higher education i want to commend chuck huckabee and the board of regents along with commissioner ron jackson and the technical college board for performing a strategic consolidation of institutions. in this age of doing more with less, you are delivering a better return on investment without compromising service to students. before leaving the topic of higher education, i want to announce two ambitious goals. georgians deserve a world class medical university. and it will be a priority of this administration to have a medical college among the top 50 nationally. this is something we can do. and with your help, we will. [ applause ] also within this push the georgia health sciences university will seek to become the state's second national cancer institute designated cancer center alongside the winship cancer center at emory. as of today, georgians' annual death rate from cancer exceeds the national average. but i believe we have all of the ingredients necessary for a determination for it to be a destination for cancer research and a resource for every family battling this disease. this desig

ron paul may be the jesse jackson man where he becomes the choice where romney is going to go ahead ande nominee anyway. let me just vote for somebody else. >> does it cost him the general election? >> if ron paul ran as a third party candidate, most of those votes would come out of the republican side. that's splitting the anti-obama vote. right now, a lot of people are fast forwarding to the general election. they're buying the romney camp's line that it's a romney-obama race. not so fast. take a deep breath, folks. we are two primary sboos a long process where they've got to get to 1143 to get to this nomination. let's give the voters of south carolina, florida and everyone else their chance. this is what we've been looking forward to. let's take a deep breath and appreciate the election. >> what does mitt romney do to win over some ron paul supporter sns they just seem to love ron pauls -- frankly, the things he says are the things that would never be adopted by someone mainstream in the republican party. like get rid of the fed. >> he doesn't feel threatened by him. you're talking

ron paul may be the jesse jackson man where he becomes the choice where romney is going to go ahead ande nominee anyway. let me just vote for somebody else. >> does it cost him the general election? >> if ron paul ran as a third party candidate, most of those votes would come out of the republican side. that's splitting the anti-obama vote. right now, a lot of people are fast forwarding to the general election. they're buying the romney camp's line that it's a romney-obama race. not so fast. take a deep breath, folks. we are two primary sboos a long process where they've got to get to 1143 to get to this nomination. let's give the voters of south carolina, florida and everyone else their chance. this is what we've been looking forward to. let's take a deep breath and appreciate the election. >> what does mitt romney do to win over some ron paul supporter sns they just seem to love ron pauls -- frankly, the things he says are the things that would never be adopted by someone mainstream in the republican party. like get rid of the fed. >> he doesn't feel threatened by him. you're talking

this state, i want to commend chancellor hank huckaby and the board of regent and the commissioner ron jacksonoard for performing a strategic consolidation of institutions inch this age of doing more with less, you are delivering a better return on investment without compromising service to students. before leaving the topic of higher education, i want to announce two ambitious goals. georgians deserve a world-class medical university. and it will be a priority of this administration to have a medical college among the top 50 nationally. this is something we can do and with your help we will. [applause] also, within this push, the georgia health sciences university will seek to become the state's second national cancer institute designated cancer center. alongside the winship cancer center at emery. as of today, georgia's annual death rate from cancer exceeds the national average, but i believe we have all of the ingredients necessary for a determination -- to be a destination for cancer research and a resource for every family battling this disease. this designation would mean greater access

. >>> and coming up next -- ron paul, a fan of michael jackson? how taking words out of context can be dangerous. >>> we'll be back with john berman's closeup in a moment after these words from our abc stations. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. nonorthrop grumman. >>> it's a time-honored tradition in politics. twisting an opponent's words by taking them out of context. for john berman's take on it. here's closeup this week. >> reporter: what is ron paul's favorite michael jackson album? >> dangerous. >> reporter: what is newt gingrich's favorite type of dark meat? >> elephant. they have 105,000 muscles in their trunk. >> reporter: okay, neither of those things are true. we took their words out of context. in politics it's safe to say that out is in. this got a ton of buzz. mitt romney was talking about firing insurance companies not down and out workers. >> i

