care of itself in a recent debate. israel has two hundred three hundred nuclear missiles and they can take care of themselves why should we commit we don't have a treaty with israel why would why do we have this automatic commitment that we're going to send our kids to send their money and leslie. to israel. all right so. you know i get it the republican jewish coalition doesn't maybe have the same views as ron paul that they invite him to this republican form yeah i mean it's debate it's a free exchange of ideas they should invite him and he's the only one who's going to have a different opinion from the rest of the g.o.p. field which is completely in line no light of day between the u.s. and israel but i think this is the wrong way tactically for them to go about this as a jew they should invite him and just

well today the republican jewish coalition held a form for the g.o.p. candidates but the exclusion of ron paul who was not invited due to what the group called his extreme and misguided views as a place where we saw a lot of obama bashing mostly based on foreign policy but of course things like obamacare happen to make it in and we heard critique on everything miss policies towards iran to his public announcement of killing osama bin laden yes that actually happened the first and foremost what republicans see as his negative relationship with israel and if anything we saw the candidates trying to outdo each other on just how much they love the u.s. ally let's go through some of what was said and particularly stood out and let's ask once again if even this forum is going to help republicans secure the jewish vote which obama won hands down in two thousand and eight her disgust with me heather ceremony republican strategist and managing owner of four forty group public relations thanks so much for being here tonight thank you for having ok let's start wit

we are here today, and i want to thank the republican jewish coalition. ion today. look forward to getting brief remarks and then opened up to your question. i want to thank them for the great work they do in reaching out to the jewish community with the principles of the republican party. we have seen a dramatic transformation in this country with jews all across this country, now understand that the values of the republican party are in concert with theirs, and we've seen a dramatic growth in jewish involvement in the republican party, and a lot of that is to the credit of the republican jewish coalition. so i just want to thank them for the great work they're doing, that out reach their doing, i look forward to working with them as president of the united states to continue that effort. today is december 7. december 7, at 8 that will live in infamy. december 7 was the day in which the united states was blindsided. was blindsided because for a long, long time a lot of people did everything they could to avoid war. and at the price of almost losing the en

hopefuls hurled insults of the president at the national republican jewish coalition to just take a quick listen to what the president actually said in response. that's cool some of the law and the twenty two out of thirty top al-qaeda leaders have been taken off the field whether i engage him appeasement. or whoever's left out there ask them about that. while that is some cold blooded stuff it's the president gloating about all the people that been killed under his command and on his orders so i guess that's what he feels he has to do in the face of our of again attacks although from an outside perspective i think that any normal individual would be disturbed by this statement when asked if this is really what it's come down to in our political discourse so what was the mainstream media's response. but here's what brought the president out today there was a vote in the senate and it had to do with the man that the president wants to head the consumer financial protection bureau his name is richard cordray the main reason why the president came out was to speak about the blocking of the n

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jewish republicans. chief political correspondent carl cameron shows us what they said. >> at the republican jewish coalitionference in d.c., g.o.p. presidential hopefuls accused president obama of throwing israel under the bus and appeasing itseed adversarie. >> internationally, president obama adopted an appeasement strategy. >> israel shares a commitment to the core principles of personal freedom. yet, president obama systemically unde undermines tht relationship with israel. >> there is one side of continuing pressure saying it's always israel fault no matter how bad the other side is has to stop. >> reporter: with gingrich leading the polls, romney in an interview with fox news began the attack. >> speaker gingrich said we ought to get rid of the child labor laws. that is a mistake. he indicated for people who have been here for certain length of time we should let them stay in the country with form of amnesty. that is a mistake. the list will go on and on as we get a clear indication of where the speaker stands. >> he dismissed and scoffed at the gingrich pledge to not run attack ads. >> we'll describe

a lot of that is to the credit of the republican jewish coalition. i look forward to working with them as president of the united states to continue that effort. today is december 7, a date that will live in infamy. it was the day the united states was blindsided, because for a long time a lot of people did everything they could to avoid war. it was at the price of almost losing the entire world to darkness. it reminds us that america is vulnerable. it reminds us also that people here in washington, people around the country, of good will can have different persian -- approaches to solving problems, see things differently, we need to learn from history. history taught us that on june 14, 1940, when france fell, with some churchill -- winston churchill went on the radio and pleaded for america. we did nothing. we debate it. in the summer of 1941, after all of europe have gone dark and the pacific was going dark, we had a debate on the floor of the house of the positives to determine whether we would abolish -- house of representatives to determine whe

republican presidential candidates talked up their support for israel today at a meeting of the republican jewish coalition. front-runner newt gingrich promised to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. gingrich says that his role as house speaker in the 1990s makes him west prepared to be president. so we asked nancy cordes to find out what his former republican colleagues would say about those days. >> i pull the string. >> reporter: newt gingrich led house republicans out of the political wilderness in 1994, and into the majority for the first time in 40 years. so why do so many of those members disparage him today? >> he's too erratic. he's too self-centered. >> he has these visions of grandiosity. >> i will have difficulty supporting him as president of the united states. >> reporter: the bad blood developed over his management style and his role in the government shutdowns of '95, and '96. republicans got the blame. president clinton got re- elected. >> i don't miss those days. >> reporter: ohio republican steve latourette says speaker gingrich was always in crisis mode. >> we would meet i

