anselm college in new hampshire. more on the primary in a few minutes.washington, where president obama is getting ready break in a new chief of staff. chief white house correspondent ed henry reports the job of spinning the new guy's resume has already begun. >> as he introduced jack lew as the new chief of staff, president obama framed it as fitting in his efforts to stand up to the middle class. >> jack fought for an america where hard work and responsibility pay off. the place where everyone gets a fair shot. >> the president did not mention lew's more recent private sector experience working for citigroup from 2006 to 2009. even though bill daley's business ties were touted when he was named chief of staff one year ago. >> he has led major corporations. he possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created. >> the daley appointment was after republicans had taken control of the house. the president was trying to prove he is not antibusiness. now as he gears up for his own re-election, the president is steering a more populist course. especially

anselm college. it is for people who have demonstrated strong support. this dinner honors john mccain and john kerry and the late david broder. [applause] >> i will share with you what i think people considered new hampshire moments. it is bipartisan like this events. it was 1996 when bob dole won the republican nomination. that summer, dick gephardt came to manchester. he needed to pick up some items at a drug store. he stopped at brooks drug store on daniel webster highway. he put his items on the counter. the kit at the register looked up at him and said, you are a dick gephardt -- the kid at the register looked up at him and said, you are a dick gephardt. i do not believe its. . bob dole shops here too. [laughter] degette part said, we do not know what bob dole was -- dick gephardt said, i did not know what bob dole was buying in the drug store. but we know now. if you will direct your attention to the monitors around the room, we have special video bank to the folks at wmur. >> let me start that

anselm college in new hampshire.again, diane sawyer, george stephanopoulos and wmur-tv's josh mcelveen. >> back in manchester, governor, back to you. senator santorum has been clear in his belief the supreme court was wrong when it decided a right to privacy was embedded in the constitution. he believes states have the right to ban contraception. i should add that he said he's not recommending that states do that -- >> i want to be clear. >> absolutely. giving you your due -- >> tenth amendment -- >> i want to get to that core question. governor romney, do you believe that states have the right to ban contraception or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy? >> george, this is an unusual topic that you're raising. states have a right to ban contraception? i can't imagine a state banning contraception. i can't imagine the circumstances where a state would want to do so -- >> supreme court had to rule -- >> or a legislator of a state, i would totally and completely oppose any effort to ban contraception. s

anselm college in manchester.e want to thank all of you in the college and your families, once again, your families are here, and we salute all of you who have spent your saturday night here with us too. and we thank everybody here in new hampshire for joining us, and stay with abc news. we have full coverage coming up. >> thanks to all the candidates. stick with us, everyone at hope, we'll have full analysis coming up. we'll be right back. [ applause ] >>> we have full analysis on cnn right now. i'm don lemon in atlanta. you have been watching an encore presentation of the wmur new hampshire debate. let's take a few minutes to discuss this debate and where things stand overall in the republicans' battle for new hampshire. i want to start in manchester, of course, where senate political director mark preston is standing by with jim acosta. they have been on the ground tracking developments across that state. we also have two political strategists with us, michael denny is in manchester, he is a new hampshire-based

anselm college and the first debate of 2012. those eight votes in iowa reminded us on tuesday, every vote counts. >> we are off and running. great to be here with you, josh. >> now let's introduce the candidates. former governor jon huntsman, ron paul, former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney, rick santorum, former speak of the house newt gingrich and texas governor rick perry. >> time to remind everyone again of the rules, they were negotiated and agreed to by the candidates themselves. so let's take you through them. one-minute responses with 30 seconds for rebuttal and showing everybody at home the candidates will see green and then when there's 15 seconds left yellow and red. >> our audience was chosen by the college and wmur and all of you at home can watch on abc news.com and yahoo!.com. you can download yahoo!'s into now app on your iphone. pitch in your opinions during the debate. >> so let the debate begin. governor romney, we'll begin with you. we just saw 200,000 new jobs created last month. and there are optimis

anselm college and wmur. all of you at home can watch on abcnews.com and yahoo.com and join the discussion by downloading yahoo!'s into now app on your iphone. >> so let the debate begin. governor romney, we'll begin with you. we just saw 200,000 new jobs created last month. and there are optimists who say this is the signal this economy is finally turning around. are you with those optimists? >> i'm an optimist and i certainly hope it turns around. we have millions of people who have been suffering too long. 25 million people that are out of work or stopped looking for work, and also a lot of people who have got part-time jobs and need full-time employment. so it's very good news. i hope we continue to see good news. but it's not thanks to president obama. his policies have made the recession deeper and his policies have made the recovery more tepid. as a result of everything from obama care to dodd/frank to a stimulus plan not as well directed as it should have been to a whole host of new regulations put on

