changer. romney out spent gingrich in south carolina but the difference was debate. same thing in florida. if newt showed up the way he did in south carolina in florida debates this might have been a difference race. but he was softball in south carolina and he was taking what was going to be very damaging interview to his campaign and he turned it on the media. in south carolina, he was red meat. he comes to florida and he didn t have the softball opportunity and romney came out swinging. sean: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone
changer. romney out spent gingrich in south carolina but the difference was debate. same thing in florida. if newt showed up the way he did in south carolina in florida debates this might have been a difference race. but he was softball in south carolina and he was taking what was going to be very damaging interview to his campaign and he turned it on the media. in south carolina, he was red meat. he comes to florida and he didn t have the softball opportunity and romney came out swinging. sean: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone
changer. romney out spent gingrich in south carolina but the difference was debate. same thing in florida. if newt showed up the way he did in south carolina in florida debates this might have been a difference race. but he was softball in south carolina and he was taking what was going to be very damaging interview to his campaign and he turned it on the media. in south carolina, he was red meat. he comes to florida and he didn t have the softball opportunity and romney came out swinging. sean: romney and romney saw what happened in south carolina and romney went to work. romney prepared for those debates. he went after newt gingrich in very aggressive way, in a way he knew he had to step up. he took gingrich off his game. up to that point he had not gone
we re stupid. we re not stupid. the message we should give mitt romney is, you know, we aren t that stupid and you aren t that clever. joining me now, bob franken, a king feature syndicated columnist and jackie kucinich, national politics reporter for usa today. she s in jacksonville, florida, tonight. thank you both for being here. good evening. thank you. jackie, you are in jacksonville. what are people saying about newt s explosive comments today? you know, i think people who like newt love it. they love seeing gingrich with the fire in the belly. they want to see him i was talking to voters today who want to see him take romney out. they really want him to keep hammering on romney. so for the people that love him best, they couldn t be happier that newt is back to being aggressive newt again. now let me ask you this, bob. you ve covered newt a long time. but just today, just at events
anyway. but he is. he s talking taxes. he s releasing his tax returns today. but you know what, early start has the early look. we got all those facts and details of why everybody is up in arms. what did he make and paid out? the florida debate. it was a little nasty and personal. romney is saying no more mr. nice guy. going after gingrich with gloves off. tivo or pop the popcorn now. it s the annual state of the union. even though one of his terms didn t have a state of the union. we re going to have that tonight. what is president obama going to do? a campaign speech or a blueprint for the economy? this was breaking news yesterday. the deadly tornadoes in alabama. it s the second time for those folks in less than a year. the red cross is responding. there are two people dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in that area. pictures are difficult to see. but up first here, we re going to start with the tale of the 10 o 40s. in less than four hours, the mitt romney camp will