mentioned she had a stage managed campaign. i think that s true. the democrats chose an outside of the box candidate. they didn t go with a county councilman or a mayor or local state rep. they went with somebody that the political class in south carolina wasn t necessarily familiar with but had incredible star power. she s the sister of steven colbert. that s going to obviously bring a lot of national attention and with that comes a lot of money and i think the d triple cs played a big role. they did not debate mark sanford as much as the former governor wanted. he wanted about four debates. she ended up only doing one. i think that worked in her favor. and do you think, you mentioned stephen colbert, do you think the colbert factor played in this race significantly? sh sure, yeah. he held several fund-raisers for her. everybody is familiar with the colbert bump. thank you for being here this afternoon. we appreciate it.
attack. and then that wasn t perceived as that great. do you feel the bar is being placed unfairly high? well, actually, six weeks ago, erin, nobody was predicting that mitt romney would win the iowa caucus. of course, we re thrilled with the outcome there. now we re in new hampshire. i know what the polls are showing. i can tell what you mitt romney s frame of mind is. his frame of mind is he s running as if he s three points behind. i think that s how you have to treat campaigning in new hampshire. they honored their traditions and first in the nation status. mitt romney has done many, many events in new hampshire. and we hope to do well. i think it s worth noting that the last three republican primaries there were decided by six points or less. so you expect some narrowing of the contest as we get closer to the voting. but we like the state of the race right now. we like the fact that we finished first in iowa.
i m sorry. i don t know what it is. i m having a could having attack. and then that wasn t perceived as that great. do you feel the bar is being placed unfairly high? well, actually, six weeks ago, erin, nobody was predicting that mitt romney would win the iowa caucus. of course, we re thrilled with the outcome there. now we re in new hampshire. i know what the polls are showing. i can tell what you mitt romney s frame of mind is. his frame of mind is he s running as if he s three points behind. i think that s how you have to treat campaigning in new hampshire. they honored their traditions and first in the nation status. mitt romney has done many, many events in new hampshire. and we hope to do well. i think it s worth noting that the last three republican primaries there were decided by six points or less. so you expect some narrowing of the contest as we get closer to the voting.
mitt romney begins a battle in south carolina am it s five days until the primary in new hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg ca mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of ivevangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if h
hampshire, right? that s where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. romney, his pal john mishg mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of evangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here s what s amazing. we don t know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a month old. and while even a week ago convention wisdom would that romney didn t need to win south carolina, a lot has changed and many see it as a must-win state if he is to be the presumptive nominee. john avalon joins us. gloria is also us with. first of all