. >> president obama demonizes and a shrinking the military. >> newt gingrich said he has no intentionp. rick santorum and ron paul also said they are staying in the race. >> president obama wants to be reelected despite the nation's economic problems. >> i deserve a second term but we are not done. we created 3.7 million jobs over the last 23 jobmonths. but we're not finished >> and new poll shows for the first time president obama holds a clear edge over romney in a hypothetical general election matchup. stay with abc 7, your election station for full coverage of the presidential race. you can also find updates online at wjla.com. >> a lot of people waking up tired this morning but it's a great start for new york giants fans. they beat the new england patriots in super bowl xlvi. >> tom brady ran out of time. >> tom brady. the game. the end zone. incomplete. >> it was close. the rematch of the 2008 super bowl when eli manning led his team to a win for the giant. he was mvp last night. some patriots fans did not take the loss well. police dispersed hundreds of students who gathered at

like his colleagues in the faculty lounge who think they know better, president obama demonizes and denigrates almost every sector of our economy. >> jon: whereas i, mitt romney, only demonize and denigrate people who work in a faculty lounge. ( laughter ). teachers with their five-figure salaries and their fancy coffeed cups, and chalk-dusted jackets from marshalls. you people make me sick! ( laughter ) obama is an elitist with his advanced degree from harvard, says the man with two advanced degrees from harvard. can't we just agree both of your excellent educations merit our disdain? perhaps it's what obama has not yet done but definitely will do with his fancy book learning. >> president obama wants to fundamentally transform america and make it something perhaps we wouldn't recognize. >> jon: in president obama's america, dogs walk their owners. ( laughter ). baseballs hit people with bats. ( laughter ) president obama wants to turn this country into a place where we eat with our butts and poop with our mouths. ( laughter ) you know, europe. by the way, i just want to point out, we could h

. >> president obama demonizes. president obama is shrinking our military. >> reporter: in his victory speech, mitt romney cited the president 20 times. he mentioned newt gingrich, rick santorum and ron paul, not once. >> and not to you, mr. president. >> reporter: romney had been expected to win big in nevada. it was how he won that was impressive. replicating his broad-based win in florida of last week. it wasn't just evangelicals and conservati conservatives, but tea party voters. and romney has been gaining strength for voters for whom beating obama is the most important factor. in the south carolina primary, romney got 37% of the beat obama voters. in florida, he won 58% of them. and last night, 70% of the beat obama nevada voters went for romney. today, gingrich continued to plead the case that he, not romney, would be the stronger candidate against president obama. >> the last two times we elected a moderate, 1996 and 2008, we lost badly. >> reporter: but gingrich found himself in the awkward position of havin

president obama demonizing and den greats almost every sector of our economy. i will make america the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs, for innovators and job creators and unlike other people running for president, i know how to to that. >> can he run on his resume' alone? let's ask. >> wall street columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, the washington columnist kim strassel and james freeman. so, kim, is romney's path to the nomination now clear? >> no, it's not. and for the very reason you say, he cannot run on biography alone. and the nomination going to do very well. he's got a good month going ahead and mr. gingrich is going to struggle to try to catch him at this point. but in terms of the general election, he's still got a lot of problems. >> kim, let's talk about the nomination first. i mean, is he now the presumptive nominee, do you think, or how can he be stopped? >> here is the problem for mr. gingrich. if you look at the races in february. mr. gingrich is looking ahead to super tuesday, march 6th. a the lot of surgeon states,

, like his colleagues and the fact that they lounge who think they know better and, president obama demonizesigrates almost every sector of our economy. i will make america the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs, job creators, and unlike the and there -- the other people running for president, i know how to do that, because i have done it before. [applause] [crowd chanting "mitt"] >> president obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscious. i will overturn regulations that trample on our first freedoms. president obama believes our role in leader as the world is a thing of the past. he is intent on shrinking the military capacity at a time the world is facing rising threats. i will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it. [applause] president obama has adopted a policy of appeasement and apology. i will speak out for those seeking freedom, and i will stand shoulder to shoulder with our friends around the world. and president obama wants to fundamentally transform america and make it something we would not recognize. i want

