far has hurt the republicans. i took an average for the three major candidates, i took their favorabilities, they are all down. romney is down 10 since december. newt is down 9 since december. santorum who has recently got an uptick, obviously, he is still down 4 since december. all of this negativity, all of the attacks, leveled on one another, it is having an impact. laura: i think solutions are what people are looking for, scott. the president, like what he is doing or don t like what he is doing and i think a lot of it is total bunk like this mortgage deal yesterday, he appears to be doing stuff. i m going to help the tuition. the kids with the i had tuition. i m going to help people with underwater mortgages. michelle is going around the country helping people obese. they are all doing stuff. gingrich is fighting romney, santorum is fighting that s the appearance that people get. it is the appearance. that will change when the
far has hurt the republicans. i took an average for the three major candidates, i took their favorabilities, they are all down. romney is down 10 since december. newt is down 9 since december. santorum who has recently got an uptick, obviously, he is still down 4 since december. all of this negativity, all of the attacks, leveled on one another, it is having an impact. laura: i think solutions are what people are looking for, scott. the president, like what he is doing or don t like what he is doing and i think a lot of it is total bunk like this mortgage deal yesterday, he appears to be doing stuff. i m going to help the tuition. the kids with the i had tuition. i m going to help people with underwater mortgages. michelle is going around the country helping people obese. they are all doing stuff. gingrich is fighting romney, santorum is fighting that s the appearance that people get. it is the appearance. that will change when the
the pragmatism and experience over conservatism. and rick santorum and gingrich believe true conservatism and electability go hand in hand. i spoke at cpac a short while ago and many conservatives there seem a little bit worried about this divide. they worry that the g.o.p. is about to blow its opportunity to defeat president obama. i have to say i think all this anxiety is a bit misplaced. let s not forget in 2008 democrats were genuinely divided between those who wanted to stick with the clintons and those who wanted to go with obama. now, that dispute took months to resolve but when it was over, the clinton supporters they had to admit that they had been given a fair hearing. now, it s the g.o.p. that has its own very important issues to decide. some of these are substantive. the conservatives think that the country has serious fiscal problems that need to be addressed right away. and they also think obama care is a time bomb that could destroy our he healthcare system while moderat
over conservatism. and rick santorum and gingrich believe true conservatism and electability go hand in hand. i spoke at cpac a short while ago and many conservatives there seem a little bit worried about this divide. they worry that the g.o.p. is about to blow its opportunity to defeat president obama. i have to say i think all this anxiety is a bit misplaced. let s not forget in 2008 democrats were genuinely divided between those who wanted to stick with the clintons and those who wanted to go with obama. now, that dispute took months to resolve but when it was over, the clinton supporters they had to admit that they had been given a fair hearing. now, it s the g.o.p. that has its own very important issues to decide. some of these are substantive. the conservatives think that the country has serious fiscal problems that need to be addressed right away. and they also think obama care is a time bomb that could destroy our he healthcare system while moderates think that our problems, th
far has hurt the republicans. i took an average for the three major candidates, i took their favorabilities, they are all down. romney is down 10 since december. newt is down 9 since december. santorum who has recently got an uptick, obviously, he is still down 4 since december. all of this negativity, all of the attacks, leveled on one another, it is having an impact. laura: i think solutions are what people are looking for, scott. the president, like what he is doing or don t like what he is doing and i think a lot of it is total bunk like this mortgage deal yesterday, he appears to be doing stuff. i m going to help the tuition. the kids with the i had tuition. i m going to help people with underwater mortgages. michelle is going around the country helping people obese. they are all doing stuff. gingrich is fighting romney, santorum is fighting that s the appearance that people get. it is the appearance. that will change when the