mark steyn speaks at the new hampshire institute of politics and political library at saint anselm college in manchester, new hampshire. [applause] >> good evening. looks like a lot of people happy to be here. very excited to everybody here to hear the musical theater critic? [laughter] you think i'm joking? one thing you're going to learn tonight, ladies and gentlemen, is that the guy that you are here to see, who's named mark steyn, is a decent user of false notions. most of you think you were here to hear a critic, and author, a commentator. let me begin by just reviewing a little bit of his life, because i think one of the neat things about mark steyn is that its very existence is a thumb in the eye to conventional wisdom, and the things that you thought you knew, mark steyn is from toronto. and like any wise and intelligent person, he got out as quickly as he could. and i mean as quick as he could, like 16. unfortunately, he made the mistake of going east instead of south. so he wound up in london, back and forth between canada and england, a little bit. now, can you imagine, you're l

anselm college. st. anselm college will host a debate this weekend on saturday. we will be watching for that. thank you so much. coming up, we will hear from former gov. tom ridge of pennsylvania and the former secretary of the department of homeland security, supporting jon huntsman for president. let's hear more from mitt romney, speaking last night after winning the iowa caucuses over rick santorum. clip: he went out and borrowed $787 billion, and his administration said they would hold unemployment below 8%. you have 25 million people today out of work will have stopped looking for work or are unable to get the jobs to meet their needs. this is not a statistic. this unemployment of 8.5%, these are real people who have looked -- who have lost their jobs. they sometimes lose their marriages or become depressed. this is a tragedy that did not need to happen. almost everything the president has done has made it harder for businesses to hire and put people back to work. he was critical of president bush for not balancing the budget, for having such large deficits.

anselm's. there's -- it is a great that there is a coroneted presence, but a people organize these and other parts of the state, it is up to them to do that and they do not need permission from ga in manchester to organize something in bethlehem or in concord or and conway. >> that conway group will -- jindal league of women voters is 4:00-6:00 that the community college auditorium. >> just to let you know about that, excellent, good. great. >> there will be a lot -- there will be tons of stuff going on and other national groups like the league tried to set things up with a group that you like, you might want to go and join them, and you might want to go in protest them. so pay attention to the news and there will be lots of stuff for everybody to do. ed will talk about what he is doing. >> then i thought we could listen to ed talk about his ideas. >> i have to talk and some people with the manchester, it would be really great to organize the program, 2012 is the year of a couple of. there was

anselm college for inviting us.omy has gone from bad to worse. i am pro-life, pro-family. i believe and support the traditional marriage of one man and one woman. liberals are trying to say the two men or to the women recognize as legally married is normal. to me, that is not normal. i am raising a nine-year-old son, and i want him to have opportunities like a i did. i think it is time to pull troops out of iraq and afghanistan and bring them home. let the people in the middle east run their countries. our job is not to beat the police men of the world. our job is to defend america and make it strong again. when you have fellow americans losing jobs, that is not a republican or democrat problem. that is an america problem. from george washington to george w. bush, we have an $8 trillion debt and president obama will double bed in four years. -- that in four years. america cannot afford that. no matter who you vote for, we have to get out and vote. vote.rock the if you do not like the way your government is working,

anselm college for inviting us. the reason i'm running is because america is in a big mess right now. we have a president said he would end the wars within the first one-to-3 -- two years of his administration. if he would have, we could use those resources to rebuild america and we would be recovering. instead, this economy has gone from bad to worse. i am pro-life, pro-family. i believe and support the traditional marriage of one man and one woman. liberals are trying to say the two men or to the women recognize as legally married is normal. to me, that is not normal. i am raising a nine-year-old son, and i want him to have opportunities like a i did. i think it is time to pull troops out of iraq and afghanistan and bring them home. let the people in the middle east run their countries. our job is not to beat the police men of the world. when you have fellow americans losing jobs, that is not a republican or democrat problem. that is an america problem. from george washington to george w. bush, we have an $8 trill

anselm college for inviting us. because america is in a big mess right now. we have a president said he would end the wars within the first one-to-3 -- two years of his administration. if he would have, we could use those resources to rebuild america and we would be recovering. instead, this economy has gone from bad to worse. i am pro-life, pro-family. i believe and support the traditional marriage of one man and one woman. liberals are trying to say the two men or to the women recognize as legally married is normal. to me, that is not normal. i am raising a nine-year-old son, and i want him to have opportunities like a i did. i think it is time to pull troops out of iraq and afghanistan and bring them home. let the people in the middle east run their countries. our job is not to beat the police men of the world. when you have fellow americans losing jobs, that is not a republican or democrat problem. that is an america problem. from george washington to george w. bush, we have an $8 trillion debt and president oba