. >> you know, like his colleagues in the faculty lounge who think they know better president obama demonizesigrates almost every sector of our economy. i will make america the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs, innovators, and job creators, and unlike the other people running for president, i know how to do that because i have done it before. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting myth ] >> president obama orders religious organizations to defy their conscious. i will overturn legislation that trample on our first freedom. [ cheers and applause ] >> president obama believes our role as leader of the world is a thing of the past. he is intent on shrinking our military capacity. i will insist on a military so powerful, no one will ever think of challenging it. [ cheers and applause ] >> president obama has adopted a policy of appeasement and apology. i will speak out for those seeking freedom and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our friends around the world. >> [ cheers and applause ] >> you see, president obama wants to fundamentally transform america, and make it something perh

. >> president obama demonizes. >> president obama is shrinking our military. >> reporter: in his victorythe president 20 times. he mentioned newt gingrich, rick santorum, and ron paul not once. >> and not to you, mr. president. >> reporter: romney had been expected to win big in nevada. it was how he won that was impressive. >> i love this country. >> reporter: replicating his broad-based win in florida last week. it wasn't just those evangelicals and conservatives where he won but tea party voters with whom he had once struggled. ♪ god shed his grace and romney has been gaining ground with voters among whom beating obama is the most important factor. in the south carolina primary romney got only 37% of the beat obama republican voters. in florida he won 58% of them. and then 70% of the beat obama nevada voters went for romney. gingrich continued to plead the case that he, not romney, would be the stronger candidate against president obama. >> the last two times we nominated a moderate, 1996 and 2008, we lost badly. >> reporter: on "this week" ron paul insisted the republican race is far

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now, like his colleagues and the fact they think they know better, president obama demonizes and denigrates every sector of our economy. i will make america the most attractive place for entrepreneurs and job creators. and by the way, i would look the other people running for president, i know just how to do that. -- and by the way, unlike the other people running for president, i know just how to do that. if i am elected president, my priority will be about your job, not saving my own. now as you know one of the most important and personal matters of our lives are, our health care. our health care. president obama would turn the decision making over to government bureaucrats. he forced through obama-care. i will repeal obama-care. just this week, president obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. i will defend religious liberty and overturn any regulation that tramples on our first freedom, our right to worship as we choose. mitt! mitt! mitt! mitt! mitt! >> president obama is shrinking our military, and hollowing out our national defense. i will insist on a militar

. >>> president obama demonizes almost ever sector of our economy.ld make america the most popular place for entrepreneurs, job creators. and unlike the other people running for president, i know how to do that because i've done it before. >> mitt romney going on the attack against barack obama tonight. joining me now new york times columnist frank brunei. where are we with all this? it's been a bit of a roller coaster hasn't it so far? has mitt romney made the tipping point move to where he's a genuine front runner? >> absolutely. we've been talking about him as a front runner for a long time. there hasn't been enough evidence at the polls to show it. now it's there. >> he looks and sounds this week in his entirety with the debates and the speech tonight, he just looks more presidential, doesn't he? looks like he found his mojo. >> he looks more motivated. there's that moment in every primary process where you look for a candidate to find the proverbial fire in the belly. he found it this time but at some cost. he went very negative. when you look a

. >>> president obama demonizes and denegrates almost every sector of our economy. make america the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs, for innovators, for job creators, and unlike the other people running for president, i know how to do that because i've done it before. >> mitt romney on the attack against president obama tonight. joining me a man never afraid to speck his mind, "new york times" op ed columnist frank bruni. it's been a bit of a rough road so far. has mitt romney made that tipping point move to where he's a genuine front-runner? >> absolutely. we've been talking about him as a front-runner for a long time, but he doesn't have the evidence at the polls to support that. now he's done that. he has a resounding victory tonight. >> he looks and sounds like the candidate. after the win and the speech tonight, he looks more presidential, doesn't he? it looks like he's found his mojo. >> he looks much more motivated. there's a moment in every presidential campaign or primary process when you look for the candidate to find the proverbial fi

