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thank you, dean acosta, for being here. [ applause ] next, carlos gutierrez, we're honored to have secretary gutierrez, our conference co-chair, alongside governor jeb bush with us today. [ applause ] he is the 35th secretary of the united states department of commerce, currently secretary gutierrez is vice chairman of institutional client group at citigroup. before his government service, he was working with tony the tiger as chairman and ceo of the kellogg company. thank you for being here. adam putnam. adam serves as florida's commissioner of agriculture. in this capacity he leads a state agency with the mission to promote florida's agricultural

the latino vote with los angeles major antonio viary goe is a and former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." there are more delegates at stake in florida than any of the previous contests. so major momentum will come out of this winner-take-all state. naturally ron paul, a road less traveled kind of guy, spent the week in maine. >> what am i doing in maine? why am i not in florida? >> truth is, ron paul doesn't need to be in florida to have a presence. >> the debt is certainly an importance issue. you can hear it from the ron paul -- >> that's the intrigue of the paul campaign. maximum commitment by voters in the face of minimal chances. his support now is too small to be a threat to romney or gingrich in the short run, but large enough to be a factor in the long run. and if ron paul shouldn't win, what's the price for his support? the texas congressman joins me now from his home state. thank you, congressman. i just want to take a look at your -- >> thank you. >> -- strategy at this point which is to go to these caucus states where we kn

former florida governor jenna bush and carlos gutierrez our conference cochairs. the republican primaries next tuesday and will begin with newt gingrich, this is 25 minutes we had a slightly more modest group downstairs and i thought i would come up here and see if the rest of you would like to join us. you would like to join us. we had folks from louisiana, for may council. i am thrilled. we have developed here in miami nine years ago. we have had a c thank you very, very much. we had a slightly more modest group downstairs who endorsed me. us. we have no boundaries. every ethnic group that comes to america has the right to pursue the american dream. it is very important -- i was thrilled when lionel and kathy came today. they get it. they understand. everybody in the latino community has aspirations that are precisely the heart of the american dream. they want to work and have independence. [applause] we're honored to be here and to be with you. i want to thank everybody who was put this together. it does matter a great deal. these are all first-rate people who'

i'm sure i'm missing many, many others but we have a remarkable -- carlos gutierrez, formerly secretary of commerce. these individuals can form membership in our cabinet, i believe, and potentially as the speaker indicates other positions as well. >> i don't have one particular name i'm going to bring up but my litmus test would be to get individuals, hispanic or otherwise, who understand monetary policy and understand the system, but also the hispanic community is especially attune to the foreign policy of nonintervention. they are more opposed to war than other communities, so -- i would think there's plenty in the hispanic community that could give me good advice and an understanding of why a nonintervention foreign policy is very attractive to the hispanic people. >> stand by. much more to discuss. i want to take a short break. we have many more topics to include, including this, we'll get into this a little bit. why would your wife make the best first lady? i'll ask these four candidates. stay with us. we're the wassman family from skagway, alaska. happened to come across quicken l

i'm sure i'm missing many, many others but we have a remarkable -- carlos gutierrez, former secretary positions, as well. >> i don't have one particular name i'm going to bring up but my litmus test would be to get individuals, hispanic or otherwise, who understand monetary policy and understand the system, but also the hispanic community is especially attune to the foreign policy of nonintervention. they are more opposed to war than other communities, so -- i would think there's plenty in the hispanic community that could give me good advice and an understanding of why a nonintervention foreign policy is very attractive to the hispanic people. >> i want to take a short break. we have many more topics to include, including this, we'll get into this a little bit. what would your wife -- why would your wife make the best first lady? i'll ask these four candidates. stay with us. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. we're here in jacksonville for cnn's republican debate. many of you are watching online, commenting on twitter, facebook at cnn.com. we have many more questions for the candidates, including

joining us now is carlos gutierrez, served as commerce secretary under president george w. bush. supporting mitt romney for president. mr. secretary, thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> pleasure, rachel. thank you. >> one thing everybody has been focusing about nationwide the contest in florida is how negative it has been, monday to monday, the past week, 92% of the political ads run in florida have been negative ads, 0.1% of the ads from the romney campaign have been pro-mitt romney. is that what we should expect from the romney campaign going forward or is it just all negative all the time for florida? >> you now, we have this conversation every four years and i remember very well the discussion around president obama, then-senator obama and hillary, we all remember the south carolina comment that president clinton made. this happens every four years. i know and romney supporters know exactly what mitt romney stands for, he wants growth, wasn't business to come back to the u.s., he wants investment, he wants entrepreneurship. if is not as if people don't know who

i -- i'm sure i'm missing many many others, but we have a -- a remarkable -- carlos gutierrez formerly secretary of commerce. these individuals can for membership in our -- in our cabinet, i believe. and -- and potentially as the -- as the speaker indicates, other positions as well. paul: i -- i -- i don't have one particular name that i'm going to bring up, but my litmus test would be to get individuals, hispanic or otherwise to understand monetary policy and understand the system. but also the hispanic community is especially attuned to the foreign policy of non- intervention. they -- they are more opposed to war than other communities, so i would think there's plenty in the hispanic community that could give me good advice and an understanding of why a non- intervention foreign policy is very attractive to the hispanic people. blitzer: all right gentleman stand by. much more to discuss. i want to take a short break. we have many more topics to include -- including this, we'll get into this a little bit, what would your wife -- why would your wife make the best first lady. i'll ask t

[applause] next, carlos gutierrez.e're honored to have secretary gutierrez, our conference co- chair, along some governor jim bush -- jebb bush, with us today. he is currently vice chairman of institutional client group at citigroup. before his government service, he was working with tony the tiger as chairman and ceo of the kellogg company. thank you for being here. adam putnam leads a state agency with a mission to promote florida's agricultural sector, foster innovation in energy development, provide a safe and abundant food supply, managed forest resources, and safeguard consumers. previously, he served five terms in congress, representing florida's 12th district in the u.s. house of representatives. thank you, commissioner putnam, for being here. [applause] last but not least, secretary spellings, margaret spelling's is with us. the eighth secretary of education. she is a strategic adviser to the u.s. chamber of commerce, where she is also president of the u.s. forum for policy innovation. as secretary of educatio

network and staff and entire collaborators and hln chair jennifer corn and jeb bush and secretary carlos gutierrez and senator norm coleman thank each and every one of you for participation in this conference. we hope that you feel energized that you've enjoyed the day and stay to the reception this evening and we hope you enjoy the breakout sessions and on behalf of myself, it's a pleasure to do this once again. thank you all for being here. i think we made history today. [speaking spanish] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the u.s. senate is in recess right now as senators are attending their weekly party caucus lunches. they'll be back at 2:15 eastern and we expect more work on the stock act which will ban insider trading among congress and their staff. more live coverage when they come back on c-span2. >> read the latest from the candidates, get updates from political reporters and viewer comments all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> this past december the u.s. house voted 303-116 to change a 1988 law that restricts the disclosure of video rental histories without customers' written consen