>> i don't think that karl rove is taking my lead when it comes to ethics. that really hasn't been his calling card throughout his career in public service. no, what we're going to do is not give karl rove, the koch brother, the private equity guys supporting mitt romney any more advantages. they've already got hundreds of millions of dollars, we're not in the position of saying we're going to step aside and let you play by a different set of rules. >> but you guys are sitting here, mitt romney and barack obama. you're the proxies. you hadn't met before tonight, right? >> correct. >> even though you're technically you're in a full-on war. but why not just sit here and shake hands and say we're going to do it different. >> restore our future discloses and i would encourage you to do the same thing. >> i appreciate that, but as we discussed already, some of the seed money from your organization did not come from a disclosed donor. governor romney still benefits from hundreds of millions of dollars of undisclosed donations. we're not going to stand on the sidel

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. >> well, bill likes to use sort of the buzz word karl rove and and karl rove has nothing to do with our super pac. >> his his own, cross roads. >> that would be great if he did, but to my knowledge, he and cross roads are neutral. our super pac is in contrast to bill's group. everything we do is above board. we fully disclose our donors. >> every single donor. >> every single donor to restore our future is fully disclosed. >> early on, one of your first donations from the spawn corporation did not disclose and it wasn't until there was public pressure that we found out who was behind it, a former partner of governor romney's at bain capital, so maybe you've been pushed in the position, but maybe you ought to tell your political director, who will be dumps millions into this race on behalf of romney, that romney doesn't support donations from groups that don't disclose their donors. >> bill, you've cherry picked one example of the corporation where there was a mix up. yet, the reason that was came to light is because it was disclosed. you and the supporters of president obama do not

karl rove previews the speech. our count down and hannity starts right here, right now. >> sean: it was big weekend for the former speaker of the house newt gingrich who won the primary by a double-digit and romney came in second place and santorum and ron paul. but the battle for the nomination is just getting started as the candidates now set their sights on florida. ahead of that critical primary contest the former speaker is no longer simply calling his top rival. he labeling romney as a liberal. take a look. >> i think south carolinians was the first stated to understand how liberal governor romney he was as governor of massachusetts. he lost probably 15 to 20 points over the course of the two weeks as people realized he was pro-choice, pro gun control, pro tax increase and whole range of areas that despite his advertising and pretending, it's clear he was rough to south carolinians. >> sean: he is responding to his attacks that unleashes ad with newt's involvement with fraem fannie mae and freddie mac. >> new

. >> well, bill likes to use sort of the buzz word karl rove and and karl rove has nothing to do with our super pac. >> his his own, cross roads. >> that would be great if he did, but to my knowledge, he and cross roads are neutral. our super pac is in contrast to bill's group. everything we do is above board. we fully disclose our donors. >> every single donor. >> every single donor to restore our future is fully disclosed. >> early on, one of your first donations from the spawn corporation did not disclose and it wasn't until there was public pressure that we found out who was behind it, a former partner of governor romney's at bain capital, so maybe you've been pushed in the position, but maybe you ought to tell your political director, who will be dumps millions into this race on behalf of romney, that romney doesn't support donations from groups that don't disclose their donors. >> bill, you've cherry picked one example of the corporation where there was a mix up. yet, the reason that was came to light is because it was disclosed. you and the supporters of president obama do not

it was even scarier to watch karl rove rapping in person than on the tv. e of the movements that only dick cheney could manage. >> emcee rove. ♪ it's fun it to come to the dnc ♪ >> colin powell is equally musically challenged. here he is singing at a security meeting in indonesia. and bad boy blagojevich is caught on camera taking on elvis. ♪ >> yikes. don't quit your day jobs, fellows. oh, wait, never mind. perhaps they should have made a speedy escape like president bush tried to do after this press conference. >> this was one of the famous episodes with george bush looking like he didn't know what he was doing because he didn't even know where the door was. >> i was trying to escape. >> and talk about wanting to escape, who can forget vice president dan quayle exercising his spelling expertise in front of the cameras. >> add one little bit on the end. potato. >> you write phonetically. there you go. >> there you go. >> i wouldn't try your luck at, are you smarter than a fifth grader, dan. >> i guess he was wrong and i was right. >> and speaking of a gaff

we are just getting word that karl rove's story can be confirmed. fox news conif i wering that rove's report that there was an agreement and that mitt romney will win by 14 votes. that's confirmed by a second source now, we are waiting for the official word from the g. it's been a long time. but we have had a great time. a gorgeous building. we will be back after this short break. >> it is 2 time of time 18 a.m. on the east coast. we believe we have a winner of the iowa caucuses. we are confirming here at fox news, via two sources that mitt romney has won the iowa caucuses by 14 votes, although we have yet to receive an official announcement from the republican national committee. that will come in moments, we believe, from the convention center. we hope, given that it's almost 3:00 a.m. eastern time. want to give you a scene setter here. it's to the point when people celebrate their candidates' win, we believe they are up on protest eshz. it's come to that. but this is the look at the convention center, where we think we will get the announcement f

