and that's a fact. >> ron kerry, you're a santorum supporter, right? >> yes, i am. i'm a conservative, and i've looked at all the conservatives and the rick santorum is the full-spectrum conservative that i believe can beat barack obama. that was the deciding factor. i want somebody who's consistent in their conservative views. but it's not a matter of just being consistent, you have to be electable. that's where newt gingrich has a real problem. i think it's clear right now, as a conservative, that one of three people will become president and take the oath of office in january 2013. it's going to either be obama, romney, or santorum. that's just a fact. fox news had a poll out today that showed what the state of the american voters are right now. but over a two to one margin, people in america have an unfavorable impression of newt gingrich. that's almost unheard of in the political spectrum, because conservatives say barack obama is unelectable because he has a 47% unfavorable rating, but gingrich blows obama out of the water. so why would conservatives put all t

. >> ron kerry, i'm so glad you brought up that meeting. it's being hosted by rick perry. that's where people are going to have to put their interests aside. if we split our votes, that is the door opening for romney to win south carolina and then basically sprint to the finish line. >> roger simon, ron, dean, you're co-hosting with me tonight. stay with me for one more segment. later, we'll explain to you why republican senator scott brown is praising president obama for the very same thing that republican senate leader mitch mcconnell is condemning president obama. >>> and, later, john mccain's painful you know it was hard for him to do, painful endorsement of mitt romney, his former rival. will he fully explain to us. [ me a shadow of your former self? c'mon, michael! get in the game! [ male announcer ] don't have the hops for hoops with your buddies? lost your appetite for romance? and your mood is on its way down. you might not just be getting older. you might have a treatable condition called low testosterone or low t. millions of men, forty-five or older, may have l

. >> ron kerry, i'm so glad you brought up that meeting. it's being hosted by rick perry.s where people are going to have to put their interests aside. if we split our votes, that is the door opening for romney to win south carolina and then basically sprint to the finish line. >> roger simon, ron, dean, you're co-hosting with me tonight. stay with me for one more segment. later, we'll explain to you why republican senator scott brown is praising president obama for the very same thing that republican senate leader mitch mcconnell is condemning president obama. >>> and, later, john mccain's painful you know it was hard for him to do, painful endorsement of mitt romney, his former rival. will he fully explain to us. ♪ i wish my patients could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol plus diabetes... or high blood pressure... or family history of early heart disease... can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup. and they'd see that it's more important to get their cholesterol where their doctor wants. and why for these patients, when diet and exercise

going to have a disorderly collapse of our of our political system ok i agree with ron paul a lot of the polls that the kerry principles but most of the country doesn't and you can just log jam that in you're going to have massive i mean you can have a lot of teachers that are going to be against having a slashing with a part of education just like that right in any case i just think my personal view is kind of sad is that there really is no hope other than having. the system collapse because that's the only way that anything is going to change and i think a lot of people realize that when they look at iowa when they look at radicals like rick santorum coming out making statements and mitt romney has got the person out of a shoe horn going out and caucusing and you know sound i'm going to be clear you think that collapsed and i think i think it will basically will it will others not mean that what's the reality you've basically got a class of oligarchy who have decided that they can no longer make money legitimately in the system whether it's wall street the military industrial complex whoever so they will g

conservative rick santorum third place is antiwar and ok ron paul i was polls are largely seen as setting the tone have a national spine weeding out kerry that's essential republican nominee will be up against democrat president barack obama in the vendors election former congressional aide and diplomat joel rubin things it's ron paul who stands out from the rest but is unlikely to get enough support from his fellow republicans. in his foreign policy is very distinct from the other candidates in that he has a more isolationist viewpoint he wants the united states to retreat from international conflicts and international affairs in some areas that can be good he's opposed to military action with the ron who was opposed to the iraq war but the other candidates are all extremely hawkish on foreign policy very neo conservative and ron paul does stand out amongst them he makes voters want to support him but inspires leading the party and getting other republicans on board to really change the agenda no he hasn't done that someone who says i am a free american and i can make it on my own and that's what ron paul really embodies but republican

what's interesting about ron paul to me, i used to think this race was a lot like 2004, john kerry. thinking now it may have some paralleling to 1988. ron paul wrote about this today, maybe starting to pull on the jesse jackson mantel where he becomes the choice of people who feel romney's going to be the nominee any way, but let me vote for somebody else, which may cause romney a lot of trouble. >> does it cost him the general election? >> if ron paul runs as a third party, most votes would come out of the republican side. but here's what i think is important. it's essentially a romney-obama race. not so fast. take a deep breath, folks. two primaries in a long process to which delegates have to get to 1143. let's enjoy is process and really focus on it. this is what we've been looking forward to. it's happening now. let's not fast forward. >> ryan, what does mitt romney do to win over some ron paul supporters? they seem to love ron paul. the things he says are not some that would be adopted by the mainstream. like get rid of the fed, cut a trillion dollars in year one. >> he doesn't

