mitt romney. over barack obama, 14 of them would say mitt romney would be better for the economy versus four for barackma. they think that mitt romney's push for lower taxes on corporations is attainable. they also think he's calm and consistent. but this is fascinating given what we saw tonight. look at this, anderson. when we polled them, 13 of them, almost the same number, said they would prefer mitt romney on the economy over barack obama also preferred newt gingrich to barack obama. newt gingrich's tax plan for individuals has a lot of appeal for a lot of voters out there. 15% flat optional tax is popular with the republican party. also popular with business people, as well. so when it comes to electability, yes, you look at business people. they say mitt romney would be our choice in the republican field, but would they take newt gingrich? the answer seems to be yes. >> erin, thank you very much. newt gingrich and mitt romney taking aim at each other coming out of south carolina. how will mitt romney try to regain momentum? can he? we'll look at that, up next. we'll be right back. >>> welcome bac

mitt romney. over barack obama, 14 of them would say mitt romney would be better for the economy versus four for barackey think that mitt romney's push for lower taxes on corporations is attainable. they also think he's calm and consistent. but this is fascinating given what we saw tonight. look at this, anderson. when we polled them, 13 of them, almost the same number, said they would prefer mitt romney on the economy over barack obama also preferred newt gingrich to barack obama. newt gingrich's tax plan for individuals has a lot of appeal for a lot of voters out there. 15% flat optional tax is popular with the republican party. also popular with business people, as well. so when it comes to electability, yes, you look at business people. they say mitt romney would be our choice in the republican field, but would they take newt gingrich? the answer seems to be yes. >> erin, thank you very much. newt gingrich and mitt romney taking aim at each other coming out of south carolina. how will mitt romney try to regain momentum? can he? we'll look at that, up next. we'll be right back. ♪ what's he looking f

obama? mitt romney and barack obama have been running dead even in polls, newt is down by 11 points. romney thought he was going 3 for 3. now he lost two states in one yeek. he has to sell himself to conservative republicans, he has to figure out a way to take down somebody who might be gaining traction with the republican base, that being newt gingrich. >> the republicans advocate less government and family values and the number one republican man is now a former lobbyist for freddie mac. i think the big thing is they're going to call on gingrich to release his contract with freddie mac and i think everybody thinks in that contract there were specific things he was supposed to do and you're going to hear about that again and again. >> donna, you've run campaigns. what is the romney campaign going through tonight at this hour? >> there's no question, they're looking at the delegates and they know whether this race ends in florida, or super tuesday, they have the money and organization. they can beat newt gingrich. >> eric, what are you looking at moving forward? where does this race

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john mccain, a favorite in new hampshire, mitt romney exceeded his vote total and percentage of the vote. barack obama had 35% or 36% in 2008. in some ways mitt romney did better than that. it's an apples to apples comparison. it was a six-race in 2008 for the republicans, six-way race this time. it's a strong day. i think the over/under was probably about 5 or 36. romney back in 2008 got 31% of vote, so he's 8 points higher than last time around. you know, i think there's not an expectation that he did not meet or exceed. that's as much part of the game here as collecting the win itself. he had so many people expected him to win here, posting a strong win, 17 points, 16 points over ron paul, also very strong. he walks out of here with his head very high. >> what to do about ron paul. he's over 20% again as he was in iowa, 23% last night. a strong second place over jon huntsman. how does he fact near this race, not just here and iowa, but going forward? what role does he play? >> there will be an open question as we go to the other states if everyone else drop out before too long. will mitt romney deb

obama? but mitt romney needs to come to our base. he needs to have -- rebuild that trust gap that tony talked about, so that not only do we go and vote against barack obama, but that we're willing to work, knock on doors, make phone calls, and put an all-out effort to vote for a mitt romney. but right now, we're in a primary. and our goal in a primary is to find that alternative. that's why i think we need to do a coalescing around rick santorum right now. >> peter mccoy, how much do you worry that the damage that is being visited upon mitt romney right now could just be something that is harmful to the eventual nominee of your party? >> i'm not concerned about it at all. and we have a lot of great candidates that are in race right now. a lot of things do come out in a primary situation that need to be discussed, and there are issues with every candidate. and i'm not concerned about it. i think whoever wins the nomination here, and i firmly believe that newt will come into south carolina and win here, but whoever does win, all republi