ron paul is actually lead in jackson county. governor romney is running second. if the percentages stay up, he could make it up there. you get a dead heat. the breadth of the santorum performance is impressive winning in small rural counties with evangelical votes, winning in western part of the state that is conservative. where do you go from here? go back and look four years ago, mitt romney 25% then. mitt romney 25% now. almost the same number of votes. the orange here is mike huckabee. the reason you heard senator santorum smartly talking about the economy tonight in his acceptance speech more than the social issues, look at what happened to huckabee four years ago when he went to new hampshire. there are no evangelical voters in new hampshire. if you want to prove yourself in the next state, that's new hampshire. rick santorum quickly turning to the economy. in south carolina, a lot more evangelical voters here. very smart, very smart senator santorum tonight saying yes the social issues matter. he knows the campaign

you will find a very different set-up for congressman ron paul in lake jackson, texas.ntly selling his four bedroom house for $325,000. though zillow values it $65,000 less. of course we don't want to leave president obama out of the fun. the obamas purchased their home, their chicago home in 2005 for about $1.6 million. it is he is made to be worth $1.3 million now, of course, thanks again to cnn money for helping us compile that. of course you're wondering, what about the house they want to upgrade to? zillow even tracked that. if you want to purchase the, the estimated value is over $261 million. but as one of my favorite producers pointed out, you can also rent it for $1.6 million a month. >> it has an occupant at the mole. he hopes to keep it four more years. >> but he's not paying that. thanks very much. >>> ahead, president obama wants to streamline government. we'll put that promise to the truth test. plus, tonight's moment you may have missed. >> if you could be any animal, which one would you be? >> if i could be any animal? probably an elephant. >> you heard

. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, jackson, mississippi. >>> let's go to ron claiborne with the other headlines. >> good morning, everybody. we begin with politics and "your voice, your vote." the uphill climb facing the republican candidates. a lawsuit was denied by a judge to rick perry and other candidates to have their names added to the virginia ballot. >>> former hopeful john edwards trial has been delayed because he has a serious heart condition. edwards will undergo a procedure next month. the condition could be life-threatening if not treat t. >>> and the u.s. marine corps is still trying to find out the person who took this video. the marines have interviewed the four men in the video. charges are expected to be field against them next week. they've launched an investigation into the culture of the marines. >>> a sad ending to the search for the missing montana mother who went jogging last saturday and never came home. shorts say sherri arnold is dead and two men are being questioned in regards to her death. >> reporter: this was not the update the people of sidney had

guest: when chris called in, i thought maybe he was a ron paul supporter. jacksonrgeted county for these republican campaigns. ron paul put forward a huge effort in jackson county. he had a satellite office up and running. a few days later, he had a tremendous crowd. i thought he might be from there. i think one of the great stories, one of the great things i have witnessed is the strength of the ron paul campaign in terms of the ability to have passionate people open and operate offices in counties were other people are not organized. host: are no rights in and says, when you see the ron paul crowds in iowa, realize that half those people are from other states. guest: i was in the morning yesterday and i think that was probably true of that crowd. four years ago, a lot of people said that all the ron paul people were out of town. his movement is not necessarily as large as it seems at these rallies. i think we have to be careful when we say that. i think that is probably true of a lot of candidates. at this time in the race, there are a lot of people outside iowa

steve osunsami, abc news, jackson, mississippi. >>> let's go to ron claiborne with the other headlines. >> good morning, everybody. we begin with politics and "your voice, your vote." the uphill climb facing the republican candidates. chasing mitt romney is a little bit steep they are morning. a federal judge had denied a lawsuit by rick perry and three other candidates to have their names added to the virginia ballots. he said they should have applied for this before they were not on the ballot. >>> former hopeful john edwards trial has been delayed because he has a serious heart condition. edwards will undergo a procedure next month. the condition could be life-threatening if not treated. this is the third time his federal trial has been delayed. >>> and the u.s. marine corps is still trying to find out the person who took this video. it shows four marines urinating on the bodies of dead taliban fighters. the marines have interviewed the four men in the video. charges are expected to be field against them next week. they've launched an investigation into the culture of the marines. t

