so huntsman can go after romney. i think for all of these reasons, mitt romney s going to have a difficult time at these debates. and the question is, will he get testy as he s known to do. mark haleprin, in the end, it all comes down to math and these moderates are going to vote for mitt romney. and if you want to get from 8% to 11% or 11% to 15%, you are fighting for the same conservative votes in the same pot. that s people haven t been avoiding mitt romney because they re scared of him or because they like him, they ve been avoiding him because they know they re not going to get his votes. how is that going to change this weekend? sets up very well for mitt romney. as you say they all want in theory, they recognize they must go after mitt romney. now or never. but they re still competing with each other to be the romney alternative. you saw yesterday, newt gingrich was asked by a voter, how do you compare yourself to rick
problem solving. shepard: jon huntsman admits he s the underdog in new hampshire, but stays the state loves an underdog. he claims republicans are still looking for a romney alternative and insists the race is wide open. four years ago issues senator john mccain came in fourth in the iowa caucuses. of course, he came back to win the republican nomination. so iowa clearly is not the last word and the question now is, what s next for those who didn t perform so well as they would like to have? plus, the accused arsonist in southern california set to appear in court today, but he s not the only family member in trouble. his mother accused of running, well, a massage parlor out of her house, and that s apparently just within of her secrets. the details ahead and the rest of the night s news from the journalists of fox news on this wednesday fox report
it wants a new approach to problem solving. shepard: jon huntsman admits he s the underdog in new hampshire, but stays the state loves an underdog. he claims republicans are still looking for a romney alternative and insists the race is wide open. four years ago issues senator john mccain came in fourth in the iowa caucuses. of course, he came back to win the republican nomination. so iowa clearly is not the last word and the question now is, what s next for those who didn t perform so well as they would like to have? plus, the accused arsonist in southern california set to appear in court today, but he s not the only family member in trouble. his mother accused of running, well, a massage parlor out of her house, and that s apparently just within of her secrets. the details ahead and the rest of the night s news from the journalists of fox news on this wednesday fox report
spend a week going after mitt romney as well. with santorum claiming tonight there is a two-person race and he s the romney alternative. how does the romney camp feel about that, carl? well, they heard and saw me go on and they re going to get rockets when mitt romney comes down here, we re waiting for phone calls between santorum and romney to see how to excel sked you ll these announcements. whoever goes last is likely to be the winner. and in your words it could be a pig bile pile in south carolina but the santorum campaign saying it s better to have more people in attacking mitt romney going down the road. you had newt gingrich pledging to do just that in new hampshire with his big, full-page ad. we ve spent time in pizza ranches with rick santorum. he reminded me a week and a
suggest, does he skyrocket past governor huntsman in new hampshire as the romney alternative, and that will be one of the interesting things to see. i think it s tough when politicians enter this process and decide to start playing in the third inning. and and we ll see what governor huntsman s strategy yields. i will say though that i think while newt gingrich has been a formidable opponent for mitt romney, i think the jon huntsman ads against mitt romney, maybe nobody has seen them but substantively they are the most devastating anti-romney ads i ve seen. i don t know if anybody will pay attention to jon huntsman. maybe starting in the second inning in new hampshire will be too late for him, but i think when he trains his sights on mitt romney, his whole life has been about running against mitt romney and can you see it in the sharp hess of those ads. no question. chris, you ve fwhn iowa doing your show from there and take the temperature there. when you look out there, you r