c-span3 joseph mcquaid -- host: joseph mcquaid is the president and publisher of the new hampshire and "union leader." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> we are here in southern new hampshire where we're covering gop presidential candidate rick santorum's town hall meeting. the event was expected to start -- looks like it is starting in a few minutes. they're trying to accommodate and overflow crowd here in hollis, new hampshire. let's take a look. barn.re at the lawrence this is 200 years old and was moved here in 1999. hollis was an agricultural community. we just love this town. i am a state senate turf for district 12. i live here in hollis. is to give you a little bit, for those of you who are not from this area, a little color, we are of a true citizen legislature in this state. we have four hundred reps. we had the third largest house of representatives in english- speaking world. we're proud of that. and we only have 24 senators. as you may know, we had a huge ship in the house and the senate in th

. >>> this morning, new hampshire leader president and publisher joseph mcquaid talks about the ne

host: we're talking with joseph mcquaid, president and publisher of the "union leader."he phone numbers are on your screen. our first call comes from manchester, new hampshire, donald declares himself an independent, go ahead caller: people in new hampshire -- i work for a couple of people and i would say only 40% of them follow politics. he has a house here, mitt romney, and people don't have a clue. people think they have to vote for him because he is local but i think it is a joke. he will win the nomination and he will -- it will be present obama and and and i think president obama consider moment he will still become president because mitt romney is a big- time flip-flopper. host: your thoughts about what he had to say? guest: he is right about name recognition. i happen to think that mitt romney is not the best candidate against obama. the conventional wisdom is that he is the best candidate because the economy is in trouble and governor romney is a businessman. i think the economy can turnaround at least on the surface and there are going to be other issues that c

host: we're talking with joseph mcquaid, president and publisher of the "union leader."rs are on your screen. for democrats, 202-737-0001. for republicans, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. and our special line for new hampshire residents. our first call comes from manchester, new hampshire, donald declares himself an independent, go ahead caller: people in new hampshire -- i work for a couple of people and i would say only 40% of them follow politics. he has a house here, mitt romney, and people don't have a clue. people think they have to vote for him because he is local but i think it is a joke. he will win the nomination and he will -- it will be present obama and and and i think president obama consider moment he will still become president because mitt romney is a big- time flip-flopper. host: your thoughts about what he had to say? guest: he is right about name recognition. i happen to think that mitt romney is not the best candidate against obama. the conventional wisdom is that he is the best candidate because the economy is in trouble and governor r

tomorrow on "washington journal," publisher joseph mcquaid talks about the state's primary and his endorsement of speaker newt gingrich. john dunbar from the center for public integrity looks at the impact of super pacs in the 2012 campaign. what " washington journal" live on c-span. and now to new hampshire, where john huntsman participate in a town hall meeting. he was endorsed by the boston globe. the first in the nation presidential primary is this tuesday. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> good morning. jon huntsman has served his country in various ways throughout his life. indeed, it is because of his deeply held convictions about service to country that he will rise about -- above the fray in washington. his record was outstanding in reducing taxes. in a spirit of unparalleled courage, he stepped across the partisan divide and accepted the role of ambassador to china, where his business acumen was matched by his diplomatic skills in the face of china's poor human-rights record. governor huntsman's presidential campaign has been defined by fiscal responsibility, energy independenc

tomorrow, joseph mcquaid discusses his newspaper's endorsement of new gingrich. carolyn mckinney discusses where newspapers endorsement. then, a discussion on the impact of the 2012 campaign. watch "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. now, ron paul posts 8 am meeting in new hampshire. -- hosts a town hall meeting in new hampshire. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you for coming out tonight. rather than be doing the introductions, i want to introduce kelly. [applause] >> i am very excited tonight to introduce dr. paul. he is just wonderful. i am an independent, not a republican, not a democrats. dr. paul is somebody that is just completely different and everything that is out there. it is not status quo. i am really hoping tonight that some undecideds will get a chance to ask him some questions and understand and you will be able to see the differences between his ideas and the rest of it. i will let him get right on it. jim is going to ask him some questions and then we'll open it up to the audience. [applause] >>