a discussion now on mitt romney 's strategy from this morning's "washington journal." host: former governor of new hampshire, judd gregg, also a supporter of mitt romney. governor, could you tell us when it was you decided to put your support for mr. romney? guest: well, my wife and i talked about it for quite a while. there were a lot of people running, or who considered running, who were friends who we admired. but we decided to support governor romney last summer, i think. host: what specifically is it about mr. romney, in principles and the issues that he has proposed that set him apart from the other candidates? guest: i think he is the guy who could get this country going to get. -- going again. we as a nation are unfortunately struggling. we have a massive debt will i think will bring us down if we do not address it. we have a government that is becoming excessively regulatory in its approach to small business especially, making it hard for small businesses to compete. we are participating in a lot of international activity that needs strong leadership, where the

. >> but mitt romney has a secret. s ahead of bain capital he bought companies, carved them up and got rid of what he couldn't use. if mitt romney really believes. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> then mitt romney is a serial killer. (laughter) >> mitt the ripper. and you believe corporations are people, do your duty and protect them. on saturday january 21st, stop mitt the ripper before he kills again. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow are responsible for the content of this advertising. >> stephen: wow. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: shocking, shocking stuff. so is mitt romney a serial killer? i don't know. but that question is out there now. of course the gang that couldn't report straight assumes i had something to do with it. >> stephen colbert's superpac hits the airwaves in south carolina. >> stephen colbert, here is one of his superpac ads. >> leave it to stephen colbert to take these ads to the extreme. >> stephen: folks, once again, i need to make it as clear as the bleach mitt romney may or

mitt romney believes this is his tufrnlt the history, except in the '64 race as pointed out earlier tonight, generally the way republicans pick their candidate, they go with the guy whose turn it s there is something wrong with mitt romney and the republican base, they are rejecting him like tissue rejection, rejecting him like a newing or innocent body you it is going to take special drugs to get him accepted by the body politic of the republican party, he doesn't fit with the rest of the organism t is a problem. he may be able to do it with a lot of salesmanship but he didn't do it in iowa. >> can i just add, rachel, having covered ron paul four years ago i thought new hampshire, his big play four years ago, do better than he ended up doing, i think the result here is going to end up being a tick less than people expe expected. this is the second go around now where i find a big show of people saying i'm for ron paul and part of it, for some people, dramatic affect, then when they get down to whether they are going to actually vote for the guy there is about a 5 to 10% shrinkage there that is going to end up being meaningful here. ron paul could have used to have won here, fin

despite gingrich's big win in south carolina romney expected to beat him by double damage s. celled a rally this morning -- and just has a celebration planned for neat -- for tonight. gingrich says he will campaign until the republican convention just getting started. >> that's usually and case that you are going to lose when you say i'm going on no matter what happens. >> reporter: paul and santorum still on the ballot they saw the writing on the wall as far as florida was concerned. neither are in state they've moved on to colorado and nevada. polls are open in florida right now. you can start watching for the results to come in on abc7 news at 5:00 this evening. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> don't call the president a square though his reelection campaign getting help from square. the san francisco start-ups square shaped mobile credit card reader has been gaining popularity with merchants. now president obama's campaign is rolling them out. volunteers will accept donations through this device which staffers say could save valuable processing time this will be the first ti

romney had a smart, a short answer, saying that the problem is not 11 million grandmother s.an education cos medical care schooling and jobs. ithe had a good answer yesterday. >> jeanne? >> i talked to white house fks who feeeel, as charles stated, that this hasas pushed romney further to thehe right that he had been where he began. the democrats feel, looking at this primary process, that that is one of the upside for them, that the white house still expects a a is going to run against romney and the hispanic vote igoing to be critical in the fall. this particular outcome is a very good for them. >> touchchy issue colby. >> the latino community is not a monolith. in florida, you are talking about a number of cuban americans, who have a particularly different approach to the question of immigration than you find d in other parts of thcountry arizona texas because u are talkining about mexican-americans and other people from latin ameri. romneyey has said he would veto the dream act. the dream act may not mean a lot of people sitting up in the table here. it means a whole lot

romney today, isn't he? >> reporter: he definitely s he released a scathing new ad in which he's calling mitt romney a liar. >> what kind of man woulds lead, distort and deceive just to win an election? romney denied seeing a fast ad but romney's on campaign paid for the ad and romney's on voice is on the ad. if we can't trust what mitt romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything. >> reporter: some harsh words right there. we have a new poll. it was taken before last night's debate. it paints the picture of what's going on. now you have mitt romney back on to with a nine point lead over newt gingrich. that momentum for newt gingrich might be sliding off a bit. on the campaign trail you have mitt romney saying that he won these past two debates, won these battles and he will be debating president obama soon. >> one of the stories that was lost was a strong performance from rick santorum and apparently some great one liners from ron paul. you saw it. what can you tell us about it? >> reporter: you've got rick santorum's campaign taking advantage of the moment last night. they had this g