national captioning institute] ♪ >> presidential candidates speak at a forum hosted by the republican jewish coalitionlater, newt gingrich, governor rick perry, and michele bachmann. the republican jewish coalition held a forum with six of the republican presidential candidates. the first speaker was rick santorum. we will also hear from former utah governor jon huntsman, rick perry and michele bachmann. it took place at the international trade center in washington, d.c. [applause] >> i want to thank the republican jewish coalition for having this forum today. i look forward to giving some brief remarks. i want to thank them for the great work they do in reaching out to the jewish community with the principles of the republican party. we have seen a dramatic transformation in this country with jews all across this country understanding that the values of the republican party are in concert with theirs. we have stayed a dramatic road with jew involvement with the republican party. i look forward to working with them while president of the united states to continue that effort. today is december 7. a da

it's actually called the republican jewish coalition forum. it is celebrated every four years. for this holiday jews commemorate the miracle of incredibly religious christian presidential candidates fighting over who loves jews more. and lo, god provided the hebrews two good look mormons, though they had prayed for but one. well, to be honest, none, they wanted giuliani but that's not going to happen. so who will win the tuchu tuchus-kissoff. >> karen and i have been to israel. >> we bought one of those, you know, tiles that said "pray for the peace of jerusalem" and we have that on our kitchen right above our sink. >> jon: ah! (laughter) so santorum opens with-- i have one of your tchotchkes. (laughter) >> jon: and i was also thinking about buying one of them glass birds that looks like they're drinking, maybe has a little tiny top hat that says israel but wouldn't fit in the luggage. can anyone top santorum. >> i feel as sheryl shared with you a very special connection to israel. when i first visited the holy land. repeatedly been to the western wall. that most sacred symbol

disturbing talk from romney earlier today speaking to the republican jewish coalition back in d.c.e spoke of appeasement to our enemies and not standing by israel saying the president doesn't understand america. there's an old ka nard, not one of us. a president that's gone out aggressively to terrorists around the world, increased drone strikes and taken out osama bin laden and al awlaki. aided in the death of moammar gadhafi, and i'm most impressed by this, he stood up and backed israel. not alone in the end. he had people behind him thanks to susan rice and hillary clinton in rejecting palestinian statehood this fall and yet mitt romney chose to use that word, that inflammatory word in front of a jewish group that refers historically and painfully to british prime minister's failure with his umbrella to stand up to hitler. also, can romney get incredibly aggressive with his chief republican rival now newt gingrich? he says he's only begun to fight. sally bradshaw is a republican strategist down in florida, a key state and served as a senior adviser to mitt romney back in 2008. a

we just mentioned there's this republican jewish coalition forum in washington, d.c. right now.ost of them are there. mitt romney was in arizona yesterday collecting an endorsement, and, of course, there was monday's high-profile manhattan meeting between surging front-runner newt gingrich and donald trump. michele bachmann was here yesterday in new york. i'm joined now by major garrett, congressional correspondent for "the national journal." >> great to be with you. >> yesterday i was talking to robert gibbs, the former white house -- >> i know him well. >> he was saying i'm walking down the street, i see all these people around newt gingrich. i come in here, michele bachmann is in the green room. what's going on? aren't these people supposed to be in new hampshire and iowa? is this a whole new kind of campaign? >> there have been a lot of things about this campaign we have never seen before, and the lack of attention to iowa is certainly one of them. and now in new hampshire, for example, jon huntsman is rolling all the dice in new hampshire. he almost never leaves new hampshi

all of the gop candidates, except ron paul, addressed a meeting of the republican jewish coalition in washington wednesday. one-by-one, they affirmed their strong support for israel. although jews traditionally vote strongly democratic, some in the jewish community have been unhappy with president obama's policies toward israel. the candidates are competing for evangelical votes as well. rick perry generated controversy with a new ad in iowa touting his christian faith. he vowed to end what he called "obama's war on religion." >>> faith-groups had divided reactions to the obama administration's new directive promoting gay rights around the world. a memo from the president ordered u.s. diplomats abroad to "promote and protect" the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. secretary of state hillary clinton said religious and cultural objections to homosexuality should not trump basic human rights. there was also mixed religious reaction to the administration's stand on the plan b morning-after pill. the food and drug administration was preparing to allow sales of

the republican jewish coalition presidential candidates' forum.huntsman and mitt romney at 9:00 eastern. on our companion network c-span3 the senate and house homeland security committees hold their first joint hearing to look at threats to military communities at 9:30 a.m.. also on c-span3 and 2:00 eastern we will return to the republican jewish coalition presidential forum to hear from newt gingrich, governor rick perry and representative michele bachman. >> president obama went to kansas yesterday to talk about jobs and the economy. this is an hour. >> the president of the united states. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you! thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you, everybody. please have a seat. thank you very much. thank you. good afternoon, everybody. i want to start by thanking a few folks who joined us today. we got the mayor, phil dudley is here. [cheers and applause] your superintendent gary french in the house. [cheers and applause] and the principle, doug chisholm. [cheers and applause] and i have brought your for

