south carolina governor nikki haley-a big romney suporter-though she said monday on abc that she wouldn'ts ann romney is key.the more he puts aan romney out there, the more people will understand that he side and one thaa is so at his pudienneeat the green bay evenn says it's not the spouse that matters..what do you think of the wife? those are such fluff ssuus.still, clarice jaroch said she agrees the economy is the biggest issue as did some f the other women we spoke to at he green bay event.i think heeseems to be in touch on a lot of issues that concern us and our business, so that's what brings me heee today.among men voters, mitt romney and president obama are basically tied so if he gets the nomination it's pretty clear mitt romney s going to have a lot of work to do.joe johns, cnn, reen bay wisconssn. -----end-----cnn.script----- see all of our stories about the race for the white house. go to fox-baltimore dot com... and click on the vte 2012 icon in tte news features section.all of the stories on our website are free on our website all of thh stories features section.in the nees

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besides being the governor of the great state you have a new book called "nikki haley: can't is not an option." my american story. how is can't not an option because as a conservative i believe that can't is a way of life. you can't come into my country and you can not get married if you're gay. (laughter). >> stephen: i'm the proud daughter of indian parents that brought us to a small southern town in south carolina. i was born and raised there and there were challenges all our life. >> stephen: it's an extraordinary story. your parents are from india. they came here as immigrants and now you are not only the first female governor but the first racially diverse governor of south carolina. >> right. >> stephen: how did you do that? >> i think it says so much about the people of south carolina that they would elect a 38-year-old indian american female for governor. it says that south carolina has changed, it's progressed and a great place to live and start a business. >> stephen: now i have to say something. something i cannot avoid. your parents were immigrants. they came to the united

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candidate for a guy that everyone thinks is going to lose is not a good career move. >> onto julian's point, south carolina governor nikki haleytt romney and she says she would not accept a spot on the ticket tuesday on the view. she may have inadvertently explained why with this remark. take a listen. >> women don't care about contraception. they care about jobs and the economy and raising their families and all of those things. >> did she get the war on women moment owe? >> i think she might want to ask governor romney whether women care about contraception. i think et cetera finding out in the polling that women do in fact care a great deal if you're going to take away their access to birth control. i mean, mitt romney in one month his support among women of child bearing age has dropped 14 points in 12 swing states across the country, according to gallup "u.s.a. today." there is no question that this war on em with stuff has had a major impact and to in a way to governor hayley's point, i think part of what women is saying are, really, we are relate gating the battles of the 50s and 60s? >> paul ryan down, nikki haley down

a cabinet vote? if you sit here and think that nikki haley would be a great secretary of labor, secretary of commerce, do you ever think to yourself that i could make a difference in south carolina, perhaps in the romney cabinet, i could be making a difference there too. >> my decision, and when you read all the challenges we went through to become governor, the people of south carolina took a chance on me. it is important for me that people trust their government. i made a commitment to them. i have a job to finish, and i want to make them proud. whether it is vice president or cabinet position, i need to finish the job it was given to me. i love the state south carolina and i love being governor, and i will fight for the nominee in every way to show how it has her carolina and hal we have been through things. >> i want to ask you one last question before we open up to the audience. that is about women. you have a chapter dedicated to strong conservative women, governor palen, we are in the midst by the mainstream media and other party, i would like you to talk about your perception of that and your

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you think that nikki haley would be a great secretary of labor and secretary of commerce. do you ever think that perhaps that you could be able to make a difference on a larger scale? >> my decision, and when you read all of the challenges that we went through to become governor, the people of south carolina took a chance on me. it is important for me that people trust their government. i made a commitment to them. i have a job to finish. and i want to make them proud. whether it is vice president or a cabinet position, you know, i need to finish the job that was given to me. i love the state of south carolina, and i love being governor of south carolina, and i will fight for the nominee in every way to show how it has hurt south carolina and what we have been through. but i am going to stay in my state and finish what i started and do what i promised i would do. >> one last question before we take audience questions. that is about women. you have a chapter dedicated to a strong conservative women. governor palin, who helped in your race. we are in the midst of a real atte

