those debates to break through the advantages they know romney had. >> was there a moment that gingrich team talked that changed the race. taying on the main stream media, what it was? >> reporter: there is no question that this dualing moment, at both debates where gingrich was able to go on and demonize, attack the moderators, he did it for ron williams moderating for fox new, john king moderating for cnn. he challenged the media and the republicans here just ate it up. >> i want to turn to matt dowd and amy walter, they've been here all night as this information comes in. a lot of people said the debate was very important. half deciding over the last few days. you heard jon karl talk about newt gingrich's debate performance. he depends on the oxygen. >> the deet dee bait has become key. the ebbs and flows have all been determined by the debate. think about newt gingrich, he took a lead and when he fell. that what out of debate. comes back in, a series of debates were held. if those two debates were not held in south carolina, we wouldn't talk about a newt gingrich victory. that's why the

. >> gingrich teamed up with nancy pelosi, the only speaker in history to be rip remanded. he was fined by a republican congress for ethics violations. >> reporter: when the caucus vote was counted, romney had trounced gingrich. you went from first to fourth in iowa. >> we're now entering a world where, until the laws are changed, every serious campaign will have one or more super pac pacs, they'll spend an absurd amount of money and it will virtually all be negative. that's a fact. >> reporter: what happened in iowa is now being repeated in south carolina. if you listen to the end of those anti-gingrich ads, you don't hear anybody saying, i'm mitt romney and i approve this message, because he didn't. and when romney says he doesn't have anything to do with trashing gingrich, that's also technically true. can you say super pac? >> restore future inc. is responsible for the content of this message. >> reporter: one of six federal commissioners worry that super pacs may become breeding grounds for political corruption on a scale we've never known. >> you have a situation where

. >> shep: you were on the gingrich team. everybody was like they all quit. how did that work. >> i was teasing. >> it was part of plan. >> my food good friend, you called him a family member. you have been friends and colleagues and you have worked tirelessly the whole adult life and all of a sudden, you don't like the campaign goes, you quit and miracle happens and pack is if to spend $3.2 million. >> i'm an advisory to the pack. we have better people in the pack. >> shep: with all that quacking makes me think duck, calling me crazy. >> gentlemen, gentlemen, let me ask you something. you guys got a $35 million contribution just recently from a las vegas casino. >> i read that in paper. >> you have no knowledge of it. >> i read in it paint. >> why did he give the money. >> i don't know. you have to ask. >> some people are saying that he has a long term relationship with gingrich, gingrich and the pack were soliciting money for the explicit purpose for attacking mitt romney. >> i don't know anything about that. >> rick, why would you go to adelson for $5 mill

. >> gingrich's team say they are working on a new ad. they plan to unveil it soon in florida.articipant of the ad will feature mike huckabee. let me a play a bit of the old ad that gingch wants to bring back to life. >> i'm mike huckabee because we have the right to know the truth about mitt romney's dishonest attack and even an american hero, john mccain. >> romney's record over $700 million in new taxes left office with a deficit, no executions, supported gun control and romney's mandated health plan provided a $50 copay for abortion. >> that ad was from four years ago with mike huckabee. we saw in the debate last night when mitt romney was put on the spot about an ad playing in florida, he said it wasn't his ad, he wasn't sure. the moderator said it was an ad you endorsed. your voice is at the end of this. might gingrich be able to get some traction on this? >> quite possibly. i think his new disclaimers should be i'm mitt romney, and i might have approved this message. it's going get increasingly nasty. these ads are getting worse and worse and more and more negative. i th

david winston is a republican who is working with the gingrich team and a white house reporter for "the washington post." are you there with us? >> good afternoon. >> i can't see you so i will assume you are all there. there you go. we were having a technical problem there. ann, let me start with you. what i find dreintriguing is pee who say they are undecided and cannot pick between these candidates despite how much we know about all of them. >> it's a really big number. we will see once we get to tomorrow and we do exit polling and see whether that number was true. we see in iowa and new hampshire where voters can be and they say they are undecided and they know who they are going to vote for, but in this case it's indicative of how the field has been the whole time and how it has been anyone's race. further proof of that. the way things have been, there is time for santorum to fall and maybe huntsman is next. >> we heard our campaign say that romney is not until attention mentioned rick santorum. he is told he is the pick for the gop, but he got this person he has to get through at l

