going after newt on that front and talking about christianity and going after the evangelical support. if you were mitt romney, isn t that what you want, one of the other conservative candidates sneaks in a victory. who would think rick perry would be mitt romney s best friend in this. it shows you how unpredictable with the romney alternative. we will see who is friends. my enemy might be my enemy in this case. thank you, sir. that does it for this busy edition. my friend is back tomorrow. my colleague tamron hall is up next. take it away. big breaking news. we have a lot to talk about. great show. thank you. the fight of the morning after pill. health and human services kathleen sebelius to make the morning after pill available to girls under 17.
are trying to persuade supporters to get the support he needs in the early states and newt gingrich is doing pretty well now. jamie: when you say they are looking for a romney alternative, do you mean they are looking for someone not as moderate, more conservative and is the former speaker, newt gingrich, conservative enough? that is a big question, jamie. i mean, on immigration, certainly, mitt romney will be talking a lot about that, because he s to the right of gingrich on that issue and he has handled it deftly, a lot better than rick perry did in the debate where that was the beginning of the end for rick perry and newt gingrich said, listen i m going to explain it and, he s a good debater and that is something that cain eventually will endorse, both newt gingrich and cain are from georgia, and that is worth noting and i don t think you want the cain endorsement now but in several weeks it could be helpful. jamie: maybe you want the fund-raising ability. we ll have to wait a
to some of mitt romney s base of somewhat less conservative voters. when you see a romney alternative, do you think that is the position of the union leader? do they not like him? they did endorse him four years ago, not endorsing him this time. yeah. i think they at least hold him at arm s length with skepticism because they look at romney s record as governor of massachusetts and they suspect someone who turns with the political tides and they don t see newt gingrich in that same way. here s what s interesting. the paper may be saying something. if you look at the later university of new hampshire poll, that shows romney has a commanding lead in new hampshire. gingrich is 27 points behind romney there. however shall it is worth noting, 16% of the likely primary voters say they know who they re voting for. keeping that in mind, what do you think will happen in the next six weeks before the primary? my colleague who runs the poll under scores the volatility
mark, go through your report card. we ve got a lot of news this morning, and i want to see what everyone else thinks of the debate. go through your report card. romney got an a, just a strong overall performance, once again, looked like the only president on the stage, once again, lucky night because no one went after him. gingrich, b minus, looking too cranky, i think he would help himself i was going to ask, you wonder how long that act s going to work. you give huntsman a b minus. he was good. he is still putting himself out there with a personality and a demeanor that i think will play well in new hampshire and, again, if you assume he ll be romney alternative, i m not sure there will be. i think huntsman and gingrich are the two leaders. they presented themselves as somebody looking for a romney
poll? that was in, i forgot, some measure of trust. among republicans. favorability he s down nine points. favorability. he s raised a lot of money. jon huntsman on meet the press yesterday, still struggling, but believing he can make a run for it in new hampshire. how did he do? very tough on romney. people have to realize there s going to be a romney alternative. there s a vacuum there. and huntsman in new hampshire has as good of a chance as any of the other candidates to catch mitt romney. he s got the goods. of all the candidates, he s got the goods. who does? jon huntsman has all the goods. and i don t get your party. i don t get them. i don t get them. he kind of has a haircut like meacham too. jon huntsman. it s a popular look. it s a good look.