the battle is joined with romney surrogate john sununu and gingrich advisor bob walker. >>> plus, house democratic leader nancy pelosi on the president's re-election campaign. >> i think he should run against this do-nothing congress. >>> and off the trail to give us a primary preview -- phil rucker of the "washington post" and neil king of the "wall street journal." >>> i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> ignoring the iowa caucuses, jon huntsman planted himself here in the granite state, holding events, answering questions, signing autographs, shaking thousands of hands -- the works. huntsman hopes to pull a santorum in new hampshire. that was the plan anyway when we talked to him three weeks ago. >> i'm putting you on early notice that we're going to win the new hampshire primary. >> at the moment, the best poll for jon huntsman shows him in a race for third. i spoke with him just before last night's debate and his prediction has changed slightly. >> we're going to do well. you try to forecast to the best of your ability based on the information you have. what hol

. >> reporter: gingrich campaign chairman bob walker said a win for romney in florida could prove hollow. >> we have defined him more and more toward not only the moderate side but the liberal side as more and more as these issues have come out. all of that i think will serve us well in the states to come. we're a national race. we are out to get delegates. >> reporter: aides know it's unlikely gingrich will do well in the upcoming contests in february but they hope he will pick up delegates anyway because they are not winner-take-all states. the former speaker raised $10 million in the last quarter plus $5 million so far this month so he is reasonably well armed for battle on supertuesday march 6. now, the ten contests that day include three in the south where gingrich, the former congressman from georgia, could be expected to do pretty well and, scott, the campaign is still hoping that senator rick santorum will eventually leave the race and leave his support to fellow conservative gingrich. >> pelley: dean, thanks very much. keep in mind, there is a long way to go in this battle for t

congressman bob walker. he's a gingrich supporter and long time ally.atched on the floor much the man in the colloquy who could respond to anything with a ripping retort. there he is, i don't think pious baloney was on his man. what do you think about ripping the scab off this notion that romney is a citizen businessman who has occasionally shown interest in public office? >> what we saw today is that newt is a strongly contending for this nomination and that what was clear in the debate today is that mitt romney can't take a punch. and i think the romney people are very, very upset about the outcome because they realize that their guy didn't do very well today. >>let go to the character of the debater of romney. romney does seem to have a problem. anything that's out of the ordinary. if a candidate interrupts him, he's indignant and plays scolding proctor kind of like problem that can't react quickly to a shot and therefore, somebody like newt gingrich who is quick on his feet can continue to take him apart. >> this comes to the question of electabilit

bob livingston, bob walker has been here.orney general has been doing great job as statewide chairman. we feel we have a vibrant organization. we have jose who ran marco rubio's organization. and one move my daughters live in key business cane and she has been doing spanish interviews and my other daughter has been going and giving speeches. >> sean: whoever i talk to, every e-mail, i'm on hannity and twitter. everything is about this campaign. a lot of the questions i'm getting what the people are talking about the tone. one i think it's made all of you stronger. whoever goes up against barack obama is going to get a billion dollars worth of sneers but on the other hand people are complaining about it. i want to get your take on the tone. >> i wish it was all positive. campaigning in the fall it was all positive we were doing terrific. we were happy talking about big ideas, how to create jobs, how to balance the budget. how to create a new social security opportunity for younger americans. lots of positive ideas. unfortunate

and bob walker thought i would say lebanon baloney and i can't want to pick down to geographic locationsthe fact this this is a massachusetts moderate, voted for paul songus, to the left of ted why he kennedy in 1994 and he repudiated the contract with america and repudiated reagan and bush and he called himself a moderate and a progress stiff and now to run around saying, i'm a conservative, a conservative. the time has come, give me a break and campaign with who you are and win or lose in a fair, straight way and don't go around making things up that aren't accurate. >> sean: let me ask you specifically about tactics and strategy as relates to the campaign. you've been in this game a long time. i was there in the room the night you became the speaker of the house. that's a long time ago. usually one of the first rules in politics is somebody attacks you, you respond immediately. you decided to wait. now you're certainly, your posture is far more forceful. why do you think you waited and do you think that might have been a mistake? >> well, look, it might have been a mistake if the worl