mitt romney, if he wins the nomination, or president barack obama? >> there was a terminator movie called "the rise of the machine" and that's what this is going to be. two production-value operations with two cool guys atop the structure. chris: who turns them on better? >> obama was no-drama o bill: in 2008 and i think that's what romney is going to be this time. chris: how about this time? >> more of the same. >> it can be polished, they'll rely on social media, but barack obama i think can turn on a charm factor and do something with a big crowd that romney has jet -- yet to show. >> and test still a symbol. >> all i see is both of them -- howard, i think, is right. two cool guys with two campaigns running incredibly negative flash and burn campaigns against each other. i don't think you're going to get any uplift. chris: you're writing a book about this campaign and once you've written it and published it it will suddenly look like a exciting campaign, won't it? >> there have been vicious campaigns that have been exciting but i don't think they'

obama. mitt romney is the easy favorite, but his conservative rivals would love to find a way to unseat him. >> in a confident mood at a polling station, he is the man to beat. >> i hope the people of new hampshire turned out. >> the republican voters will almost certainly choose him. but how big of his when and how many of his rivals when -- live to fight another day? what have they left behind? the people believe any of them can deliver change? >> none of these republicans, i don't feel like it will. >> winter has yet to come hard in new england. but the ice fishermen are out looking for a catch, hoping to land more. >> i think he will do very well, but that live free or die, being independent, a lot of people looking for the underdog vote. dodge the former governor of utah is enjoying a late surge. he is not going to win, but the bomber jacket and the babies suggest that he has not given out. >> there is plenty of excitement today. newt gingrich isn't even expected to finish in the top three. the president has his supporters here, too. they don't want the republicans making of the noise.

the one thing aside from president obama, mitt romney was the main target. for the other gop contenders, rightfully so. romney is the winner of iowa and new hampshire, and some republican experts believe with a win in south carolina, he is well on his way to the gop nomination. the gop pac is trying to stop mitt romney before it's too late. >> mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you made your money. >> at last night's debate in south carolina they ganged up on the front-runner, slamming everything, from his business background to his refusal to release his tax returns. >> what's happening is people release them in april, and that's what i'll probably do. >> romney's equity firm came under attack once again. >> there was a pattern in some companies, a handful of them, leaving them with enormous debt. i think that's something you ought to answer. >> four of the companies we invested in ended up today having some 120,000 jobs. >> romney is still dominant in south carolina and across the country. a new poll o

obama. mitt romney made winning new hampshire look easy. >> people said we want a guy who spent time in the private sector not someone who spent their entire life in washington. >> reporter: his 0 -- rick perry is attacking romney's work as a venture capitalist paging hims agreed did and out of touch with middle -- america. >> i get it about job creation, i understand the difference between venture capital and vulture capitalism. >> reporter: perry, gingrich and santorum going after romney's past positions on abortion, gun control and health care, hoping to make him less desirable to the ultra conservative christians of south carolina. >> he signed government mandated health care with taxpayer funded abortions. >> reporter: ron paul placed second and seemed fire up in south carolina this morning. >> sometimes if you are in second place they talk about the first and the third place. last night it was a little bit different they had a little harder time avoiding the real conversation. >> reporter: of third. >> i say third place is a ticket to ride ladies and gentlemen! [ applause ] >> reporte

mitt romney's message that barack obama is in over his head. will romney retool this argument if the jobs situations keeps improving? >> i think he'll have to fit improves dramatically. he'll stick with it as long as he can. >> still works. they predicted 8%. economists expects it will bump up before it comes down again. >> yes, i think he'll make that same argument. he's betting on the facts that the mood of the country is still pretty depressed. i do think at some point he's going to have to be careful of this idea that he's laid off a lot of people in his own record. >> he's going to stick to that argument because that's the only rationale that romney has for his candidacy, whatever the numbers are. chris: he's a one-trick pony? >> it's a good trick in a bad economy. chris: well said. thanks for a great round table. john heilemann, andrea mitchell, nia-malika henderson, and howard fineman. that's the show from new hampshire. thanks for watching. we'll see you again next week. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] okay... is this where

mitt romney without ever once naming romney. it was quite moving, too. >> if you are more interested in a candidate who can defeat barack obama, mitt romney is your man, right? >> absolutely. his card remains electability. credentials, experience, background and achievements and electability. >> what happened to newt gingrich? he blames the super pac pro- romney ads. >> 45% of every dollar spent on television in iowa was spent attacking newt gingrich. think about that. that is an amazing figure. newt gives a lot of material. >> we'll talk more about newt gingrich later. first, santorum's speech tuesday night stirred the blood. good stuff. romney says, "i am confident, i am not obama, a vote for me." that does not stir the blood. >> he will try to put it signed into it, but santorum is a social conservative who cannot lord obama. enough republicans will figure that out -- who cannot beat obama. enough republicans will figure that out. >> there is a schism in the republican party between business conservatives and social conservatives. romney is the business conservatives. what is the clinton line about republicans? they fall in lien