the architect karl rove is here with the answer.e's known for making controversial statements. >> i think he needs to get off the symbolic crack pipe. >> sean: tonight i go one-on-one with cornell westment and he says he's going to make a statement and he'll respond live to cornell west. and our countdown to election day continues. hannity starts right here, right now. last night governor romney scored an impressive victory. and the campaign battles on, this time in south carolina, ap the rest of the field try to catch up to the front runner and some are targeting governor romney's business background and the head bain capital and rick abouterry had this to stay last night on the special edition of hannity. >> there's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture. venture capitalism we like and vulture capitalism. no. the fact of the matter, he's going to have to face up to this sometime or another and south carolina is goo-goo good a place as any. >> and blaming president obama's class warfare rhetoric for blurring the l

from the republican establishment, karl rove, rush limbaugh thee guys are saying enough is enough. this is an act of self indulgence enormous, and an act of complete self-centered mancal behavior by newt gringrich. >> you're going to be here tomorrow night with me and we'll enjoy the "countdown" from the florida primary when we look ahead, when you look at february there are six races. nevada, colorado minnesota maine, arizona and michigan. mitt romney won five out of six of those in 2008. so it looks like-- >> well, look, i presume so, and let's face it, newt gringrich if he had an appeal maybe past tense given all the back and forth, it was going to be south carolina. everybody understood that. and to come back and-to-one mistake. what is the rule in politics never play defense. mitt romney played defense throughout the entire week leading up to south carolina. he said, guys, i blew it. he has been playing offense since then. he'll continue to play offense. newt gringrich is on defense. i don't see where in this back and forth in a tactical level that newt gringrich emergeses. >>

dick morris, karl rove are here to tell you why. rnc chairmancnc chairman previs. with 41% right now undecided, have all the pundits just been guessing? could there be an iowa surprise tomorrow the there was in 2008. governor mike huckabee. he is here to go on the record tonight. that is ahead as we count down to the showdown in iowa. but first, rick perry wants the 41% undecided to convinc pi. he is pulling out the stops. took a 14-day bus tour across iowa and he joins us be des moines. good evening, sir. >> how are you. good evening. happy new year. >> greta: happy new year to you, too. would third or fourth place, would you consider that a win for you, sir? >> listen, we are in it to win it. that's like asking the dallas cowboys if they want to win the next football game? absolutely. anybody in this wants to win first place. i don't think anybody is running for second place. that is not the reason i got in it. iowanss are like texans. it's amazing last 14 days as we traveled across the state and hit the small towns and the big cities and talked to them about get

dick morris, karl rove are here to tell you why. rnc chairmancnc chairman previs. with 41% right now undecided, have all the pundits just been guessing? could there be an iowa surprise tomorrow the there was in 2008. governor mike huckabee. he is here to go on the record tonight. that is ahead as we count down to the showdown in iowa. but first, rick perry wants the 41% undecided to convinc pi. he is pulling out the stops. took a 14-day bus tour across iowa and he joins us be des moines. good evening, sir. >> how are you. good evening. happy new year. >> greta: happy new year to you, too. would third or fourth place, would you consider that a win for you, sir? >> listen, we are in it to win it. that's like asking the dallas cowboys if they want to win the next football game? absolutely. anybody in this wants to win first place. i don't think anybody is running for second place. that is not the reason i got in it. iowanss are like texans. it's amazing last 14 days as we traveled across the state and hit the small towns and the big cities and talked to them about get

karl rove is here and he goes on the record. that's all coming up. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. then, i got my number. my tired, achy feet affected my whole life. until i found my number. i tried the free dr. scholl's foot mapping center. in two minutes, i got my foot map and custom number. i'm a 440. that matched up to the dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with the right support and cushioning i need. i am a believer. i'm a believer! i'm a believer. find your closest foot mapping center at drscholls.com. >> greta: well, you have seen the iowa poll numbers in the last few weeks and months but with 41% of the republican caucus goer undecided tonight, do k you trust the polls? what happened to candidates that don't come in one, two, or three? are they out? dick morris joins us. good evening, sir

karl rove never went on the reelection campaign. karl rove was in the white house. don't tell me that karl rove wasn't involved in strategic decisions about how we were going to operate and what was going to happen. i'm not saying you can't run a partisan race. what'm saying is the power structures at the white house and i think nora knows is this is that the people that won out in the the power structures wa not the bill daley let's figure out a way for everybody to get along and build links to people, the power structure that won out are the more partisan, the more polarizing power structures. and if i were billaley watching that, i'm not saying the president removed him because he said "i want to run a partisan campaign." but as those power structures were settled and it was settled on a much more partisan and polazing campaign, bill daley did not have room until that. >> rose: senator gregg... >> charlie, i think what matthew looking for that great healer, rl rove. saying that! (laughter) >> you have to interview karl rove about me and you won't see a healer. >>