. ♪ >> congressman bob walker of pennsylvania.wt. >> step four, tap dance. >> what do you think of last night's debate? >> how about we do this. as we wait for the speaker's bus to arrive, how about we chant newt, newt, newt, newt, newt. >> and in desperate times, like the reliably late newt gingrich, step five, rinse and repeat. >> let's have congressman walker come back up and give one more great story about his time searching with -- come on, congressman walker. >> believe me, i have played the waiting game many, many times. >> we are told that the candidate is in this hotel now. >> candy crowley is standing by for us in iowa as she has been all might. >> we've been told that he was going to come out after rick santorum finished, so i suspect that you will see him quite shortly behind me. >> the music is generally a real hint, wolfe, that the candidate is not far behind. >> over the years the tardyness of candidates has added a new requirement to the

. ♪ >> congressman bob walker of pennsylvania, thank you for helping newt. >> step 4: tap dance. >> whatlast night's debate? was that a -- >> how about we do this, as we wait for the speaker's bus to arrive, how about we chant newt! newt! newt! newt! newt! >> and in desperate times like the reliably late gingrich, step 5: rinse and repeat. >> let's have congressman walker come back up and give one more great story about his time serving with -- come on, congressman walker. >> they've played the waiting game many, many times. we are told that the candidate is in this hotel now. >> candy crowley is standing by for us in iowa, as she has been all night. >> reporter: we've been told that he was going to come out after rick santorum finished, so i suspect that you will see him quite shortly behind me. the music is generally a real hint, wolf, that the candidate is not far behind.

we also have on bob walker, a former congressman who's supporting newt gingrich.m -- i don't know if it strikes you this way, gary, or not -- meaning romney and gingrich -- there's something there that's at a higher level of friction than among the other candidates as far as i can see, though it didn't come out in that debate last night. >> that's an important point, candy. were you surprised during the debate last night that the other candidates did not go after romney? >> listen, i think it is a recognition that in the end only one of them is going to be able to go after romney with any power. because right now basically with the exception of ron paul and he does figure into it somewhat, but they are splitting the same vote, whether it's santorum to certain extent huntsman but not quite, but whether it is santorum or gingrich or perry, they're all going after that conservative vote and they can't all go after mitt romney with one-third of that vote. i think them going after each other makes a certain amount of sense because only one of them really has a shot at

former pennsylvania congressman bob walker and he's back with the fox news political analyst juan williamsn dollars? >> that's what i hear, you know, we know nothing about this in our campaign. so, but that's what the press is reporting. >> i find that attitude and i'm not talking about you, sir, with great respect, but i find that attitude it's not us to be really disgusting, it's disgusting, that isn't it to you, a little bit. that the background money of the world. >> yeah. >> as hijacked the process. >> yeah. >> to which we elect our representatives? >> no, i think that the fund raising in this country has become obscene. >> yes. >> and i'm very disappointed in the way in which politics is being conducted right now, but the fact is, i mean, under the law. >> oh. >> our campaign is not allowed to. >> no, no, we don't coordinate it. >>, but we don't. >> you're about to beat out of him again which has been sort of the way of the day. >> when did newt gingrich get the hate on for mitt romney? do you know? >> the fact is the ads running in iowa were not true. that they were not factual. tha

bob walker, chairman of the science and technology committee, and late headed on the walker -- headede walker commission on aerospace, was with me in the early 1980's, and we interviewed younger nasa scientists. i wrote a chapter in "window of opportunity," what would have happened if we'd sustained the momentum of apollo? by the 1980's, we would have had a permanent base on the moon and we would have been on mars. look at the extraordinary trajectory. i want to start, because i used to be a history teacher, i want to put this in context. what i'm going to talk to you about today is going to be very, very bold. it's going to be very different. it's going to make, frankly, some of the nasa bureaucracy uncomfortable. there are going to be people in washington who are going to say, oh, my gosh. what if you were actually just flying rather than studying. what if you were getting things done instead of having planning meetings? it would be a frightening change in the current pattern. so -- but let me put it in context. i want to use three examples, the third of which is obvious, john f. ke