obama. mitt romney is the easy favorite, but his conservative rivals would love to find a way to unseat him. >> to listen to the republicans roasting president obama, it is something of a surprise he is not being burned in effigy. candidates are fired up, but the contest could go on for months. early votes could make or break a campaign. they are all arguing that obama 's hand in the economy is not just wrong, it is un-american. >> we have a president who is probably the most radical president in american history. >> he wants to make as an entitlement society where government takes from some to give to others. >> you want to know what is crushing business? this administration is crushing business. >> but how will those extremely strong and charges against the president play with american voters, particularly in a place like new hampshire? new hampshire is filled with towns with english names like newmarket, portsmouth and manchester. its wealth was built on textile and paper mills. manufacturing has declined, so the new money center is tourism. this is waterville valley in a white mountains.

election were held today, president obama would be in a statistical tie with two republican candidates. 48% of the registered voters say they would vote for mitt romney if he were the gop candidate. 47% for the president. the president would beat ron paul, 48% to 46%. and mr. obama would defeat rick santorum, 51% to 45%. >>> the house returns from its winter break with the tax break at the top of the agenda. demonstrators are unhappy with how lawmakers are working and they plan to occupy congress in rallies there. >>> well, the online ensi encyclopedia wikipedia plans to protest, in fact, one of its own, one of the english versions tomorrow. it's protesting a stop online piracy act in congress. the proposed law would harm the free internet and bring about tools of censureship in the u.s. >>> walker pushed through a law last year that stripped most collective bargaining rights for public workers. now, even if democrats are successful in getting a recall, a recall election would not be held until june or later and democrats don't have a candidate to run against walker. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," a mini cooper malfunction prompts a recall and the shoe

get obama mitt romney is in the lead as six republican candidates race for the right to take on the u.s. president in november selection this as the current administration support is waning across the u.s. . up next the second part of one americans mission to patrol the u.s. mexican border and stop illegal migrants from getting in. and the immigration goes down in the senate that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo critics of arizona's newly signed immigration bill say it allows police to stop anyone on the street based purely on the person's appearance governor brewer's response when asked by a reporter what illegal immigrant looks like. i do not know i do not know what legal immigrant that's like but the sticking point is what to do with the millions of people who are in this country in this country illegally that the u.s. government will have no idea who they are and where they are in this very dangerous time that is a very dangerous thing. that came from an other country. when i ran around and around the america of the big. one but the people in mexico that need hel

mitt romney. president obama today simultaneously challenged mitt romney and made his case to americans.t's watch the matchup. >> this has nothing to do with envy. it has everything to do with man. it's what i talked about earlier. we have to make choices. americans understand if i get a tax break i don't need, and a tax break the country can't afford, one of two things are going to happen. it's going to add to our deficit. right? or somebody else is going to have to make up the difference. seniors are going to have to pay more for medicare. or students pay more for student loans. or a family will have to do with less. that's not right. that's not who we are. >> cynthia, he's not just saying fair taxes are good, but if people at the top get away scot-free, that means a bigger debt or right now we're going to have to trade off e needed services like medicare and medicaid. >> he makes a much better case for understanding the situation that the average american is in than mitt romney does. you know, when he talks about paying for college costs, mitt romney is certainly a decent man, but eve

mitt romney without ever once naming romney. it was quite moving, too. >> if you are more interested in the campaign that can beat obama, mitt romney is your man, right? >> absolutely. his hole card remains collectability. his credentials, experience, background, and a cheat and electability. >> -- and achievements and electability. >> what happened to newt gingrich? >> 45% of every dollar spent on television in iowa was spent on attacking newt gingrich. that is an amazing figure. newt gives them a lot of material. >> santorum's speech tuesday night stirred the blood. it was good stuff. romney seems to be saying i am confident and not obama and a vote for me, but that doesn't stir the blood. >> but it will get him the nomination. this will drag on for awhile and but santorum is a social conservative who cannot beat obama. enough republicans are going to figure that out. >> there is this schism in the republican party between the business conservatives and the social conservatives. romney is the business conservative. this happens almost every time an 8 is really kind of interesting. what is the clinton line? republicans fall in lin

