language is more than just unfortunate. it s inaccurate, inflammatory, and doesn t belong in this campaign. former congressman and florida attorney general bill mccaollum is state co-chair of the gingrich campaign. good to see you again. let s talk about some of the taxes and rhetoric. most recently today, beginning live called romney all kind of names. there was the anti-immigrant allegation he took down in that ad. is this thing getting too nasty and couldn t this backfire against gingrich? i think the fact of the matter is it all got started with romney coming on very boldly. he s got a lot of ads in florida right now accusing newt of things that simply aren t true. but i think it all is going to boil down to this. the public in florida, the republicans, basically, are frustrated with government, the size of government, the way things are going in the economy and they re looking for the candidate who is not
mitt romney here in south carolina. but is it too little, too late? with me now, republican congressman from south carolina, joe wilson. congressman wilson, first let me ask you, are you going to make an endorsement between now and saturday? are you going to publicly say who you re voting for on saturday? first of all, we re delighted to have you in south carolina. i ll remain uncommitted. i was the state co-chair for pim paul enl tim palenty but i ll remain uncommitted. what matters to you more as a republican congressman, as a republican in south carolina? are you looking for someone who you believe is the most electability? are you looking someone that is going to stand firm and has a history of standing firm on the conservative principles? i want somebody that is going to stand firm to create an environment for jobs. sadly, chuck, our state has been under assault by the current
paul all took their turns in the spotlight. and none of them it seems necessarily has the clout to beat romney. i think ron paul s got a shot at it. i wouldn t dismiss it. i think it s possible that his numbers are being underrepresented in some of these polls. and if santorum can consolidate all of the cultural conservatives, he s got a shot at winning the thing.ç michele bachmann seems to be collapsing. her party, her state co-chair just announced a few hours ago that he was switching fromachmann to ron paul. it s good news for paul and also santorum. rick perry had a moment of resurgence the last week or so but it doesn t seemed to have gained a lot of traction. it s possible if perry collapses and bachmann collapses that santorum will be the winner of the non-mitt romney, non-ron
wing, with the exception of ron paul all took their turns in the spotlight. and none of them it seems necessarily hasç the clout to beat romney. i think ron paul s got a shot at it. i wouldn t dismiss it. i think it s possible that his numbers are being underrepresented in some of these polls. and if santorum can consolidate all of the cultural conservatives, he s got a shot at winning the thing. michele bachmann seems to be collapsing. her party, her state co-chair just announced a few hours ago that he was switching fromachma. it s good news for paul and also santorum. rick perry had a moment of resurgence the last week or so but it doesn t seemed to have gained a lot of traction. it s possible if perry collapses and bachmann collapses that santorum will be the winner of
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