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watson and bob walker and senator fred thompson are all down here courtroom panic for him. him. i think we will do very, very well. bill: nobody predicted the outcome of south carolina with gingrich winning 46 counties, who knows on tuesday. thanks. 22 before the hour. ♪ welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out. welcome back. martha: saying so long to an old favorite of the small screen. robert heyges, as one of the sweat hogs in welcome back kotter. he was known as epstein. the new jersey-born actor played a jewish puerto rican wheeler dealer. he will be missed to be sure. he died of a heart attack we are learning after suffering chest pains at his home yesterday. he was 60 years old. that lunched a lot of careers. bill: it sure did. a handful of friend out to enjoy fresh powder in their snowmobiles buried over their heads in seconds. one of them had no idea what happened, he said it felt like concrete around him. he will tell news a moment liv us in a moment live, who saved him and how. >> it's like being in concrete. i guess i always figured you could move some wha

this is retired congressman bob walker from pennsylvania.ingrich's, so he's essentially teeing up the crowd for the former speaker to speak. as we've been told, this place is packed with people. shannon travis somewhere there on the ground. there he is. >> reporter: in the crowd. >> in the crowd we found you. you say these people are pumped. i hope you can hear me. i understand this is an airport hangar. why is that, shannon? >> reporter: that's right, brooke. probably because the campaign needed a really big place for all of these supporters. if you see behind me, you just mentioned there are masses of people here. this could potentially be his biggest crowd yet here in florida. up on stage as you just mentioned, you have men pumping up the crowd even more and newt gingrich is expected to come on. you know he thrives off of this. he thrives off of the energy of the crowd and he'll surely get it here. earlier today at his first campaign appearance of the day back in st. petersburg. it was a smaller crowd, at a diner but no less red meat that

bob walker who also is with me and i could go on down the list. the romney campaign especially in florida is a big factor. they have been able to outspend us in florida by some say four to one, five to one and those dollars were negative early on and hard hitting. they won't be able to spend that kind of money everywhere. the truth will will out and we did have and had a strong support base in congress behind newt gingrich. there is selective memories on part of some of those folks. he is a great leader and has the value structures and leadership qualities. his plan is the boldest on the economy of anybody. and i don't think being some what moderate or not quite so bold is the way to go to beat president obama in the fall. at the end of the day we need somebody whose plan is going to be clear. who is going to be strong on national security. in favor of reducing the size and scope of the federal government and able to articulate this very, very well and newt gingrich is able to do all those things and can stand up on obama care which i don't think

>> kimberly: walker. >> bob: nobody -- except me. >> dana: can i say something about the media?eric: please. indianapolis the two clips we saw, diane sawyer first, the media, he is embodies this last night -- she embodies this last night. this is something not particular to her but they always want to ask a president, whoever is it, what mistakes have you made? can you sleep at night? and if i were president obama i think i would have said you ask me that every time because i do an interview once a week and i'm not falling for it. let me tell you my plans if i'm fortunate enough to win america's support for a second term. instead goes back to how bad do you want it? >> eric: dana, can i give do a sports analogy? >> dana: i'll see if i can follow it. >> eric: fast ball this fast, beach ball, and he struck out. >> dana: however he was going to answer that, his supporters are going to like what he had to say and people who wouldn't vote for him -- the i add one other thing about the interview? i thought the timing was very, very strange. i don't understand why the white house doesn

bob walker, who was chair of the science and technology committee, and later on headed up the walkerth me in the 1980's. we interviewed a young girl nasa scientists. i wrote a chapter about what would have happened if we would have sustained the momentum of apollo. by the 1980's, we would have had a permanent base on the moon and we would have been on mars. you go back and there is just an extraordinary trajectory. i used to be a history teacher. i want to put this in context because what i'm going to talk about today is going to be very bold and very different. and frankly, it is going to make some of the nasa bureaucracy uncomfortable. there'll be people in washington who will say, oh, my gosh, what if you are just lying rather than studying? -- flying rather than studying? what if you are actually getting things done rather than having planning meetings? it would be a fragging change in the current manar -- frightening change in the current manamanne. abraham lincoln, in 1859, stands on the banks of the missouri river at council bluffs, iowa and says, we should build a transcontin