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obama. mitt romney made winning new hampshire look easy. >> people said we want a guy who spent time in the private sector not someone who spent their entire life in washington. >> reporter: his 0 -- rick perry is attacking romney's work as a venture capitalist paging hims agreed did and out of touch with middle -- america. >> i get it about job creation, i understand the difference between venture capital and vulture capitalism. >> reporter: perry, gingrich and santorum going after romney's past positions on abortion, gun control and health care, hoping to make him less desirable to the ultra conservative christians of south carolina. >> he signed government mandated health care with taxpayer funded abortions. >> reporter: ron paul placed second and seemed fire up in south carolina this morning. >> sometimes if you are in second place they talk about the first and the third place. last night it was a little bit different they had a little harder time avoiding the real conversation. >> reporter: of third. >> i say third place is a ticket to ride ladies and gentlemen! [ applause ] >> reporte

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this guy -- i am not crazy about him -- but he is the one who could beat obama. >> what south carolina is showing is that mitt romney has issues, serious issues, that will cause his campaign to stumble. not only against obama, but also in trying to get the republican nomination. >> let's not overestimate this. south carolina is as much home country for newt gingrich as a new hampshire was for romney. so, what is remarkable is how romney has sunk in one week and how quickly during bridge is coming up. and i think it is not because of a deep problem in the conviction -- candidacy of romney, but he had some unforced errors which are simply inexplicable. the idea he had not prepared on a monday debate for the tax question is amazing. and then that he repeats it thursday when he must've been drilled on it 50 times is simply unbelievable. >> we will get to taxes later, but i want to talk about south carolina. newt gingrich has been talking a lot about food stamps. he says president obama has put more people on food stamps than any president in history. factcheck.org said george v. bush did. is this a code phrase? >> of co

he does not cut president obama and the slack. mitt romneys to president obama as a nice guy who was over his head. gingrich paint obama as the most radical incumbent president in our lifetime. that shows the difference between the two men. >> marc, you saw gingrich in action in south carolina, can he keep this going? >> he finished fourth and fifth. the thing about newt gingrich he and south carolina are strangers. an ordinary person might have thought about getting out after finishing fourth in iowa and fifth in new hampshire. not nude gingrich. on he went -- not new to gingrich and on he went. >> more than half the south carolina voters decided on the candidate in the last few days. what does that tell you? >> it tells me that not only did newt gingrich brought winded debates without but the media -- when the debates with the help of the media in a room with an audience that we're told there were not allowed to applaud which is usually been the role, he would not have won those debates. the second thing is, it tells me that mitt romney rea

. >> mitt romney, he was talking there about president barack obama, but, really, it's rick santorum who he's talking to, we'll speak to, a big endorsement from john mccain and he beat mitt romney back in 2008. and coming up just short -- built on that traditional iowa caucus campaign. 400 rallies, 99 counties. santorum with one message to iowa voters before it's off to new hampshire and he said this -- >> thank you so much, iowa. you -- you, by standing up and not compromising. by standing up and being bold and leading. leading with that burden and responsibility you have to be first, you have taken the first step of taking back this country. >> and it looks like first in, first out. amp a disappointing showing in last night's caucuses, texas governor rick perry says he'll go home and do some thinking. take a listen. >> with the voters decision tonight in iowa, i've decided to return it texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus, determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race. >> closer look now at who voted for mitt romney? who voted for rick santorum? who vote

plus get obama mitt romney is in the lead six republican candidates race for the right to take on the u.s. president in november election this is the current administration support is waning across the u.s. . the euro zone's rampant unemployment and widening cuts have spilled over into the new year with warnings that parts of the region could already be in recession next a prominent dutch economist tells r.t. what twenty twelve might bring for the struggling. well today we're joined by our your climber an economist author and professor at the erasmus university in rotterdam thanks very much john mr clymer for joining us today and the first question is in one thousand nine hundred one you wrote it in the newspaper article that a monetary union is not sustainable cannot be maintained without a political union well after all that said and done we have the euro exists and there is a crisis can that a political union save the euro at this point given the circumstances that it's in ideally. you could say that a political union could be formed stronger fiscal. coordination but also a better

also get obama mitt romney is in the lead at six republican candidates race for the right to take on the u.s. president in november selection as the current administration support is waning across the u.s. . and sunday afternoon here in the russian capital time now for sports with kate. thank you for joining me at the top stories battle of manchester paul scholes comes out of retirement as united goes off rivals city for a mouthful from first. time this sunday often a. while warming up on the maury enjoys the perfect preparation for the australian open with a straight sets victory aleksandr all the public there's been international. lions teams drew brees throws three touchdowns to beat the new orleans saints to an end of sea wall called victory over detroit in the n.f.l. . but first a football and former england midfielder paul scholes has come out of retirement for the rest of the season is on the bench for manchester united as they go to archrivals lunch to city for the first of four f.a. cup third round ties the sunday afternoon so strike away rooney could be getting some familia