i'm not going to spend the evening chase s goff ngo romney's misinformation.e a site on newt.org. i don't want to waste the time on the them. >> jon:s that contempt. my time is valuable. i don't want to waste it describing the ways mitt romney is a liar. he has lost the support of grandchildren after gang support the elderly. he will receive calls like this gary, i can't get into newt $org on the computer phone and i only have 166 more hours on american online cd. hello [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight the former chair of the congressional oversight panel for tarp. she's running for senate in the great state of massachusetts. please welcome back to the program elizabeth warren. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] nice to sigh. >> it's good to see you. >> jon: listen, you know your opponent scott brown in the senate race has said the media doesn't give you tough questions so i'm going to start you off with one that i think is very difficult and somewhat complex. you are running for senate in massachusetts. you are in new york

and challenged mitt romney to release his, at the same time, critics are looking at the tax returns and pointing out that a lot of his other income, book and other income comes from his sporation had is not listed therefore his real earnings are actually not disclosed by the income tax returns for 2010 that he released? >> i'm not aware of that, i do know that mitt romney who has been asked over and over again about releasing taxes cannot answer a simple is question in a debate, when he should be ready to answer the questions. why not release the taxes and get beyond it. all of his advisers tell him to release them. he cannot figure out to release the taxes. newt put his 10-40 up on the website. everyone can look at it. >> as the head of the super pac, your response to all of the criticisms of the film, about bain capital and washington post and others, they say there are errors, we talked before about the fact that you have said, if there are errors, mitt romney should respond. but isn't your responsibility as the head of the super pac to make sure as gingrich said himself that everything in that film should be accurate? >> everything is accurate. and look, it's funny

some of the candidates are making some head way on frontrunner mitt romney. fox 5's stacy cohan has the latest. >> reporter: make no mistake, mitt romney still enjoys a double digit lead in the polls in new hampshire. however, there are indications his lead may be slipping. romney has been campaigning in the granite state sinwhen he ma presidency. but he is facing increasingly aserbic attacks from his opponents. ron paul is up from 17% to 20% in the polls. rome me dropped from 40% to 35. what about the man who has spent the most time on the ground in new hampshire. that is former utah governor jon huntsmanen he skipped iowa to focus on new hampshire and he is in third place but may be closing in on ron paul. one poll shows him at 16%. al of this as candidates staged two bruising debates in just 12 hours over the weekend. the events featured aggressive attacks on frontrunner mitt romney who is accused of failing to support conservative values. the blood letting continues well beyond tomorrow as several campaigns are already looking ahead to the first southern state to

afternoon romney will travel to the palmetto state with senator john mccain who endorsed him yesterday and urged republicans this morning to support the candidates. there's new television attack sm newt gingrich. >> romney's economic plan is timid. >> rick santorum has raised more than a million dollars since the caucus night. >> a lot of energy. we feel very good. >> he and his supporters believe his recent rise to the top will continue on tuesday. >> oppose its 40% that mitt romney has in new hampshire now i'd think that when people see what santorum is capable of, this will have the potential to turn very fast. >> two debates for the candidates in new hampshire this weekend followed by the primary on tuesday. then a little over a week later the candidates will go to south carolina. if brianne carter reporting, abc 7 news. >> stay with abc 7 news, complete coverage of the gop primary. gordon peterson and rebecca cooper will be in new hampshire tuesday for the primary with analysis on air and online at wjla.com. >>> another day of violence in iraq. a series of explosions erupted in two shiite neighborhoods in baghdad killing 27 people. suicide bombers also pilgrims headed to t

. >> reporter: the anti-romney movie posted ads on the web fires romnfire s at romney. >> we need to have more venture capitalism going on in america and less vulture capitalism. >> reporter: but the texas governor taking his stand in south carolina. rick santorum still in and gingrich in could help the front-runner. >> conservatives are divided. romney campaign built up momentum, a sense that he is taking on obama, these the strongest con tender. this is just an ideal scenario for mitt romney. >> reporter: and ron paul in south carolina today called for defense cuts, not popular in a state full of military bases. so far so good for in what could still be his toughest primary site. i'm steve handlesman, news. >>> nour political trouble tonight for d.c. mayor vince sent gray and council chairman kwame brown. formal papers filed in an attempt to recall the two embattled city leaders. tom sherwood joins us with the story. tom? >> no city wide recall effort has ever been succeed but that doesn't mean they couldn't be troubled. mayor gray on wednesday was hosting his biweekly news confere

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