joseph mcquaid is publisher of the manchester union leader. give us a sense of what the voters in new hampshire are feeling about the candidates. guest: the polls show romney maintains a lead, which is understandable in do hampshire. he has a place in new hampshire and he was the governor of massachusetts not so long ago there is also a tremendous amount of indecision. we thought part of that is what has been the national media focus on the republican campaign, which has been to magnify every little mistake every one of them makes and not concentrate on the broader issues. the last poll from the university of new hampshire and the local abc affiliate shows 16% of the voters were committed to their candidate. 17 weeks left before the primary. -- seven weeks left before the primary. host: explain the process you undertake in the coming up with the endorsement. you said newt gingrich was among the most visible to you if not the most visible. how did you get to the point you got to this morning? guest: i have two grandson's. onut two candidates' n

joseph mcquaid writes -- joe mcquaid is in new hampshire this morning, joining us live. did you come to this decision to endorse newt gingrich? guest: we have known him longer than the other candidates. we have watched him and the others. we have had them in, a lot of them with c-span taping the conversations, and we have watched the so-called debates, which are really q&a's. i thought it was pretty clear that the guy who stands up from the crowd is mr. gingrich. host: what makes him stand out? guest: his experience, for one thing. you'll recall, back in the 1990's, he brought the republicans to power in the congress for the first time in more than 40 years, which we cite in the editorial. his constant -- his inspiration was the "contract with america." he had an ability to work with the democratic president. he and bill clinton did not see eye to eye on a lot of things, but they managed to get a balanced budget, do away with the deficit. host: you write in your editorial, that "readers know that we do not back candidates on popularity or backs -- big- shot backers. we l

joseph mcquaid is the publisher of the "manchester union leader." what a poll saying -- what are the polls saying? guest: the polls show that romney maintain the lead, which is understandable in new hampshire. he has a place in new hampshire. he was the governor of massachusetts not that long ago. the polls also show a tremendous amount of in decision on the part of the voters. we said in the editorial that we thought part of that was what has been the national media focus today on the republican campaign, which has been to really magnify every little mistake anyone of them makes and not concentrate on the broader issues. i think the last poll from the university of new hampshire and the local abc affiliate showed 16% of the voters were committed to their candidate. we have seven weeks left before the primary. host: the primary on january 10, as we know. before we get the calls, joseph and quaid -- joseph mcquaid, you said it was a clear choice to go with newt gingrich. explain the process that you undertake to come up with the endorsement. you have

after that joseph mcquaid the endorsement of the 2012 gop potential election. later, daniel seddiqui talked about his book "50 jobs in the state's." necked, reporters, writers, and a commentator talk about the future of news. this discussion is part of the chicago ideas inaugural conference. it is moderated by time magazine editor rick stengel. this is over an hour. >> thank you. ok. come on down. come on out. i am rick stengel an editor of time an old medium brenda is doing fine things. it is appropriate that we are here at a museum for broadcast communications. the question we are going to talk about today is whether the very idea, broadcast communication, is an oxymoron. how much broadcast is there any more? everything is delivered to you directly. think about it. there is no twitter museum yet. there is no facebook museum yet but there are television and radio museums. museum is a great word. it has to preserve something that is going away. yet nothing ever goes away in the media world. there is still radio. people still write poetry. you will hear from thi

thank you very much joseph mcquaid, publisher of the new hampshire union leader. >> heather: nato reacting to reports to an air strike that killed 24 pakistani soldiers, calling it tric and unintended. it has sparked intense anger in pakistan. the fallout could have a damaging effect on the war on terror. peter doocy has the story. >> communications with pakistan are closed. which means we can't get supplies in to two important border crossings. trucks might line at the border making them easy targets for insurgents. a general told me this part of the warning this is a terrorist haven which they shoot at the pakistanis and coalition forces, this communication breakdown. >> it's a viral area and dangerous area. anything that leads to lack of communication in this part of the world only servers one side and that is the insurgency. >> reporter: pakistan told to us get out of a base that was used to launch drones. their overall reaction has some wondering if we should right islamabad such big checks. >> they need that our support for them is dependent on cooperation with us. >> it's testing fo

after that joseph mcquaid of the "new hampshire union leader." later, daniel seddiqui talks about his book "50 jobs in 50 states." that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. up next, a look at the legacy of gerald ford. we'll hear from james baker, who served as undersecretary of commerce during the ford administration, and later as chief of staff for the reagan and george h.w. bush administrations. introducing mr. bacon is his -- is gerald ford's daughter. this event is just under an hour. nt is just under one hour. >> good afternoon, and welcome to the ford presidential museum. >> it is a pleasure for us to have susan ford bales. she is a highly articulate spokesperson on issues related to breast cancer. she has been extremely active with the betty ford center and served as chairman of its board for five years. susan has a very special role as the official sponsor of the u.s.s. gerald ford aircraft carrier that is under construction. this new carrier will be christened in 2013 and commissioned in 2015. susan is a trustee of the ford pres