do you think that will be a fight that the gingrich team will take on?well, newt has talked to us about that, and i think there could be a fight every it. it depends on what the status of this is as we go towards the convention. if this is a close contest, i assure you there will be such a fight. he has other things going on in messages that will come up over the next few weeks. you saw where george soros made the comments that were filmed that there wasn't much difference between romney and obama, there wouldn't be a particular change. but with newt gringrich there would be big changes. from the republican standpoint which carries the day in many stes, most stes will carry it, that will be an issue. george soros represents the liberal democrat party and also the big money and a lot of other things. i think you're going to see an interesting comparison going forward between gingrich and romney. >> all right, y'all heard that little tease. there will be more interesting comparisons. there might an few things coming out. bill mccollum thank you for joining

fox news's eric bolling trying to head the line for the gingrich team. >> what is denigrating about calling him the food stamp president? he is the leader of the expansion of the food stamp program in american history. >> simply because he also inherited the biggest economic problem we've had since 1929. if you got 2.1 million people losing their jobs in the last 90 days of the bush administration, they are going to find a way to try to eat while they try to recover from that. >> remember, the number of americans receiving food stamps now known as the supplemental nutrition assistance program, did increase under president obama. but as congressman clyburn pointed out economic conditions created by the bush administration that president obama inherited had a lot to do with it. gingrich is taking a victory lap. here is part of his latest ad. >> only newt gingrich can beat obama. >> more people have been put on food stamps than any president in history. i believe every american has been endowed by their creator, i'll help poor people to get a better job and some day own the job. >> let's bring

it was the governor of this state who was on the mitt romney team, not on the newt gingrich team. he was going after the media, which we talked about again and again, and conservatives like that, as well. but it was interesting to listen to newt gingrich's victory speech here tonight, because it wasn't so much about his rival. we heard him go on and on about mitt romney on the campaign trail. this one was about president obama and what he considers to be a food stamp president, something that he's said time and again. here's just a little bit of what he had to say with respect to that line of attack. >> president obama has been historically the most effective food stamp president in american history. [ applause ] i worked with ronald reagan to create jobs and 16 million jobs were created. i worked with bill clinton and 11 million jobs were created by the american people during the fourers i was speaker. i would like to be the best paycheck president in american history. and i want to go into every neighborhood of every ethnic background in every part of the country and say to peop

that seems to be the big message coming from the romney team and gingrich team against him. >> look,ne is perfect. and senator santorum will explain his role in the senate, his work in the senate and his priorities like mitt romney has to deal with people -- republicans' dissatisfaction with the romney health care bill in massachusetts, just like newt gingrich has to deal with issues with his leadership style, his very provocative nature. all of these things have got to be on the table and people have to have a thick skin. i think it was pointed out maybe by mitt romney yesterday, if you think that the debate and in the attacks at times in the primary are tough, wait until the general election because president obama is going to have hundreds of millions of dollars. their target is a billion dollars to spend in the general election. so you've got to be tough as a republican candidate whether you're rick santorum or anyone else. >> the union leader of the newspaper you know well front page editorial today says the lesson from iowa conservative republicans and like minded independents

. >> meanwhile, $5 million has been gone to a newt gingrich team! been a long time supporter. and newt gingrich has been nosediving whit the campaign has been suffering, financial aid. >> marty: gabrielle giffords is in a result of today. this marks the one-year anniversary. she is in tucson -- today. the arizona congresswoman has been meeting 8 conques stea-a static come backn -- has pleaded " not guilty " and he is not fit to stand trial. >>isabel: with one week into the new year. following those mears resolutions. maybe? they cannot. with of those new year's resolutions? >> marty: marty will speak to a live coach and an author of the top five reasons people fail to meet their view of year's resolutions new year's resolutions so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognit

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it was the governor of this state who was on the mitt romney team, not on the newt gingrich team. he was going after the media, which we talked about again and again, and conservatives like that, as well. but it was interesting to listen to newt gingrich's victory speech here tonight, because it wasn't so much about his rival. we heard him go on and on about mitt romney on the campaign trail. this one was about president obama and what he considers to be a food stamp president, something that he's said time and again. here's just a little bit of what he had to say with respect to that line of attack. >> president obama has been historically the most effective food stamp president in american history. [ applause ] i worked with ronald reagan to create jobs and 16 million jobs were created. by the american people in the '80s. i worked with bill clinton and 11 million jobs were created by the american people during the four years that i was speaker. i would like to be the best paycheck president in american history. and i want to go into every neighborhood of every ethnic background

it was not the full, whole-hearted endorsement the gingrich team wanted. where she said newt gingrich. it is a good sign for newt gingrich. jon: newt gingrich the candidate, conservative candidates if you want to call them that, rick perry, rick santorum should get out of the race. here is what he said. here is how he put it. >> people have to decide. if you vote for senator santorum, in effect you're functionally voting for governor romney to be nominee because he is not going to beat him. the only way you can stop governor romney for all practical purposes is to vote for newt gingrich. that is just a fact. it is a mathematical fact now. jon: that is what newt gingrich says. i want you to hear rick san francisco's response this morning on "fox & friends.". >> let's look at the record in this campaign. i'm 2-0. i beat newt gingrich not only in iowa by a lot, i doubled his vote total. i beat him in new hampshire where he had the union leader endorsement and spent millions of dollars. the proof is in the pudding. we've been very successful so far in the campa

jon karl reports that when they asked who won the debate, gingrich's team said it was a push. >> let's get more on this from jake tapper in washington.ed it. last night's takes from mitt romney more of an all-out assault this week. >> a friend of mine said, it's the empire strikes back. you had newt gingrich leading what is legitimately a resurgent campaign. for whatever reason, they seemed to be backing mitt romney. they've pulled out all the stops against gingrich. in florida, you had bob dole issuing a withering statement. if gingrich becomes the nominee, it could mean a landslide for president obama. gingrich seemed rattled on the stage. >> yesterday morning, the entire front page of the drudge report seemed to be an attack against newt gingrich. meanwhile, yesterday in the interview with diane sawyer, president obama started to be show some leg. >> governor romney say this is is class warfare. and it's social engineering. >> i think whether it's romney, gingrich, santorum or any of the folks, the question to ask them is, we now have the lowest tax breaks in 50 years. we had a -- a

>> well, i'm sure the newt gingrich team says, yes, thank for the endorsement.ere you a week ago, herman cain? >> the timing question. >> the time issing difficult. not only has herman cain spent the last week saying he is not going to endorse anybody but we the people. he went on stephen colbert's ow ande on cnn and said i'm endorsing we the people. i'm not endorsing a specific candidate. now he is endorsing a specific county, and he is doing it in florida. he is doing it late on a saturday night. it's not helpful for florida's early voters. florida has a strong tradition of early ting. meaning, voters can come in the fest two weeks ahead of time and pick their voters. a lot of floridaians have already voted. herman cain has quite a bit of support in florida. this is where the cain train started. he won the florida straw poll. he is influential in conservative circles. it's too little too late to help newt gingrich in florida. >> what kind of message does it send that he waited so late? did it make people think he was on the fence, and these are desperate times

newt gingrich and the team are buying ads there, to try to take him on one last time. we have to point out, terry, you may have heard from david muir, that the family went to "mission impossible" today. he took the whole family to the movie today, as if to say, let's vault over the impossible and on to south carolina. terry? >> on to south carolina, diane, with a great big target on him on to south carolina. thanks to diane and george. >>> want to turn, now, to abc news anchor, david muir. he's live at romney headquarters in the campaign. he bought a house in new hampshire. he was running there in 2008. he ran there this year. and finally tonight, victory. it must be awful sweet for him. >> reporter: so sweet, terry. make no mistake about it. this was a huge night for the romney campaign. they needed this night. they had that win in iowa. the sliver-thin victory of eight votes. and they were ahead in the polls. you mentioned he was the governor of massachusetts. this is his backyard in new hampshire. they have a summer home here, where they helped to raise the five boy

what a former wife's comments made of newt gingrich and the team he may or may not be getting. herman cain knows that personal issues come up and change the race quick leap. yours were unprove exten did drive you from the race because they were such a distraction . and so far no indication that the prior comments from the second wife of mr. gingrich are reg mr. #2: ering. do you think they will? >> i don't think they will. the timing of the attack on newt with the interview from the previous wife was not coincidental . i believe that the voters connected the dots. they saw what happened to me and three days before the south carolina primary, the same type of attack on newt, voters are seeing it is a coordinated effort to bring down who ever is on top. i don't know who is behind it but the voters are waking up and saying we are sick and tired of the attacks. i don't think that will have an impact. >> why do you think the attacks on newt gingrich, that is not actually fair. but allegations from a former spouse people put and weigh in perspective versus the unsubstaniated claims o

