the questions about -- george stephanopolous. the questions about contraception.uestions americans want to do with jobs or whatever it might be. 25% of the questions on the abc interview dealt with contraception and gay rights which is why the audience started to boo the moderator at the end. >> sean: and conservatives practice dirty nasty politics in south carolina. >> good morning, eric. new hampshire might as well be a world way. weather is warm and the politics can get downright dirty. >> in south carolina, you have covered this for years and years. dana hit on this. things get really dirty in south carolina, why is that? >> here is n conservative south carolina where the primary is notorious for nasty politics. >> sean: dirty, nasty, they don't live in hollywood, san francisco or new york? >> how about illinois, how about chicago? >> sean: i stand corrected. >> because they are social conservatives. they don't know what to do with the social conservatives of them think they are awful christians. here they go again. talk about dirty politics, go to chicago. on

long time friend and political advisor acknowledged that it happened in an interview with george stephanopolousger picture. in this particular episode, gibbs apparently was angry that michelle obama was quoted in a book published in france, life in the white house is hell. trying to find out if it was true. nobody from the first lady staff would get back to him. there was tension there. then what you mentioned in the lead-in expensive clothing during hard michelle obama went to a food bank wearing $515 sneakers. gibbs is a guy who understands that images matter. he blew up and he was doing the president and mrs. obama a favor even if they didn't realize it. you don't go to a food bank wearing $515 sneakers. >> bill: shocking part is breach of decorum. i can't imagine the spokesman for ronald reagan cursing at nancy reagan. we want to be clear about that. gibbs didn't do it face to face. he did it through valerie jarret who a close friend. remember nancy reagan, she was portrayed with the silverware and the plates. can you imagine reagan spokesperson having this kind of a confrontation about how

>>reporter: george stephanopolous. >> with the clock ticking other candidates of course trying to win the iowa caucus. jake spent the day with those contenders including the man with late game surge. >>reporter: at packed pizza ranch restaurant in boone, iowa ricko the to pick a more moderate candidate like romney but to go with the their gut. >> don't defer. to others who don't know the candidate as well as you do. >>reporter: through old fashion oned shoe leather campaign of shaking hands and kissing babies, santor um has become the candidate to watch. >> money doesn't buy iowa. >>reporter: propel in no small way because of the support of christian conservatives. >> he clearly is a morale map with high integrity. >>reporter: he's winning them over with his stand as culture warrior. emphasizing strong opposition to abortion and same sex marriage but he argues his reach is beyond those key republican voters. pointing to his 2 wins as senator in the all important battle ground state of pennsylvania. >> how you won the important swing state of pennsylvania. you don't talk about how you

>> you know what, i -- well, i know the abc debates it was very nice to see george stephanopolous go y. >> i love george. >> that was fascinating. >> you know, george is my former colleague. you have to go easy on the stepm. he used to work with him on abc. >> i think that's happening is that we're seeing mitt romney kind of emerge as the candidate for the republican party. i think that's what we're seeing. >> i can read your tweets? they are hilarious. >> my tweets? >> yeah. i'm going to read them. perry wants to go back into iraq. that's like liz taylor wanting to go back to richard burton, and i mean right now. and then you have one for ron paul, cute, too. ron paul just served up a big platter of shut the "f" up to newt gingrich. never talk about the military to someone who is actually served. dude, you were watching this. you were watching closely. >> yeah. i find these guys to be a well spring of material. >> thank god for that. i always wonder what happens when political season ends for you guys. where you turn. do you turn to newscasters and make fun of them? >> no, no. you ne