but what's interesting about ron paul to me, you know, i used to think this race was a lot like 2004 with john kerryi'm thinking now it may have some parallels to 1988 with michael dukakas and jesse jackson. ron paul may be the jesse jackson man where he becomes the choice where romney is going to go ahead and be the nominee anyway. let me just vote for somebody else. >> does it cost him the general election? >> if ron paul ran as a third party candidate, most of those votes would come out of the republican side. that's splitting the anti-obama vote. right now, a lot of people are fast forwarding to the general election. they're buying the romney camp's line that it's a romney-obama race. not so fast. take a deep breath, folks. we are two primary sboos a long process where they've got to get to 1143 to get to this nomination. let's give the voters of south carolina, florida and everyone else their chance. this is what we've been looking forward to. let's take a deep breath and appreciate the election. >> what does mitt romney do to win over some ron paul supporter sns they just seem to love ron paul

but what's interesting about ron paul to me, you know, i used to think this race was a lot like 2004 with john kerryi'm thinking now it may have some parallels to 1988 with michael dukakas and jesse jackson. ron paul may be the jesse jackson man where he becomes the choice where romney is going to go ahead and be the nominee anyway. let me just vote for somebody else. >> does it cost him the general election? >> if ron paul ran as a third party candidate, most of those votes would come out of the republican side. that's splitting the anti-obama vote. right now, a lot of people are fast forwarding to the general election. they're buying the romney camp's line that it's a romney-obama race. not so fast. take a deep breath, folks. we are two primary sboos a long process where they've got to get to 1143 to get to this nomination. let's give the voters of south carolina, florida and everyone else their chance. this is what we've been looking forward to. let's take a deep breath and appreciate the election. >> what does mitt romney do to win over some ron paul supporter sns they just seem to love ron paul

kerry's numbers were greater than we have seen. we are talking about small differences. we show mitt romney at 23%, ron paul at 22%. have a great deal of confidence saying mitt romney will be the winner. but he has been ahead in our last three polls. he is the favorite but he could slip to second place. megyn: chris, let's talk weather ugliness we have seen between gingrich and romney. gingrich striking a different tone this morning than we have heard from him so far. >> it is a sharper tone. it's a harder line from gingrich. it's very serious business. the sneaker now understands that the attacks on him that have come not just from romney but also from ron paul are a mortal danger to his candidacy. while they are trying to be laid back about the idea they are not likely to win this and their managing expectations about iowa. if he comes out of here damaged goods his chances to rally in south carolina will be substantially diminished. so he has to make a stand now. megyn: bill kristol was saying he thinks this race between perry and gingrich will be an interesting run to watch. who can emerge from that. can both mo

democratic winner john kerry and runner-up howard dean, and it also rears at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. four days before the new hampshire primary and ronhas two event, the second of which at the university of new hampshire at durham, live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. polls are coming out ahead of the tuesday primary. the tv station wmur at the university of new hampshire will have a poll this afternoon that shows mitt romney leading the state with 44%. it results to be released this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. ahead of the south carolina poll, a poll shows mitt romney with 27%, rick santorum, 24%, and newt gingrich at 18%. next up, republican candidate jon huntsman held a town hall meeting. it is the first of his three engagements today. this is 50 minutes. >> good morning, and welcome to the final day of convention 2012. it is at this time my pleasure to introduce mr. shawn gingery, a senior at coronado high school in coronado, california, and he will have the honor of introducing our next presidential candidate, governor john huntsman. [applause] >> good morning. jon huntsman has served his country in various ways throughout his life. indee

ron paul. host: let us look at a comment by twitter -- in this open the washington post" story it shows snapshots. john carey when serving -- john kerry windsurfing. and liability. and george w. bush, folksyness was not a liability. and rockefeller, despite his wealth was able to win friends with a common touch. coming up next, we will look at the battleground in florida and talk about the conservative both at how things are playing out there. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> it would be intolerable if a handful of violent people -- and that is what it is, just a handful -- can heartened us against needed change. i have seen an uglier violence and it perverts the spirit of america. i saw that the republican convention in 1964 when governor rockefeller was shouted down. in minneapolis when governor wallace, a man with whom i disagree, was heckled into silence. it happened to me in philadelphia. we must give notice to this violent feud. there are millions of decent americans who are willing to sacrifice for change. but the want to d