. >> now, like his colleagues and the faculty lounge that think they know better, president obama demonizesand denigrates almost every sector of our economy. i will make america the most attractive place in the world for entrepreneurs and innovators and job creators and get america working again. by the way, unlike the other people running for president, i know just how to do that. if i'm elected president, my priority is worrying about your job, not saving my own. as you know, one of the most important and personal matter of our lives is our health care. president obama would turn the decision mifking over to bureaucrats. he forced through bahama care. i will repeal obama care. preside president, just this week president obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. i will defend religious liberty and overturn any regulations that tramples on four first freedom, our right to worship as we choose. president obama is shrinking our military and hallowing out our national defense. i will insist on a military so powerful that no one in the world would ever think of challengi

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. >> president obama demonizes and denigrates almost every sector of our economy. i will instead make america the most attractive place in the world for businesses and job creators. [applause] by the way, i know how to do that. myi'm elected president, priority will be about your job, not saving my own. host: the focus of the story is a billing error casino executive keeping newt gingrich's presidential hopes alive. he will provide more generous support if he becomes the republican nominee. let's look at the delegate count. 1144 to be sacked. mitt romney has 97 delegates. ron paul, rick santorum in the teens. newt gingrich did not have a campaign rally last night. he did speak with supporters in nevada. this is what he had to say about this campaign. >> he has gone negative and it is working. i don't believe that the american people approve of the campaign which actually suppresses turnout. it is amazing, every county i carried in florida had increased turnout, every county that romney had was a decrease. that should sober every republican in the country. is the on

(cheers) >> and like his colleagues and the fact who think they know bet her, president obama demonizesinstead make america the most attractive place in the world for prunes, for innovators and job creators unlike the other people running for president, i know just how to do that. >> (applause) >> and if i'm elected president, my priority will be worrying about your job not saving my own. >> i mean, one of the questions to ask for any primary or caucus, doesn't winnow the field, does somebody get out? it doesn't sound like that's what the results of nevada is and all newt gingrich said that super tuesday he's banking a lot on, because he thinks he can carry the south and ohio may go in his category, yes? >> and the deep breath. >> no, there's a lot to say about newt gingrich in this. he says nope, i'm not quitting and that he's going to be ahead again in the polls and money is an issue for him. >> money is a big issue. his big backer, sheldon adelson, says he's open to giving money to mitt romney if he's the nominee and the report on washington post that newt gingrich disputes a little

by the way, if this had been a republic calling president obama a demon or maxine waters a demon all hades would be breaking loose and everybody would be saying it's totally inappropriate. >> it's inappropriate. i will say it it's inappropriate no matter what side you are on. >> the other part is this is that she went on to say that the republicans are demons because they are destroying the economy. they are crushing job creation. they are dividing the nation. but the point about this bill not just maxine waters you see it with a lot of democrats. they are using projection. they are accusing the other side of what they themselves are guilty of. >> bill: they don't believe that. >> this is not a partisan issue. let's not make this democrats do this i'm much more concerned about rick santorum saying birth control is bad for women and it's not all right to use at this want that to be public policy. greater concern someone who is candidate for president. >> bill: why do you care what he says. >> is he a serious candidate for president. >> bill: you are not going to vote for him no matter

president obama demonizes almost over sector of the american country. than other people running for president. i know how to make it one of the most attractive segments in the economy. >> president obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. i will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedoms. [ applause ] >> president obama believes that our role as leadership leader in the world is thing of past. he is intent on shrinking our military capacity at a time when the world is facing rising threats. i will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it. [ applause ] >> president obama has adopted a policy of appeasement and apology. i will speak out for those seeking freedom and i will stand shoulder to shoulder with our friends around the world. [ applause ] >> if president obama wants to fundamentally transform america, and make it something you wouldn't recognize, i wanted to restore to america the values and principles that made us the hope of the earth and i'll do