you'll find a very different setup, though, for congressman ron paul in lake jackson, texas.-bedroom house for $325,000, though zillow values the property $60,000 less. you can find out much more about the homes behind the presidential candidates at cnnmoney.com. but of course, we don't want to leave president obama out. the obamas purchased their chicago home back in 2005 for about $1.6 million. it's estimated to be worth $1.3 million now. kate bolduan, cnn, washington. >>> well, the "golden globes" kick off the unofficial start of the awards season. we've got the highlights with our a.j. hammer. >>> all right, george clooney and meryl streep won big at last night's "golden globes awards" show and "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer was there. so, a.j., you know the word that this is a preview of the oscars. so, what do you think? >> well, that's what everybody says, kyra. i think in some cases, for sure it was, but the "globes" really haven't been the best predictor in terms of oscar winners over the past couple years, at least. however, george clooney taking home the best acto

. >> republican elders are being very nice to o ron paul these dayspraying he does not run as an indndependent. >> he is kind of like jesse jackson in 1984. he has a constituency within the party d not going to winin the nomination, but he could end op in tampa with a strong number of delegates, and heill command respect, perhaps a speech. >> he will demand more than that. >>>> platform? that is going to be a problem for the rerepublican "estlishment." >> i don't know how you all can -- >> we will have to have a meeting and decide how to handle it. [laughter] as you know, we meet in a masonic tememple. everybody brings a live lamb, except karl rove, who brings the incense. lots of chanting could you would enjoy it. >> i gather that jon huntsman would not be allowed. >> depends on w hampshire. wewe like winners. >> you look at those polls, he is way down out there, after all the work he did. >> it is hard to know what his naative, his story, what his appeal is. what exactly is huntsman offering? until he canan answer that in a succinct way, i am not sure -- >> "the boston globe" found some virtue -- >> that is not a recommendation

ron paul do? i don't think anybody at the table thinks he can be the republican nominee but he can be your party's jesse jacksonig things he has an older libertarian base but young people love him, why? >> our campaign has been known to being a great appeal to the young people and a lot of times people ask me that. i don't know the exact reason for it. but for one thing i do talk to a lot of young people. i ask them why are you enthusiastic about the campaign. one of the most common answers that i get is that i endorse the constitution and defend the constitution constantly in washington and that's very appealing to young people. >> are we going to be at the convention in tampa, ron paul's going to have enough delegates to say i want speaking time? >> maybe. doesn't matter that much in the bigger scheme of things. he may deserve it, depending on how many delegates he gets. in the end, iowa is ron paul's high water mark. it's downhill from here for ron paul. >> impact player? >> could be. remember pat buchanan speech at '92? that was -- it wasn't a huge difference but soon let him go. he's going to make -- he ha

and the thing that makes him different, ron paul different from a patrick buchanan insurgency or jesse jacksonstitution. and it's created a whole intellectual awakening among young people. they're publishing companies, their blogs, their nonprofits. it's something like the barry goldwater revolution and a fascinating change in the whole party. >> steve, tell me how to think about ron paul. >> i think he's both very significant and very insignificant at the same time. he's significant for the reasons you outlined. there's a long game here, and i think the long game in terms of the politics, presidential politics, isn't about ron paul, it's about rand paul. it's about the son from kentucky who has some advantages that ron paul doesn't have. he's a better communicator, he's made inroads into the conservative establishment that ron paul has failed to make, and he's shown certain ability to be sort of savvy politically. he's modulated the way he talks about foreign policy in a way ron paul won't, but a way that makes him more acceptable to the republican establishment. if you're ron paul, you know,

