conservative and somebody that beats obama. are there any issues that are going to drive the voters of south carolina? is it the economy? is it the value issues? what kind of issues resonate with south carolinaions? our state has unemployment higher than 10%. much more than the nation. so jobs, jobs, jobs, will drive the conversation and i think a key issue who the voters choose to be our nominee from south carolina. mike: you ve been holding the town halls now ever since you were elected to congress and i m sure you ve had an earful of a lot of things. if there s one question that you get more than any other in a town hall. what is that question that the constituents that you have in your district ask you? governor, it s without any question, it s how in the world does the federal government continue to spend money, have a 10 plus percent unemployment in our state and fight companies like the boeing corporation in our state, from producing more jobs in this nation?
mike: it was a long night, senator and you were on egg shells the whole time. but you have to be pleased that the expectations were greetly exceeded because people had essentially written you off weeks before. what was the turning point that you saw, that you began to say, we have a real shot to change the game here? well, you know, i have to say that it was just a continuation of the hard work, and going out there and believing in iowans, that s why i m here in new hampshire, believing in the people here that they re that the message of lower taxes and pro growth and manufacturing jobs, and the family as the basic foundation of our society, the dignity of every human life and strong national security and this is important, mike, a track record to back it up. that you have an authentic candidate who is not going to have to apologize for positions or dodge and bob and weave in positions when we re up against barack obama. but we create a clear contrast, where obama is the issue in
foundationally reform this country. and one question on health care on the debates, it s a huge and central issue in this campaign and governor romney is dead wrong, what he did in massachusetts was the basis for obama care, we need a candidate that s starkly contrasts were obama on this issue and he isn t that candidate. mike: but, senator that had been passed when he ran the last time. we knew what was in romney care. my question, since that was already in place i m still going to the point, what s different. i hear you say obama care, but romney care was there already. it wasn t as i said, there was one question, health care was not a particularly important issue and what s happened since obama s election, with the explosion of the federal government. with dodd frank and obama care and the stimulus package and a host of her things, the issue in this campaign is whether we re going to lose the essential character of america, of limited government, of free people, of
foundationally reform this country. and one question on health care on the debates, it s a huge and central issue in this campaign and governor romney is dead wrong, what he did in massachusetts was the basis for obama care, we need a candidate that s starkly contrasts were obama on this issue and he isn t that candidate. mike: but, senator that had been passed when he ran the last time. we knew what was in romney care. my question, since that was already in place i m still going to the point, what s different. i hear you say obama care, but romney care was there already. it wasn t as i said, there was one question, health care was not a particularly important issue and what s happened since obama s election, with the explosion of the federal government. with dodd frank and obama care and the stimulus package and a host of her things, the issue in this campaign is whether we re going to lose the essential character of america, of limited government, of free people, of a society t
beats obama. are there any issues that are going to drive the voters of south carolina? is it the economy? is it the value issues? what kind of issues resonate with south carolinaions? our state has unemployment higher than 10%. much more than the nation. so jobs, jobs, jobs, will drive the conversation and i think a key issue who the voters choose to be our nominee from south carolina. mike: you ve been holding the town halls now ever since you were elected to congress and i m sure you ve had an earful of a lot of things. if there s one question that you get more than any other in a town hall. what is that question that the constituents that you have in your district ask you? governor, it s without any question, it s how in the world does the federal government continue to spend money, have a 10 plus percent unemployment in our state and fight companies like the boeing corporation in our state, from producing more jobs in this nation?