a cabinet post? if you sit there and you think gosh, nikki haley would be a great secretary of commerce, do you ever think to yourself look, i am making a difference in south carolina but perhaps in a romney can be able to make a difference on a much larger scale speak with my decision, and when you read all of the challenges we went through to become governor, the people of south carolina took a chance on me. it's important for me that people trust their government. i made a commitment to them. i have a job to finish, and i want to make them proud. and so whether it's the vice president or cabinet position, you know, i need to finish the job that was given to me. and i love the state of south carolina and i love being governor of south carolina, and i will fight for the nominee in every way to show how it has hurt succulent and what we've been through but know i'm going to stay in the state, continue doing what i promise i will do. >> i will ask you one last question before we open it up to take audience questions, and that's about women. you have a chapter in your book dedicated to the strong cons

. >> bob: unprecedented -- >> kimberly: let's take a listen to nikki haley. >> what is amazing is whatully president obama suddenly has become. he came in with hope and change and now bullying his way on paul ryan saying he is not coming up with adequate budget. budgeting the supreme court saying they won't reverse this, won't go against this. that is not how things work. he has to lead. >> greg: i don't think he is a bully at all. he's whining. he is missing the vice president, which is the media. they usually come to help him. he says transparent administration, but the healthcare bill was not. so it's as transparent as the hoover dam. he needs help. the media has to kick in and support him. >> dana: they are hemming him. what he really meant was, that's not what he meant. no, no, no. every politician does it. the reason this is news is because immediately upon hearing it, i was like oh! i can't believe they did that. they will have a fire storm on their hand. >> kimberly: four days later they're still dealing with it. >> dana: the president tried to walk it back. >> bob: in brown ve

joining us from south carolina is the governor of the palmetto state nikki haley who has a new memoir out called can't is not an option. governor haley, great to see you. >> great to be with you, laura. another great day in south carolina. >> let's talk about what is clearly at the core of obama's re-election strategy. and it's to divide and conquer. and on this issue of women, he seems to be doing this to some effect. their polls say different things at different times. there has been in the last three weeks or so, two or three polls that have come out that have demonstrated that mitt romney has fallen somewhat among women. what accounts for that? >> well, i mean, how many times can we say the word distraction? that's what president obama is doing. he he doesn't want us talking about his record. he doesn't want us talking about how he has raised more debt in three years than president bush has in 8. he doesn't want us talking about the fact that we would say if we took the stimulus money we would never get above 8% unemployment. that hasn't been the case. he didn't want to talk about

i want to mention that i had a chance to see two governors last night, sarah palin and nikki haley whoon fox and friends and catch her talking about her book as she is a wonderful republican governor from south carolina. great lady to admire. >> greg: "can't is not an option." that is the title. i'm trying to think that. that took me a while. >> dana: as in cannot. it's a contraction. >> greg: got it. i want to plug i'm on john stossel -- john stossel's new book. "no, they can't." can't is everywhere! i am going to be on john stossel tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m., fox business network. if you don't have it. >> dana: get it. >> kimberly: demand it. >> greg: thank you for watching. >> dana: what if they can't? what if they can't watch it? can't is not an option! got to watch it. captioned by closed captioning services, inc

a decision has been made. he went on to say, i would suggest the president back off. jim demint echoed the governor of his state, nikki haley, calling the president a bully. and, of course, karl rove didn't want to be left out of the action. he chimed in on lou dobbs show last night. >> this is a bad way to start off, looking like you're a political thug at the white house threatening the supreme court. >> so let me get this straight. you have the guy who said his top priority was to make president obama a one-term president, you have jim waterlook demint and you have the brains behind the worst presidency all criticizing the president for standing up for health care reforms to help millions of americans? don't you think that's about as low as it gets and as weak as it gets politically? but it sure is orchestrated. i'm joined by david corn, columnist for politicsdaily.com and author of the new book called "showdown." great to have you with us. these coordinated attacks all had to say something about this at the same time. but isn't the supreme court decision coming up, giving the republicans an opportunity to take whacks at

