rick, ten thousand bucks, $10,000 bet? i m not in the betting business. oh, okay. back in 1967, your father set a ground breaking standard in american politics. he released his tax returns. he released them for not one year, but for 12 years. when he did that, he said this, one year could be a fluke, perhaps done for you. when you release yours, will you follow your father s example? maybe. you know, i don t know how many years i ll release. i ll look at what our documents are. this campaign has been a real test for mitt romney. after all of that, what is the state of mitt romney s core argument? his core argument, why he s running, economy is bad, president barack obama is bad on the economy, mitt romney will be good on the economy. where are we on that central justification for why mitt romney is running for president? you ve also noted that there are signs of improvement on the horizon in the economy. how do you answer the
here. everybody has welcomed us so warmly. we appreciate it. a thought of enthusiasm in the state of south carolina tonight, and we begin with raw paul tblgs. down to the bire. the primary, first in the south is tomorrow. newt gingrich is siurging. mitt romney is admitting that tomorrow end in defeat for him. speaker gingrich has come back, had a strong performance in a debate monday night and a strong performence last night. your ex-wife gave an interview with abc news. in it, she said you came to her in 1999, at a time where you were having an affair, she said you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take time to respond to that. no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i m appalled that you would begin tapresidential debate on a tuppic like that. is that all you want to say, sir? let me
had a strong performance in a debate monday night and a strong performence last night. your ex-wife gave an interview with abc news. in it, she said you came to her in 1999, at a time where you were having an affair, she said you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take time to respond to that. no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i m appalled that you would begin tapresidential debate on a tuppic like that. is that all you want to say, sir? let me finish. please. every person in here knows personal pain. every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. to take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary, a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything i can imagine. last night, our david gergen called t
mitt romney is admitting that tomorrow end in defeat for him. speaker gingrich has come back, had a strong performance in a debate monday night and a strong performence last night. your ex-wife gave an interview with abc news. in it, she said you came to her in 1999, at a time where you were having an affair, she said you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take time to respond to that. no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i m appalled that you would begin tapresidential debate on a tuppic like that. is that all you want to say, sir? let me finish. please. every person in here knows personal pain. every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. to take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary, a significant question in a presidential campaig
momentum before, i think he leaves with more momentum. and mitt romney has to decide whether in the last day here he ll really try to stop him or whether he s comfortable seeing where the votes end up and even if he loses here, comfortable going forward trying to beat gingrich. santorum fought his way in and did really well. he didn t change the die nam uk enou dynamic to make it a three-person race. mitt romney fumbled on the issue of tax return. let s listen. back in 1967, your father set a ground breaking, what was then a ground breaking standard in american politics. he released his tax returns. he released them for not one year but for 12 years. and when he did that, he said this, one year could be a fluke. perhaps done for show. when you release yours, will you follow your father s scam snm. i don t know.