viary goe is a and former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. there are more delegates at stake in florida than any of the previous contests. so major momentum will come out of this winner-take-all state. naturally ron paul, a road less traveled kind of guy, spent the week in maine. what am i doing in maine? why am i not in florida? truth is, ron paul doesn t need to be in florida to have a presence. the debt is certainly an importance issue. you can hear it from the ron paul that s the intrigue of the paul campaign. maximum commitment by voters in the face of minimal chances. his support now is too small to be a threat to romney or gingrich in the short run, but large enough to be a factor in the long run. and if ron paul shouldn t win, what s the price for his support? the texas congressman joins me now from his home state. thank you, congressman. i just want to take a look at your thank you. strategy a
treated for pneumonia. he was admitted last wednesday. u.s. postal facing bankruptcy. with no help from congress in sight it is pushing ahead to cuts in first class mail next spring expected to eliminate the chance for letters to arrive the next day. right now two-man race in new hampshire, mitt romney campaigning hard this weekend in the state that holds the first primary but getting serious competition from a candidate who was once politically dead, newt gingrich. the latest rasmussen poll shows romney and top, beginning riff following paul in third. gingrich following poll in third. thank you for joining us. my pleasure. what matters most? where do these candidates need
other 49 tates you have to pay $100,000 more. that doesn t make sense to me. that kind of madness [ applause ] that kind of magnet draws people into this country to get that education to get the $100,000 break. it makes no sense. as speaker beginning riff said and as michelle bachmann said as well, congresswoman bachmann we have to have a fence, enough border patrol agents to secure the fence. we have to have a system, like e-verify that employers can use to identify who is here legally and illegally. we have to crackdown on employers who hire illegally. and we have to turn off the magnet of extraordinary government benefits like discount for going to the university of texas that shouldn t be allowed. it makes no sense. governor perry i m going to ask you a question so you don t feed to respond to him you will get a full minute to answer. you re the candidate whose
$100,000 more. that doesn t make sense to me. that kind of madness [ applause ] that kind of magnet draws people into this country to get that education to get the $100,000 break. it makes no sense. as speaker beginning riff said and as michelle bachmann said as well, congresswoman bachmann we have to have a fence, enough border patrol agents to secure the fence. we have to have a system, like e-verify that employers can use to identify who is here legally and illegally. we have to crackdown on employers who hire illegally. and we have to turn off the magnet of extraordinary government benefits like discount for going to the university of texas that shouldn t be allowed. it makes no sense. governor perry i m going to ask you a question so you don t feed to respond to him you will get a full minute to answer. you re the candidate whose
government destroys jobs, the market creates jobs. the government isn t going to be expected to create the jobs they have to change environment. you can t do that unless you understand where depressions, recessions come from, you can do that unless you know where the budgets come from. i ve been arguing this 20 years warning about until we understand we can solve the problem. you have to deal with the federal remember is of system. you have to deal with free markets and you have to deal with the tax program and the regulatory system. then you can get your jobs because the people will create the jobs not the government. [ cheering and applause ] bret: waiting for the applause. speaker gingrich? 32 years ago we were in the same place. we had a failing president. he gave a speech on malaise. people wrote about the presidency being too big,