dr. paul on foreign policy. they don't want our troops to be stretched all over the globe. they don't want us to be playing policeman of the world. they want our troops to come home. i think dr. paul is right along with the majority of american people on this. >> let's talk about what dr. paul has said. this is i man who came out against the killing of osama bin laden, he suggested that the u.s. brought 9/11 on to itself, he wants to eliminate the federal reserve who doesn't want to sank iran. how do these viewpoints jive with the republican base, let alone, as you're talking about, mainstream america? >> well, just like i just mentioned, dr. paul wants strong national defense, most americans agree with him. most americans don't want to be stretched across the globe, troops in foreign lands fighting wars that are undeclared, unconstitutional. i mean, this is backed um by poll numbers and it's backed up by the poll numbers in iowa. people agree with dr. paul. i can say those views seem to be ma

that has really helped dr. paul. e gets a positive interview, we are told by the media outlets that it was amazing. we put ron paul online and it was the most watched video ever. we got 3000 e-mails thanking us. be involved. host: let's listen to on cnn. >> i have not even thought about it. i have a race going. i am essentially tied for first place. why would i consider going for anything like that? i do not like absolutes. i do not like to say, "i will never do so and so." people should just be a little bit patient. on tuesday, we will find out a lot more about the future of this election. host: congressman ron paul on cnn. what do think about your candidate's viability as a third-party candidate? should he not be able to keep going forward in the republican field? guest: he would be very viable, if he decided to be independent. that said, there's virtually no chance that ron will run independent. he does not want to do it. i do not blame him. our system is so biased toward independents. ron has his home in the repub

dr. paul returned to congress in 1997 to represent the 14th congressional district of texas. he served on the house financial services committee and the foreign affairs committee. as a member of congress, he continually advocated for dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles. dr. paul's the author of several books and the recipient of many awards and honors from organizations such as the national taxpayers union, citizens against government waste and the council for competitive economy. dr. paul lives in lake scombrooks, texas, with his wife, carol, and they are the proud parents of five children and 18 grandchildren. so please welcome candidate for president of the united states, congressman ron paul. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much, and looks like a very nice crowd. my wife is up here with me today, carol. [cheers and applause] sounds like to me that the spirit of liber

process so the question is the legislative i guess rape on autopilot i want to bring him back back and dr paul craig roberts to answer that question i just gave a couple of examples dr roberts going back to hank paulson to bring back that history lesson to our viewers i know our viewers are very familiar with it and then looking at obama today and the kind of acts that he's signing it is the legislative rate at this point on autopilot. where you don't look the legislature is always the weakest element and it needs to be very defensive the scholars but for reasons that act and explained for years now the united states congress has just abrogated all of its powers and it has done nothing to hold the executive branch accountable when the executive branch behaved in criminal ways violating laws on the books and when the congress would have had the support of the people in holding the executive branch accountable so why have they. abrogated their power you know naomi wolf recently wrote that by passing this military detention amendment to the defense authorization act that the congress had issued t

let me bring dr. paul into this because there's a question about who is the true conservative in the race. and governor romney said only nine years ago, during an interview with new england cable news, he said the following, i think people recognize that i'm not a partisan republican, that i'm someone who is moderate and my views are progressive. do you believe governor romney now when he says that he is a man of constancy and that he'll stand up for conservative principles? >> you know, i think this whole discussion so far has been very superficial. and i think the question in a way that you ask is superficial in you're talking about character, which is very important, but i think we should deal with the issues as well. i don't see how we can do well against obama if we have any candidate that, you know, endorsed, you know, single-payer systems and t.a.r.p. bailouts and don't challenge the federal reserve's $15 trillion of injection bailing out their friends. i don't see how we can have anybody really com

that record could work with republicans and democrats who are willing to work to the. >> dr. paulthis question of argument versus accomplishment. the question again comes from facebook. heath writes, i want -- paul treat, rather, i want to know what ron paul's plan of action will be to achieve getting the house and senate to help them do all he's promised. and here's the record, dr. paul. you have actually sponsored 620 measures. only 4 made it to a vote on the house floor, and 1 has been signed into law. >> you know, that demonstrates how much out of touch the u.s. government and the u.s. congress is with the american people. because i'm supporting things that help the american people. that's the disgust that people have, because they keep growing government, whether it's republicans in charge or the democrats in charge. but, as far as working with other groups i think my record is about as good as anybody's, because i work on the principle that freedom and the constitution bring people together. for different reasons. people use freedom in different ways, like it does, init invi