ron paul holding a town hall in north -- in new hampshire. and a look back to the 2004 new hampshire primary with the victory speech of john kerry and howard dean's night speech. we will look ahead at south carolina's presidential primary. we will talk with pat connolly. he is on newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. if you want to see the candidates, c-span's political coverage takes you on the campaign trail. >> it is encouraging. the kind of enthusiasm we have is pretty exciting. >> go to campaign rallies and meet and greet. >> to know who is the first author? i am responsible for his victory. >> thank you for coming. it was enjoyable. >> it was a pleasure. you have a listening ear. >> how can you bring manufacturing back to you united states? are you planning to go to these big countries -- companies that are shipping work overseas? >> watch our new hampshire primary coverage on c-span television and on our website, c-span.org. morning. andy smith is with us. he is the director of the service center of the university of new hampshire. we will focus in on the population an electorate of new hampshire. thank you for being with

ron paul a 21%. >> take a look at the second hav candidates tonight. and newt gingrich were 13% of the votes. rick perry with 10% and michele bought been with 5%. tonight, kerry gavin gave us a iaok at democracy - inaction.e c >> cary joins us now. >>rst of all, going to the caucus that was fascinating to sit here and watch theanks for democratic process unfold.to tak but this is your first process quick >> this is my first caucus, but i just missed it last time. intest inamazing mix earrings. a huge sense of community and pride in the iowa caucuses.ey're i didn't know what to expect going into tonight, but i is an certainly didn't anticipate whay happened. a few minutes before 7:00,e same congressman ron paul walken in the back door of parker elementary school in ankeny, doi shaking hands and taking pictures with voters. i was able to ask a few i would s. he clialled it a process that ws impressive and he said the crowd was as well. paul also addressed the 500 plus voters as all campaigns have the opportunity to do's other candidates had very good t speaker and their behalf, the ron paul was not the only big name. two of michele bachmann's children asked to

and john kerry but i would rather a real conservative, the second coming of ronald reagan and margaret thatcher, any number of good conservatives like herman cain, sarah palin, michele bachmann, rononservatives in mind i wrote the book ideological bigotry. ibooks and t-shirts of there. i recommend the books because they are more expensive. i did the research as to why the left hates the right, and they do hate our guts. it is because we exist and we breathe air. that's it. take the were jewish, a quick tangent, i should've known better as a jewish person driver like distances decatur, let me tell you, never ever rely on a palestinian gps tracker. [laughter] i took one wrong turn and ended up at a cemetery in a very sinister voice said you've reached your final destination. [laughter] >> take the were jewish to replace aboard republican or better yet conservative. take the word hamas and hezbollah replace it with the words liberal democrat. the left are verbal suicide bombers accept less warm and fuzzy but if you're a minority and a conservative, michael steele, sarah palin for air canada, michele bachmann or herman cain, they will try to destroy. and they will try to refute to sh

kerry won that primary, 38-26 percent over the former vermont governor. see that starting at 2:00 pm eastern on c-span3. and later today, texas congressman ron hall meeting in durham, new hampshire. he finished third in iowa and now looks to the voters in new hampshire to help him continue his campaign. that event starts at 7:00 pm eastern on c-span and after it's over, we'll take your phone calls and comments. cnn reports that representative ron paul said wednesday that rival newt gingrich was a, quote, chicken hawk for voting to send american troops into war while never having served in the military himself. that was in response to mr. gingrich's assertion that ron paul would be a, quote, dangerous candidate. >> because i didn't speak and i didn't give really a window into my life, i'd become kind of an evil cartoon and i didn't help myself with wearing a hat coming out of my plea in court. but i'd become kind of a villain and i wanted to show people i'm not an evil person. i'm a regular person. i did things that were wrong. but i don't have a tail or horns. i grew up like everybody else. >> this weekend on "after words" on c-span's booktv

kerry won that primary, 38-26% over the former vermont governor. see that event starting 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> then later today, texas congressman ron paul holds a town hall meeting in durham, new hampshire. he finished third in iowa and looks to the voters in new hampshire to help him continue his campaign. that event starts 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after it's over we'll take your phone calls and comments. >> appreciate your help. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> i know this was a long meeting. good to see you. thanks for your question. oh thank you so much. >> nice to meet you. thank you. >> c-span's road to the white house coverage of politics takes you on the campaign trail with the candidates. >> great to see you. >> thanks for being here. we appreciate that. >> are you going to get past the stalemate with congress? >> watch c-span's coverage of the new hampshire primary on c-span television and on our website, c-span.org. ♪ . >> last month, educators, journalists and politicians were honored at "the washington post" leaders award. this year's awardees, new jersey governor chris christie and fdic chairman, sheila bair.