. >> ron paul drew boos later suggesting a golden rule against america's enemy. romney and gingrich took hard line. >> andrew jackson a clear-cut idea about america's enemies. kill them. >> the right thing for usama bin laden was the bullet in the head he received. >> for texas governor rick perry, possibly his best debate yet. connecting on the voter i.d. laws. >> south carolina is at war with this federal government and with this administration. [ applause ] >> reporter: many people wondering where was this rick perry in november? >> it was one of the last opportunities for undecided voters to take a full assessment of the candidates before saturday's voting. and there is plenty of talk here after gingrich's performance at the debate, undecide have had a whole lot more to consider. in myrtle beach, south carolina, john roberts, fox news. >> bret: well, get more on where the race stands from senior political analyst, brit hume. >> welcome back. >> bret: thank you. >> some conservatives are hoping that if rick santorum or newt gingrich could make a strong shower or win in the south carolina primary it would set the

ron paul wrote about this today, maybe starting to pull on the jesse jackson mantel where he becomes choice of people who feel romney's going to be the nominee any way, but let me vote for somebody else, which may cause romney a lot of trouble. >> does it cost him the general election? >> if ron paul runs as a third party, most votes would come out of the republican side. but here's what i think is important. it's essentially a romney-obama race. not so fast. take a deep breath, folks. two primaries in a long process to which delegates have to get to 1143. let's enjoy is process and really focus on it. this is what we've been looking forward to. it's happening now. let's not fast forward. >> ryan, what does mitt romney do to win over some ron paul supporters? they seem to love ron paul. the things he says are not some that would be adopted by the mainstream. like get rid of the fed, cut a trillion dollars in year one. >> he doesn't feel threatened him him. you're talking about a small number of people and ultimately, romney's going to get a lot of older folks and fiscal conservatives

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jackson county. i was shocked to see ron paul's satellite office over there. a few days later, he had a huge crowd.ught he might be from there. one of the great stories i have seen or witnessed -- the strength of the ron paul campaign in terms of its ability to have passionate people where they can open and operate offices in counties where other candidates probably struggle to even organize. host: craig robinson, we have a comment on footer -- on twitter. is there valenti to what arnold said? caller: i went to his rally yesterday morning in downtown des moines. that was probably true of that crowd. four years ago, a lot of people said that all these ron paul people are from out of town and it helps fill up the room, and his movement is not necessarily as large as it seems at these rallies. i think we have to be careful when we say that. that is probably true of a lot of campaigns. at this time in the race, there are a lot of people from outside of iowa who came into follow, to help, to be part of it. that is a criticism that would fit with every campaign at this time. rick perry is bringing up 200

jackson. >> how are doing, j.c.? thanks for having me. >> no surprises in new hampshire, mitt romney was an easy win. >> not at all. reporter: how about ron paul. >> new hampshire is killing me for a ron paul candidacy because he's independent, he is against the establishment and new hampshire is notorious for antiestablishment. so that fits ron paul quite well. >> so you think in south carolina how will he do? >> you're going to see his numbers start to go down because south carolina, he's a little bit out of the mainstream for south carolina conservative voters there because ron paul is a libertarian. he doesn't get into abortion and all those things. that's what they care about in south carolina on the republican primary. so i would think ron paul is going to do third or fourth in south carolina. >> are you surprised about newt gingrich and where he's placing right now? >> no, i'm not surprised because newt has been in political office for so long he has an exhaustive record that you can go after. and so newt, the speech he gave after iowa, he was angry as heck, and the voters don't want an angry candidate, so the voters think -- >> he

look at jessie q there was a moment in 1988 because jessie jackson won the michigan caucuses and i was wondering if that moment would arrive with ronink so. you look at him and it's a significant story for what he represents. it's a big funky coalition, and you want to figure out how they fit in the future, but he is not a significant sfoer if you are trying figure out who is republican nominee in 2012. his force is just as much a force inside the republican party as it is outside the republican party. >> when you look at the positions on immigration and reaching out to minority voters, they need new young voters but it's impossible for me to image mitt romney to build a house for ron paul supporters. >> but he has to, ron paul will have some role at the convent n convention. he cannot be a third party candidate, that would be a nightmare. >> there ace in the hole is rand paul. you don't have any of that news letter baggage, he is younger and won a tastate-wide election. if you are ron paul and you think the party has mistreated you, you can go to the libertarian party and get 4% or say rand take it over from here. >> that is absol