dr. paul, thanks.ack to you, john. >> governor huntsman, andy and i are about to wrap up our debate and as we do, i'd like to ask you as someone who's been here in new hampshire awhile, what does our state not co"live flee or die" mean to you personally and how would it guide you in the white house? >> it is the fulfillment of a citizenry being able to live out the meaning of our founding documents. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and everywhere i've gone in this great state we've gone 160-plus public events. i feel it, and i sense it, and people take that very seriously. you know what else they take seriously? they take seriously the idea of real leadership. i've heard a lot of obfuscating up here, the blame game, talking about gays, talking about unions, everybody's got something nasty to say. you know what the people of this country are waiting for and the people? they want a leader who is going to unify, who's going to bring us together, because at the end of the day, that's what leade

dr. ron paul. that way we can win this election on tuesday. if we have a nominee like any of the others. for one thing, we will lose the general election and also the country will lose millions and millions of new supporters to our constitution that dr. ron paul has brought in because they will not have the candidates in the election. >> thank you for talking to us. we will take a couple of more telephone calls. let's hear from jason. [inaudible] -- [no audio] >> next is a call from robert. robert is a republican. >> i was pretty and decided for which we wanted to vote until i listened to ron paul tonight and his foreign policy is outstanding from my viewpoint. i have lost friends and family in the war over there. not only that but he also talks about how our liberties are being diminished and it is becoming a police country where we are building prisons and trying to hurt people because they have separate views from anybody else's. i appreciate somebody stepping up to the plate and saying our values of a citizen are important. they cannot be

they know dr. paulhat he says. >> and what about more young people drawn in this race. >> that is very, very important for us. young people realize the mess they are being left and they want real change. they want civil liberties back and they want a government to be its proper size. dr. paul won 50 percent of the vote under 30 in iowa and new hampshire. dr. paul is bringing them out in the process and getting them engaged and that is crit beingal. we are counting on a great turn out to push him to the top. >> are you really hoping for a big upset next week? but if he comes out second or third is that good enough for you. absolutely. we have a campaigned and marshall our resources and focused on iowa and new hampshire. and we had great turn outs in both of those states and rolling in hard in south carolina and we are surging there. we moved from the single digits and nipping in the heels x. we are going to do well. most importantly we are the only campaign with the organization and resources down stream

dr. paul returned to congress in 1997 to represent the 14th congressional district of texas. he served on the house financial services committee and the foreign affairs committee. as a member of congress, he continually advocated for dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles. dr. paul's the author of several books and the recipient of many awards and honors from organizations such as the national taxpayers union, citizens against government waste and the council for competitive economy. dr. paul lives in lake jackson, texas, with his wife, carol, and they are the proud parents of five children and 18 grandchildren. so please welcome candidate for president of the united states, congressman ron paul. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much, and looks like a very nice crowd. my wife is up here with me today, carol. [cheers and applause] sounds like to me that the spirit of liberty

dr. paul's believe in life. dr. paul understands that in order to protect liberty, you must first protect life. dr. paul takes a staunch pro-life stance and believes in the repeal of roe v wade. his chosen profession is bringing new life into this world, and he has delivered over 4,000 babies and has 5,000 children and 17 grandchildren of his own. in closing, i would like to point out that ron paul does not take these stances because of political convenience for special-interest pressures. he has stood strong on these issues because he knows that this is what is best for the american people. you see, isn't about electing some all-powerful all knowing leader with perfect hair and a strong. it is not a person that we need, it is the rule will fall. it is the constitution. and dr. paul stance with the constitution every time. now i encourage you to stand with dr. paul and stand with the constitution. please vote ron paul and thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, gentlemen. i would now call for any spokespeople f

