breaking all of the rules. comes to a state that wrote the book on election cliffhangers. here in florida. that s how important florida is. only one thing is certain in this contest. expect the unexpected. three candidates who have won three primaries. you re going to have to make a decision. which of the three should become the nominee. i think you know the answer. tonight, the candidates together in jacksonville, florida. newt gingrich, the south carolina winner. hoping to capitalize on his recent victory and his strong record in debates. not that i am a good debater. it s that i articulate the deepest held values of the american people. mitt romney, the new hampshire winner. trying to broaden his appeal and reclaim the title of front-runner. we re not choosing a talk show host. we re choosing the person who should be the leader of the free world. rick santorum, the iowa winner. looking for a new burst of momentum after his upset in the heartland. there
the book on election cliff hangers. here in florida. that s how important florida is. only one thing is certain in this contest. expect the unexpected. you have three candidates who have won three primaries. you re going to have to make a decision. which of the three should become our nominee. i think you know. tonight, the candidates, together, in jacksonville, florida. newt gingrich, the south carolina winner. hoping to capitalize on his recent victory and his strong record in debates. not that i am a good debater. it is that articulate the deepest values of the american people. mitt romney. the new hampshire winner. trying to broaden his appeal and reclaim the title of front-runner. we re not choosing a talk show host. we re choosing the person who should be the leader of the free world. rick santorum. the iowa winner. looking for a new burst of momentum, after his upset in the heartland. there was one race that was in nobody s backyard. and we won th
tonight, the final faceoff before florida voters choose. a presidential race that s breaking all the rules. it comes to a state that wrote the book on election cliff hangers. here in florida. that s how important florida is. only one thing is certain in this contest. expect the unexpected. you have three candidates who have won three primaries. you re going to have to make a decision. which of the three should become our nominee. i think you know. tonight, the candidates, together, in jacksonville, florida. newt gingrich, the south carolina winner. hoping to capitalize on his recent victory and his strong record in debates. not that i am a good debater. it is that articulate the deepest values of the american people. mitt romney. the new hampshire winner. trying to broaden his appeal and reclaim the title of front-runner. we re not choosing a talk show host. we re choosing the person who should be the leader of the free world. rick santorum. the iowa w
toast, bacon, ham, sausage, chicken sausage, wheat or rye toast, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, no substitutions. rollout out. take you out to your car and put you on a treadmill. this morning i m going to stick with the tater tots because they re easy to eat to anchor a show. hello, everybody. cnn s political analyst roland martin is with us this morning. it s a bad start if i can t get through roland s name. david frum is back with us. nice to have you in person. chatting by satellite. and also this morning, norquist is joining us, president of americans for tax reform. you re going to be our tax expert this morning as we sort through mitt romney s taxes. it s nice to have you. thanks for being with us. mitt romney we know now officially released his tax returns. we re expecting that in about 90 minutes. but there is a preview. the preview is roughly 550 pages long. romney made $21.6 million in 2010. paid over $3 million in taxes. and tesktive tax rate as we mentioned is 1
i like the simplicity of promote egg plan that people can get their mind around and grasp. i don t like having an income tax and a sales tax. even the people who promoted the fair tax, a national sales tax, one of the things they depended on was eliminating the 16th amendment and having no income tax. there is a danger to having an income tax and a sales tax because they get ratcheted up over time. instead of 9-9-9, i fear 21-21-21. why do i think that could be a possibility? unless you have the balanced budget amendment. i take i take herman cain at his word and i think he s sincere in trying to do something good. but i fear it will be ratcheted up because spending has such an allure for politicians. i wouldn t do it without a balanced budget amendment. but i wouldn t entertain a national sales tax unless we eliminated the income tax. rand paul, thank you for being with us. coming up, we have this