we are just getting word that karl rove's story can be confirmed. fox news conif i wering that rove's report that there was an agreement and that mitt romney will win by 14 votes. that's confirmed by a second source now, we are waiting for the official word from the g. it's been a long time. but we have had a great time. a gorgeous building. we will be back after this short break. [♪...] >> announcer: bank robbery certainly is a frightening crime. after all, bank robbers stole $43 million in one year. but identity thieves? try 37 billion! and guess how identity thieves are getting some of that money. by taking over our bank accounts. they may not even need your social security number anymore. all an identity thief may need are a couple of simple pieces of information, like your mother's maiden name or the city you were born in, and they could add their name onto your bank accounts in order to make your money their money. you need help. [whoosh, clang] you need lifelock-- the only identity protection company that now monitors bank accounts for takeov

it will be critical. >> sean: karl rove, good to see you. >> appreciate it.o see you. >> sean: what a difference four years makes. wait until you see our comparison of candidate obama 2008 victory speech to the embarrassing address he gave on tuesday night. it's safe to say the thrill up everybody's lec is gone. later, candidate newt gingrich will join us live from new hampshire to tell us how he plans to return to the top of [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. plus veggie nutrition. sometimes life can be, well, a little uncomfortable, but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go... it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool softener. make yourself comfortable. no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. hey, aren't you... shhh. i'm researchg a role. today's special... the capital one venture card. you earn double miles on every purch

is it karl rove? >> karl rove is the president. we meet every month on the full moon. i explained this. at the masonic temple. we have the ritual. i bring the -- [ inaudible ] we begin as i explained. with a pledge of allegiance to the trilateral commission. that is how it works. >> bret: that is a joking answer but i'm serious with the question. the republican establishment is conservative, is it not? john boehner. >> sure. >> that doesn't mean it's tea party. it's anti-tea party. the way the fault lines in this race shape up is newt is running what he describes as a anti-establish in the the campaign. establishment is the media, mitt romney. the money, wall street interest. anti-tea party interest in the party. newt has had two surges. both were squelched by tens of million of dollars as he would put it establishment fund aid tack ads on behalf of mitt romney. i don't know if romney is doing it here. you can see the slipping of gingrich's poll numbers. gingrich has a chance tonight to see if he can pull off the same magic in south carolina. the difference is, that th

. >> karl rove, could you hand me that piece of paper? [chuckles] >> karl, through all the speeches by santorrum and perry, he has been working the computer, checking every district. this is what it has come dun to. it's obvious to me. but for those folk who is might not understand it. what have you come down with? what do you understand to be the case now? >> there are two precincts out. >> 2 of 274. >> one in clinton county, which is a county where romney leads santorrum and one in another county, where santorum leads romney. as you can see from the total, santorum leads 34 votes. >> and given the size of the districts and the margins -- >> there are -- there were 1104 voters in clinton four years ago and there were... 393 in kiokak county. but there are more in clinton. but are there enough to erase a 34-vote lead? >> and the answer is? >> probably not. maybe. but probably not. >> you are saying santorum -- >> but by the skin of his chine chin chin or mitt romney. look, he's won the evening in terms of the guy with the story. >> in any

. >> it's now the 5-1/8. >> dana: bringing in karl rove. >> beckel. >> dana: you know andrea.ed the white board. who is your top pick? >> i got, first, you to hold it up so it's above the thing. lousy markers here. if you are going to use a white board, get better markers. >> greg: we buy them to smell them. >> bob: we made this the sixth. so take advantage. >> 8i have romney and huntsman and paul in battle for second and santorum and gingrich in battle of fourth and fifth. caboose is perry. >> dana: bob, you think this could be wrong. >> bob: romney is not going to do as well. he is losing support of independents, as is barack obama. both of them. that is something they both have to worry about. romney will win. but the question is by a margin, we have a margin of 20. not near that. 15, maybe. more likely ten. i think the second person is huntsman. here is where i think. paul has been falling every day. i would not be surprised to see santorum go by him. >> dana: would you put paul in the top three? >> andrea: i did on "kilmeade and friends. " and he owns me lunch. not just o

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just people sense. >>> as we heard from karl rove earlier in the show, a big question for the republicans how is this primary fight going to affect their chances to recapture the white house. thank you, it's great to see you. let's take a look behind the numbers of what you are seeing in the polling and focus groups of how the campaign is affecting the view of the republican and democrat party. it's fascinating we have been doing this poll for 23 years and we are now seeing all kinds of times that both items atimes th democrats and republicans are negatively held by the american public. it is an unhappy time. you take it further. how is it affecting the republicans? it's hurting them. more team feel negatively because of the primary. there's a lot of back and forth and there's a sense that these people are small and all the candidates are held negativelily on the republican side. we have never seen that before. >> also, when you look at the way they view the field, republican voters are not that happy with their choices. >> certainly not. in fact, when you find out that you really end up