dr. paul is surging 20% now. it is absolutely critical that we get every vote possible. if you are a ron paul supporter from out of town, please leave it to the undecided voters from new hampshire to west questions, please. there should be people in the audience going around to ask questions. >> what is the most devastating diagnosis that you can get in terms of alzheimer's or dementia? what would you do to help stop this terrible disease that is affecting more and more, costing our country billions in productivity every year? >> what we have to do for all devastating diseases, and i know someone who is suffering from alzheimer's, is that is -- devastating. one, a system that is the most efficient way of taking care problems like that. you have to really challenge depending on the government to do it. the government gets involved and takes over research and development. most of those funds are different -- divvied up politically. governments of very powerful. even the good can come from that, it is really not the answer. the change in the medical system that we have now i

dr. paul's warnings.ve spending, deficit quadrupled, the government became too powerful and we lost more rights. obamacare, reauthorization of the patriot act. despite promises, we saw that we continue to be the policeman of the world, continuing to nation built in afghanistan, and then an undeclared war in libya under nato authority. we've seen a consequence of printing money like never before in history. stagnant wages, and we saw the bust of the house in bubble and all the suffering that came with it, and all the economic downturns that he warned us about. again, one of the unique contributions of dr. paul is to make america aware of the federal reserve. all this has led to more and more people embracing the idea of liberty, with the election of rand paul to the senate, and other pro liberty candidates all across the country, like myself, like senator sanborn, local governments everywhere assault were pro liberty people getting elected and more delegates that were pro liberty. this movement went far be

there, rather, and that record can work with republicans and democrats willing to work together. >> dr. paulestion comes from facebook. heath treat rights, i want to know what ron paul's plan of action will be to achieve getting the house and senate to help him do all he has promised? only four measures made it to a vote on the house floor and only one has been signed into law. >> you know, that demonstrates how much out of touch the u.s. government and congress is with the american people, because i am supporting things that help the american people. that's the disgust people have because they cope growing government. as far as working with other groups, i think my record is about as good as anybody's. i work that freedom and the constitution bring them together. people use freedoms to invite differences in religious and economic beliefs. on civil liberties, that's a different segment. republican conservatives are not all that well known for protecting personal liberties. spending overseas, i can work a coalition. my plan is to try and work our way out of social security. i am cutting $1 tr

recently dr. paul referred to you as a chicken hawk because you didn't serve given what you just heard governor perry say about understanding the military and dr. paul's comments. how do you respond? >> dr. paul makes a lot of comments. it's part of his style. my father served 27 years in the army in world war ii, korea and vietnam. i grew up in a military family moving around the world. since 1979, i have spent 32 years working, start with the army's training and doctrine command. i served on the defense policy board. let me say something about veterans. as an army brat whose family was deeply engaged, i feel for veterans. we had a great meeting in wolfboro with veterans. i made a commitment in new hampshire we would reopen the hospital in manchester, develop a new clinic in the north country using telecommunications, and we would provide a system where veterans could go to their local doctor or hospital. the idea that a veteran has to go all the way to boston is absolutely totally fundamentally wrong

--" they refer to him as dr. paul -- "i am honored to be in your presence." he is like a cult figure with some of the young people out ere and with the veterans as well. >> that's right. has the biggest veterans' support of anybody in the state as of this moment. >> is one of the places -- iowa is one of the places where you still see retail politics. this is worth its weight at the beginning of the primary season, but not everybody is still on its continued significance in the nominating prorocess.. gail c collins in all but a " -- in "the new york times" poke fun at the state for being out rep. does it deserve all this criticism, and thomas -- evan thomas? >> yes and no. [laughter] >> there is a bold statement. >> it is not representativin the sense that it is isolationist extremely far right, and it does not take precedence. -- not picked presidents. but the one great thing is the retail business that you have to go out there and meet the folks. because it is a long process, we do get t to know them. the qualities and failures are shown. >> but i think tha