joining us from south carolina is the governor of the palmetto state nikki haley who has a new memoir out called can't is not an option. governor haley, great to see you. >> great to be with you, laura. another great day in south carolina. >> let's talk about what is clearly at the core of obama's re-election strategy. and it's to divide and conquer. and on this issue of women, he seems to be doing this to some effect. their polls say different things at different times. there has been in the last three weeks or so, two or three polls that have come out that have demonstrated that mitt romney has fallen somewhat among women. what accounts for that? >> well, i mean, how many times can we say the word distraction? that's what president obama is doing. he he doesn't want us talking about his record. he doesn't want us talking about how he has raised more debt in three years than president bush has in 8. he doesn't want us talking about the fact that we would say if we took the stimulus money we would never get above 8% unemployment. that hasn't been the case. he didn't want to talk about

. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina to show a picture i.d. before entering the voting booth. the law has sparked charges to steal elections in her state. but haley thinks south carolina's real problem today is that votes of law abinding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects elderly and people from absentee ballots. we want to make sure we are saying who they say they are. >> without photo i.d.? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem according to a statewide investigation. in january, it found that 953 ballots were cast by voters who were deceased. the state elections commission director disputes those findings. the report came out after haley signed the voter i.d. law but h

. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina to show a picture i.d. before entering the voting booth. the law has sparked charges to steal elections in her state. but haley thinks south carolina's real problem today is that votes of law abinding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects elderly and people from absentee ballots. we want to make sure we are saying who they say they are. >> without photo i.d.? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem according to a statewide investigation. in january, it found that 953 ballots were cast by voters who were deceased. the state elections commission director disputes those findings. the report came out after haley signed the voter i.d. law but h

. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism.as first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina to show a picture i.d. before entering the voting booth. the law has sparked charges to steal elections in her state. but haley thinks south carolina's real problem today is that votes of law abinding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects elderly and people from absentee ballots. we want to make sure we are saying who they say they are. >> without photo i.d.? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem according to a statewide investigation. in january, it found that 953 ballots were cast by voters who were deceased. the state elections commission director disputes those findings. the report came out after haley signed the voter i.d. law but hasn't

a woman because things have gone so well with women in their party. >> yeah. >> i think they are going to go. i just talked this yesterday with nikki haley>> i think so. she is a woman. they need a woman. >> she wants a little time. >> she is a seikh. >> she converted to christian christianity. >> something like nowamarowanda. >> political right. mormonism. >> exactly. i think she might be a secret they are keeping. >> really? >>. >> i don't know. >> all right. everybody. >> she has a new book out she is making the rounds and conveniently came out around the time they are starting to think about the vp pick. >> this is fun. >> where she says women don't care about birth control. >> by the way, this is what is fun about having a t.v. show. anybody with a phone they can dial can be a t.v. pundit. nikki haley. >> i am hoping it's marco rubio just for the debates with joe biden. i think we are really for the comb-over versus plugged vp capdate. >> the other most awkward moment to the campaign trail this week involving the most awkward man in the world mitt romney was actually ann romney. yes realize that was a question she was asked on the r

nikki haley put her signature on a bill laden with history and symbolism.are not elected governor of south carolina a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. it would require them to show a picture i.d. before entering the voting booth. it has sparked ugly charges that there is a bigotry to steal elections in her state. haley wlos parents are from india, think that votes of law abiding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects the elderly, this protects everybody. we wanted to make sure they are who they say they are. >> without voter i.d., what is going to happen? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem. according to a statewide investigation by south carolina's department of motor vehicles. in january, it found that 953 votes were cast by people that were deceased but they dispute the findings. the report came out after she signed the voter i.d. law. >> were you surprised at the r