their support for israel he they are here they're here in washington today addressing the republican jewish coalition courting their support and the support of apac the jewish lobby here ron paul was not invited though due to his quote misguided and extreme views he doesn't support the u.s. relationship with israel in the same way the others do here's one of his recent comments on the issue we don't have a treaty with israel why would we have this automatic commitment that we're going to send our kids and send their money and loosely to to israel. this is not a sentiment shared by the others but there are plenty of ways in which they all differ a surprising thing for many is how much things change michele bachmann won the iowa straw poll rick perry lead in the polls for a week or so romney was the assumed front runner until it was herman cain now it's newt gingrich this is a story on the surface but what are the deeper implications here and it's one of many questions i want to have answered and joining joining me to help answer them in studio is heather sermo conservative political commentator and st

candidates had to say at the national republican jewish coalition for of the other day and they all hammer away at obamacare when it comes to his foreign policy on israel but do you think that this is also something that we see more often that we see happen a lot let's not forget there was a scandal too when the right wing went crazy a couple years ago over a journalist right which is you consider a left wing list serv where people were talking about ideas so how often do you think that you know that stuff like this goes on that the opposition research is given that people are told to say a certain you know or to report in a certain fashion i mean i think it's a fairly regular thing i mean you have lots of different groups who you who push out their agendas push out their research to various you know journalists and campaigns and think tanks and other organizations like that it's a fairly common thing and i think what was interesting about josh blocks situation was that it was on the heels of the politico story in the center for american progress and media matters so i think that's kind of

jewish vote. it's pretty small. just 2% of the electorate but very republican. today the republican hopefuls are paying their respects to the republican jewish coalition. inside track with these voters? >> that's a great question. republican candidates in general have the inside track due to president obama's stance on i n iran. he's not strong enough in the minds of many jewish voters and in the statements made by defense secretary lion peneta. they have painted themselves into a corner. we're already seeing that in some places. jewish voters elected a republican to anthony's seat. you will see that grow in florida, new york, new jersey, massachusetts. they real will have an opportunity here as long as we reach out and talk to them directly. and we support economic policies that benefit jewish voters. >> do you think the jewish vote is up for grabs? >> it's just like the latino community or any other group. we don't take any group for granted. when you look at the relationships that the party has built with the jewish community over the years it's a strong relationship. and it's been helpful in places like pennsylvania, an important battleground state.

>> reporter: he went on the offensive at a gop presidential candidate forum held by the republican jewish coalition in washington. romney was well received as he slammed the president for being too tough on israel and gentle on iran. >> he's more generous to our enemies than our friends. >> reporter: the latest polls show romney's strength is wayning at the worst time. newt gingrich is in the lead and gaining momentum. >> how many agree we are far enough off the right track that we need fundmental change? >> reporter: his message is clearly hitting home with conservatives who question whether romney is conservative enough. romney is attacking the former speaker who has been married three times on family values. >> i will be true to my family, faith and country. >> reporter: they are fighting for the conservative core of the gop. while they slug it out, the obama campaign is writing attacks for both republicans. on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. >> tim tan and george allen faced off for the u.s. senate race. the seat is being vacated by jim webb. the debate was held today in richmond. allen and

unwavering in their support for israel you see here they were in washington today addressing the republican jewish coalition ron paul was not there because while he wasn't invited due to his quote misguided and extreme views i.e. he doesn't support the u.s. relationship with israel in the same way the other candidates i'll just play you one of his recent comments on israel we don't need a treaty with israel why would why we have this automatic commitment that we're going to send our kids and our money endlessly to to israel. well this is not a sentiment shared by others but there are plenty of ways in which the other candidates do differ and the surprising thing for many is just how much things can change michele bachmann remember won the iowa straw poll rick perry lead in the polls for a week or so romney was the assumed front runner and tell it was herman cain now it's newt gingrich this is the story on the surface but what are the deeper implications here it's one of the many questions i have and tell me answer them i'm joined in studio by heather ceremony conservative political commentator and strategis

you see here just today in washington they were all here other than ron paul addressing republican jewish coalition on paul is not there because while he wasn't invited due to his quote misguided and extreme views in other words he doesn't support the u.s. relationship with israel in the same way the others do well here's one of his recent comments on the issue of a treaty with israel why would we have this automatic commitment that we're going to send our kids and send their money and loosely to to israel. all right so as you can expect this is not a sentiment shared by the others but there are plenty of ways in which they all differ the surprising thing for many is how much if things change let's take a look back michele bachmann won the iowa straw poll rick perry lead in the polls for a week or so romney was the assumed front runner until her man came was the front runner now it's newt gingrich and this is the story on the surface but what are the deeper in implications here well it's one of the many questions i have and to help me answer them i spoke with heather conservative political commenta