ron paul. he has a different home. his home is in lake jackson, texas, outside of houston. sell it for $325,000. >> the message is look at me, i'm a regular guy. i it's a typical ranch from the outside but is huge inside. 5,500 square feet but it ain't fancy. four bedrooms, five bathrooms and an in-ground pool. he's trying to sell it online by himself. he mustn't be a good dell gator in my mind. it's over priced because it was appraised at $282,000. and he ought to clean the place up a little bit. >> you will get a call from him. >> oh, my gosh. >> jon huntsman, the former utah governor who lives in d.c. has a beautiful brownstone. >> a mansion. >> look at it. it's large. it has a lot of art. >> a lot of art, a lot of formality. >> something out of architectural digest. >> this is his parents' compound in deer valley, utah. 12 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms. it's a ski chalet on 63 acres worth $50 million. it's for sale now. what's great is when jon huntsman gets tired of the city he can go chill out on the many couches. >> let's move on to newt gingrich. he lives in virginia. this

ron paul. take a look at the "new york times" reporting on on congressman paul. this from lake jackson, texas, focusing on namination, paul has a backup plan. ron paul says he has by no means given up the nomination, but acknowledges he might not make it. the odds are romney may pull it off. mr. paul, a texas congressman said in an interview here, he doesn't have a guarantee in a week. the whole thing can shift quickly. even if his aides plot a strategy to pick up del the gats, they will try to force the party to take his and his supporters' view into account, signalling what mr. paul would want to party officials eager for the backing of his following, but notice he might undertake a third party bid. joe in the bronx on the democratic line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you? listen, this morning -- >> joe, focus on us. >> caller: good. thank you. listen. what i want to say in reference to hearing that mr. huntsman is going to resign from the race, first of all, what i want to say is that this man is the person that works for the president. the president is the person

jackson but this is something i want to do. start anew. >> mark davis who took over for his father has been in touch with ron wolf, former raider and packer personnel director who recommended mckenzie. john madden sat through an interview with him. >> my feeling has been that if my father wasn't here we needed someone to run the football side of the building. i needed to find the right person. i believe that reggie mckenzie is the right man for the job. >> mckenzie played for raiders and has been with the packers for 18 years. his former teammates there today say he's the right man for the job. >> he's the guy that paid his dus. he played the game, knows the players and knows what it takes. he knows his game that. is the main thing. >> and and then, 18 years of agreeing that says it all. >> and the fans are ready for a he fresh start as well. nick smith is live with that part of the story oo. and and this will be the ninth season oakland raiders have not made night the playoffs. fans had a lot to say about the organization and firing. raiders fans have a reputation for being dedicated to the team. it's worn like a badge of honor, decision

is there life for ron paul after this campaign -- after iowa if he comes in third to rick santorum and mitt romney? >> like jesse jacksonn the democratic party in the 1980s, he is the kind of candidate who can go on for a long time because he has a deeply committed base. this is kind of the paradox of these purely id lodge -- these candidates with a very pure ideology. they appeal to a certain segment of the elect rat who likes the purity, the consistency across all issues. then you run into someone like i ran into today at a mitt romney event in iowa. i agree with him on the economy. on foreign policy he's nuts. you have that base that allows you to keep going. the same passion that keeps that base also prevents you from growing into a full-scale challenger. >> quickly, alex. win, lose or draw, paul stays in? >> he stays in. but it's not looking good for him now. he's not much of a republican. on foreign policy and on social issues, he's a '60s democrat. >> his success is expanding the libertarian audience. he's probably extenlded the libertarian kaus to more americans than any politician we've ever seen. >> ron browns