the race may be tightening as polls open, romney and his backers are massively out spending the gingrich teamlmost 5:1 on the stump romney doesn't let up ridiculing gingrich's idea to colonize the moon. >> the idea of the moon as the 51st state is not what would come to my mind as a campaign basis, for here in florida. >> ron paul meantime has moved on heading west to colorado, for next week's contest there. >> rick santorum spent yesterday in missouri he told bill o'riley last night this will be a long fight >> i do believe this is an episode of survivor we hang in there this race will come back to us just at the right time. >> to that point romney win today in florida, even with their winner take all allocation of delegates may not be enough to sew up the nomination in washington doug luzader, fox news. >>> now to the developing story in mcpherson square and freedom plaza park police are cracking down on a law that says people cannot sleep in tents in the park occupy protestors vow they will sleep in shifts. stacey cohan is live at mcpherson square with an update. good morning stacey. >> re

and the gingrich team actually pulled an ad that called romney anti-immigrant.ouble digit lead with latinos in florida. how you the heated words, the rhetoric, going over with the community? >> reporter: well, yes, it will affect him because what we have seen in the polls, not only the hispanic vote, but in general any vote, any voter right now, they're changing opinions every day. so when you have that kind of situation, you have to be very careful in your words around not offend any of the voters that you'll try to reach. >> are these voters truly of fended by this language? is that what you're hearing? >> reporter: oh yes. the rhetoric we hear in the republican primary it is affecting the hispanic vote in general. in particular also in florida. because just the fact that calling them illegal immigrants for example, in the debates, the democrats on the other hand they call them undocumented immigrants. when you say illegal immigrants you're referring to the person, the person is illegal so it's kind of offensive. also, for -- remember the primaries, the primar

we have a team of students working for governor romney and a team working for speaker gingrich, and its third team called team america, the independence, an affiliated voters. host: you probably seen the background. all the students from the program in joining our c-span resources. tyler bishops is a student. guest: i signed up because i've always had a passion for politics and others would be a great opportunity to get my feet in the water a in the field, and it's been an experience of a lifetime. host: what team? guest: i am part of themed america, an affiliated on this trip. i thought this would be a great experience to see how it works and experience the grass roots of an american presidential election. host: what have you done since you have been here? guest: we had an opportunity yesterday to me to newt gingrich in ames, iowa at a busy event. -- at one of his events. after that we experienced iowa, drove around des moines. last night we went to a speech of a journalist. host: what have yole

we have a team of students working for governor romney and a team working for speaker gingrich, and itshird team called team america, the independence, an affiliated voters. host: you probably seen the background. all the students from the program in joining our c-span resources. tyler bishops is a student. guest: i signed up because i've always had a passion for politics and others would be a great opportunity to get my feet in the water a in the field, and it's been an experience of a lifetime. host: what team? guest: i am part of themed america, an affiliated on this trip. i thought this would be a great experience to see how it works and experience the grass roots of an american presidential election. host: what have you done since you have been here? guest: we had an opportunity yesterday to me to newt gingrich in ames, iowa at a busy event. -- at one of his events. after that we experienced iowa, drove around des moines. last night we went to a speech of a journalist. host: what have you learned? guest: i have seen the passions that people here have for their system. they're very

the gingrich team misjudged its south carolina audience.has been the epicenter for the debate on the merits of free market. the voters here get creative destruction. does she have a point? has that pro-gingrich ad attacking romney really rallied a lot of south carolinians on to romney's side? >> i think it actually really helped mitt romney with some conservatives in the establishment and outside of the establishment in south carolina. it is also helped rick santorum. i don't think it really helped flute newt very much. these -- newt gingrich people supporting newt gingrich have been critical of the ads and documentary film. what you saw with the influence senator jim demint in south carolina refusing to endorse but criticizing newt gingrich and rick santorum, excuse me, not rick santorum, rick perry and newt gingrich jumping on the anti-capitalism bandwagon with the bain capital film. that he tacitly, even though he says he is not endorsing was really offering a defense to mitt romney. some of his close associates came out and endorsed mit