. >> bob: your boy scott, whatever his name is -- >> eric: scott walker, indiana now is going to move to be a right to work state. on the state level, republican and conservatives are spreading to become more -- >> dana: it's not easy to be a republican and go in a state failing under democratic leadership and turn it around. michigan is a great example. wisconsin, governor snyder in michigan, walker is in wisconsin. you have to make tough decisions to get things moving again. >> bob: kasich is in trouble. >> eric: mitch daniels in indiana c'mon, you have to admit it starts at the state level. >> bob: in the muper midwest, the polls are terrible. kasich told me that himself. >> dana: he has to turn it around. you have to make a case to deep it in there. the republican bench on the state side is impressive. our friend ed gillispie helps run that and they have had steady gains since he was at the elm of it. >> greg: more like your friend. i don't know him. >> dana: want to get to know him? >> greg: love to. >> dana: nice guy. >> bob: nice guy, but you wouldn't get along with him. he tal

bob. you'll remember that. george herbert walker bush an unknown ambassador a moderate candidate in the race, won that caucus because the conservative vote was all chopped up. one of the things to watch coming out of iowa is can the conservatives coalesce around one candidate? rick perry in south carolina, rick santorum? who will that be? going forward to be the alternative to romney? that's what i would look for coming out of iowa. >> schieffer: in 1980, ronald reagan wins the fom nation. then you shift to 1988. of all people pat robertson finishes ahead of george bush in iowa that year. and then george bush goes on to win. i agree with you. it's important because it's first. we find out, we see them all lay it out. thanks to all of you. we'll see you all out there. i'll be out there this afternoon. back in a moment with some final thoughts. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understan

>> bob walker is actually here in florida working with us, former congressman greg yancey helping usople that work with dad that help him. what you see, those are against him to your point, you see washington establishment that are very, very concerned about governor romney making sure he gets in and they are fighting back against dad. they know because he led the contract with america in 1994, and because he actually put in place, he actually voted on everything he said he would in 100 days, even though many people said slow down it is too much, he fulfilled his word. they know when he gets to washington, there will be real change and real change is really hard for people that have been there a long time. >> jack day, is lawrence o'donnell, i can see you are very well versed in the gingrich campaign talking points so i don't even want to go there i want to ask you a family question, and this fascinates me. you had a perfectly happy and busy life before your dad decided to go off and run for president and here you are, thrown out there on the campaign trail every day, very, very acti

. >> now, this has been compared, guys, to what bob dole said, george herbert walker bush. there's a real difference on two levels. one is, he's not claiming that in this case, romney's lying about his record, gingrich's, he's lying about his own reality. he's claiming to be a conservative, when everybody in massachusetts knows he was pro-abortion in terms of this funding bill we didn't even know about, in terms of putting planned parenthood people on this commission, in terms of health care. everything, he was a moderate. that's why he got elected to massachusetts. >> it's funny, i do think something did change tonight with mitt romney, and that is, because you heard rick santorum's been talking about health care and saying, that's one of the biggest issues i want to discuss. by the way, the massachusetts health care plan was sort of the arc -- was sort of the model for president obama's plan. and he wants to go after that. gingrich wants to go after -- i do think after tonight, for the first time in this campaign cycle, mitt romney will then be a collective target of rick

but bob teeter, the late bob teeter who was george herbert walker bush's pollster and campaign manage never 1992 when president bush lost re-election to president clinton in large part because of the economy told me that, and everything else we learned since has confirmed it, that it takes a full quarter of good news, three months before people start to perceive a change in their economic outlook. and in other words, the economy was improving enough in 1992 but voters didn't feel it that way. if it's going to be good news, this is the time for the obama campaign for it to begin is in early 2012 and to continue through the election. otherwise if the economy is going to be a real political liability for the white house. >> woodruff: david, what b let's tuck about the fallout from iowa. how much of one is there? how much are new hampshire voters paying attention? we heard gwen talk to that group of voters about it. but how much does it matter that romney came in first by 8 votes, santorum right behind? >> well, friday has been a very good day for mitt romney. the poll in new hampshire ha