. >> -- is dr. paul, can we play a little dr. paul ad? ticians, lots of bark and when it's show time, whimpering like a little dogs. >> i think you get a free truck if you vote for ron paul. lucas, those ads, let's talk just basic production value, i believe i was featured in a perry ad talking about the youth unemployment rate. in terms of producing these things, walk us through it. this is something that you do. are republican candidates tuned to msnbc waiting for usable nuggets? >> no, it's about seeing how we can utilize what we have given to us. in today's day and age, the reason the polls are so up and down, partly because the voters have so much accessiblity in today's day and age for the first time and in the election where they can go on youtube and the websites and they can watch feature films that gingrich put out or we had put out, short films on governor perry's campaign and what not. so the accessiblity is a prime factor and utilizing instant messaging to connect with the voters. >> it's worth noting that top video views, new

dr. paul? i am over here. i am an independent caller and i cherish that. i feel hopeless about any president succeeding right now because of the way the congress does not work together. it is essentially a two party system and they are fighting. if someone asked you what you could do to start fresh, but you cannot? >> maybe if i could give you a better answer. i did not understand the other one. >> the congress that you will have, depending on what people vote, how would you handle the fighting between the sides? >> with difficulty. but with a new approach. completely new. everyone knows what we are talking about is different. i have a strange new idea of obeying the constitution. [applause] i know exactly what you are talking about. i appeal to that group. independent people who are tired of the two party system. they are sick and tired of it. tea party people, it is not working, this failed economic policy. you cannot tanker on the edges of foreign policy and saying that we will cut this yea

recently dr. paul referred to you as a chicken hawk because you didn't serve, given what you just heard governor perry just say about understanding the military and dr. paul's comments, how do you respond? >> dr. paul make ace lot of comments. it's part of his style. my father served 27 years in the army in world war ii, korea and vietnam. i grew up in a military family moving around the world. since 1979 i spent 32 years working, starting with the army's training indoctrine command. i was in the senior military for 23 years. i served on the defense policy board. let me say something about veterans. as an army brat whose family was deeply engaged, i feel for veterans. we had a great meeting today with velvet rans. i made a commitment in new hampshire we would reopen the hospital in manchester. we would develop a new clinic in the north country using telecommunications. and provide a system where veterans could go to the local doctor or local hospital. the idea that a veteran in the north country in mid

here is the record, dr. paul. you have actually sponsored 620 measures and only four made it to a vote on the house floor. only one has been signed into law. >> that demonstrates how much out of touch the u.s. government and the u.s. congress is with the american people. i'm supporting things that help the american people. that is the discuss that people have because they keep growing government, whether the republicans in charge or the democrats in charge. as far as working with other groups, i think my record is about as good as anybody's, because i work on the principle that freedom in the constitution brings people together. for different reasons. people use freedom in different ways like it does. it invites variations of our religious beliefs and economically we tell people that they can spend their money as they choose. on civil liberties, that is a different thing. republicans and conservatives are not known for protecting privacy and personal liberty. when it comes to the spending overseas, i've been worki

--" they refer to him as dr. paul -- "i am honored to be in your presence." he is almost like a cult figure with some young people out there, and with some veterans as well. veterans will support him. >> he has the biggest veterans' support of anybody in the state as of this moment. to follow up on what colby king had to say, are we making too much of iowa? it is one of the few places where you still see retail politics, where candidates have to answer questions from real- life people like here dressers and truckdrivers. but not everyone is sold on the continuing significance in the nominating process. gail collins in "the new york times" poke fun at this week at the state for being unrep. does iowa deserve all this criticism, evan thomas? >> yes and no. [laughter] >> there is a bold statement. >> it is not representative in that it is isolationist, extremely far right, and it does not pick president's. but one great thing, and this is a great thing, the retail business, that you actually have to go out there and meet the folks. because it is a long process a

up offshore development of oil and gas, open up federal lines to oil and gas, flood the market as dr. paul said, make supply and demand work for us, not against us. the price will come down. under obama 2011 was the highest price of gasoline in history. it is a direct result of his policies, which kill jobs, raise the price of heating oil and gasoline, weaken the united states, increase our dependence on foreign countries, and weaken our national security in the face of iran trying to close the straits of hormuz. so the right president opening up in a reagan tradition and using massive development of american energy was 3.2% unemployment in north dakota. there's a hint here. you can actually have jobs, lower price heating oil, which by the way means less spending so you get more revenue for federal government from loyalties, less spending on subsidy, people are happier all the way around. that's what supply side economics was originally all about in the 1970s. >> governor romney, on those economic questions you blame president obama for the jobs crisis but when you look at the data and a p

later on, senator rand paul, son of dr. ron paul, to talk about the campaign. but up next, judd gregg, supporter of mitt romney for president. we will hear from him when we come right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> if you really want to see the candidates, c-span's "wrote to the white house" coverage takes you on the campaign trail. >> it is encouraging. i am pleased we are seeing the kind of crowd we are seeing and the enthusiasm. >> go to town halls, campaign rallies and meet and greets. [crowd chatter] >> thank you for coming. it was enjoyable. >> it was a pleasure. >> i do have a question for you. he talked about bringing manufacturing back here into the united states. what are some of the plans to do that? are you planning on taxing some of the big companies who are shipping work overseas? >> i want a tax code that clears out all of the -- >> watched the new hampshire primary coverage on c-span television and on our website, c-span.org. host: back to new hampshire as

we headed to a primary party this evening in manchester and dr. paulin 12 hours of knowing the election results here in new hampshire where he will be holding a rally in columbia, south carolina at noon tomorrow. thomas? >> he's going to south carolina no matter what, then? >> he is going, he is going. he has an event scheduled for noon tomorrow in columbia, south carolina. it will be an early morning for a lot of us. >> thank you so much.k3 c1 i appreciate it. >> thanks, thomas. >> so gaffes about firing people, pink slips as well. they've kept mitt romney under siege. when it comes to america's economy, the field is anything but level. joining me now is msnbc contribut contributor, political scientist and relational columnist. what does the so-called bain bomb tell you about who is the best person to nominate? >> it's fascinating, because what we saw in the immediate post-fom nation of president obama was a sort of populist impulse in the tea party protest. this sense of pushing back against the corporate bailouts for the ordinary people, get jobs f

. >> let me bring dr. paul into this. there is a question about who is the true conservative. governor romney said only nine years ago, during an interview, i think people recognize i am not a partisan republican. i am someone who is moderate and my views are progressive. do you believe governor romney now when he says he is a man of constancy? and that he will stand up for conservative principles? >> this discussion has been superficial. i think the question that u.s. is superficial. -- that you ask is superficial. you're talking about character. we should deal with the issues. i do not see how we can do well against obama if we have any candidates that endorsed tarp bailouts. single payer systems, and does not challenge the federal's reserve bailing out their friends. i do not see how we can have anybody compete with obama who does not challenge this huge empire we have overseas and the overseas spending. this is how nations come down. they extend themselves too far overseas. that is how the soviets came undone. we have to talk about real cuts, and we have not gotten around

yesterday dr. paul got 13% of the vote and 77,000 votes. re seeing a 3.5 fold increase and a 5 -- and a 55,000 vote increase. ron paul is growing a movement. he is teaching people. he is educating people. you have seen it happen in iowa, growing the numbers there. it happened in new hampshire, and you can see it happening in florida -- i mean in south carolina. and i think it will continue on in florida and nevada and on into the future. >> he will continue obviously in the race collecting the delegates before the republican convention in august. last night he mentioned how his movement is growing. you know critics say he will never get the nomination or be elected. well, the thing is, when people talk about will ron paul get the nomination or not, it misses the larger message. what ron paul is trying to do is save the republican party by bringing it back to its roots. bringing it back to individual liberty and this has been on going for a number of years. whether it is iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, all over the country you are seeing

one it was mitt romney and who was going to beat not mitt romney and then we had dr. paul. dr. paul has a great showing tonight. rick santorum has become the not mitt romney candidate and now what we've got, we've got the board set. we've got the players and now we run in new hampshire and south carolina to see how we finish out. >> chip salzmann the 2008 campaign manager for mike huckabee. this is an exciting neat. thanks for taking time out to talk with us. >> it was a pleasure. thank you. >> nbc news's political director chuck todd is with us with more about why this race is so close and what votes have yet to come in. chuck? >> well that,'s the one thing i want to point out. only 27% of the polk county, des moines, is in. polk county accounts for 20% of the entire vote so that is a huge chunk that is still missing there in those early counting returns. paul is leading in polk county. four years ago huckabee won in polk county. it was his biggest margin in raw vote over mitt romney was in polk county there. and it's paul that's leading but i want to emphasize we're missing a