fox and friends. >> my message is out there loud and clear. i want people to recognize this, this is not just an election about replacing a president. it's about the soul of america. is the president going to turn us into entitlement society like europe or are we going to have merit society and opportunity society that is the hope of earth and the hope the people of country. i represent the latter. i think it's a classic opportunity >> jamie: he continues to poll in the top of field and his lead in new hampshire has increased in recent days. some are calling new hampshire. here a view from the ground in granite state is new hampshire senator my very own senator and romney campaign supporter kelly. great to have you you with us. >> thank you, mark. >> mark: you have been on a bus tour with mitt romney, what is with him? >> he had overflow crowds and enthusiasm for his candidacy. he is really resonating with new hampshire voters. he is working very hard and he is having the traditional townhall meetings. when you see the broad support here, he is doing very well. >> the phrase he used this morning on fox and friends about the soul of america, that is what a lot of the base wants. it wants a fighter who understands the primal nature of the election in november. there has been an enthusiasm gap in terms of his numbers. they stayed around 22-25% but you think that has changed in granite state? >> i saw the enthusiasm there. our country can't take four more years of barack obama. the governor's message is resonating with new hampshire voters. they are talking about america and what needs to happen. that we are a land of opportunity. if you think where the president has put us, fewer jobs and all the debt he as accumulated and mitt romney is hitting that message and making sure they know that his administration will have fiscal responsibility and people will get to work. >> mark: i think folks understand his business background. they tend to get worried about other things. you are strong pro-life candidate. you were ten odors had by pro-life organizations. you said just a few months ago, isn't it great that a principled pro-life candidate can win in the northeast. i think it is great but governor romney was a little more equivocal when he ran. he said at one point running for governor in 2002 i will protect and preserve a woman's right to choose. ted kennedy said i will pro-choice. romney is multiple choice. are you persuaded by his conversion. >> i take this issue very seriously. i am the mother of two children. i have spoken to him personally about this issue. he has strong convictions about protecting life. so i know he will carry those convictions to the white house. >> how do you feel about prom any care, which is again according to some the big mill stone around his neck. you are in southern new hampshire. a lot of general practitioners in new hampshire are picking up a lot of customers from massachusetts who can't get to see a primary care physician in their own state. how do you think romney care is going to play with the voters of new hampshire? >> governor romney has come out and said he will repeal obamacare. that is the biggest issue for voters in new hampshire, one size fits from all coming from washington, washington telling us what to do. new hampshire voters don't appreciate that. governor romney is strong on that. as soon as he gets into office he'll make sure that we do not fund obamacare. also, as we go forward with the health care act we will work to repeal it and get it done as soon as possible. i look to supporting him in that effort. >> when you look at some of the other candidates in the race, ron paul is in the lead in the iowa polls. if those heavy snowstorm he is going win because his guys are motivated and get out there. is that going to destabilize the primary race in new hampshire. is there a ron paul constituency in your state? >> ron paul does very well in new hampshire. in recent poll that came out today he was in second, but far behind governor romney. new hampshire voters want someone who is going to be strong on national security in the tradition of ronald reagan an and governor romney is strong on national security knowing we need to protect america. that will be a central issue in new hampshire voters' minds. >> mark: he has a home there. i am a resident in new hampshire and i am still a flat lander. is romney accepted as one of your own in the state? >> we're very glad to he and anne here but it takes a long time to become a residents. i was born in new hampshire. we take that very seriously. we are proud to have him. >> mark: last time they stuck with him but john mccain to have more appeal to that crusty, cranky contrarian spirit. there is a theory that new hampshire can't endorse what comes out of iowa, to protect its brand in the nation's primary, it has to nudge the story. from the point of view of new hampshire having its brand, it might be useful if ron paul won iowa and gave the chance for the granite state to do something different. >> new hampshire voters are going to look at it on their own merits. we take the candidates very seriously. mitt romney has done that. he has had the townhall meetings. he was out with him yet. he is answering the questions. he is coming back to new hampshire on friday. that is really important and it won't matter what other states do. new hampshire voters are going to make up their own minds. >> mark: and just quickly, i won't vote for the candidate unless i've danced with him four times. have you danced with romney? >> was on the bus with him. he a good dancer. that what anne tells me, as well. spending a day and a half on the bus with he and anne, they have great integrity. they will great role models. >> thank you very much. live from new hampshire. coming up, as the front runners battle ahead. our political insiders are here to say who matches up best against president obama. >> and barack obama calling raising the debt limit unpatriotic. he wants another $1.2 trillion. that and more still to come on hannity. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. ♪ that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. ♪ with your help, we can reach 20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. 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[ laughter ] >> mark: but rick santorum is apparently searching right now. and he is in third place. in the event it came to obama-santorum, how likely is that to play? >> i don't see anybody but romney posing that much of a threat to obama. santorum has plenty of great qualities but i don't think he has enough experience to probably beat obama. >> i mean obama was a great organizer. >> he has more experience. >> if the economy is bad. >> if the economy is bad and if we don't increase jobs, they will put someone necessarily the white house. >> they are increasing jobs. the problem is not moving as fast as they would like to. unemployment rate has dropped. >> mark: let's cut to the chase. the dream match-up. assume the polls are correct in iowa, ron paul wins. he comes an impressive second in new hampshire and he has a head wind behind him. ron paul versus obama, what a contest. >> with the newsletter controversy ron paul would not make a good candidate. liberals will run up against him. i have not read it, but have you have anti-semitic remarks and racist remarks. >> mark: he is running against a guy that is fundamentally most anti-israeli president. >> if you read the newsletters, it's really heinous the things that are in there. what is more problematic, what kind of person doesn't know what is in their newsletters letter for ten years and videos of him hawking to people. it raises the question, if you can't keep track of it. >> it's a ron paul newsletter. >> mark: kirsten, from your background you are giving the impression that you think actually your guy is in terrific luck this time? >> no. >> mark: wait a minute. the republican theme should be stronger than it is. and it's generic republican that comes one point ahead. if a generic republican was on the ballot he would do great. >> obama is in a weak position. look at his approval ratings. you see one that creeps up to 50 or 51 where he needs to be. his low approval ratings on the economy is not doing, as well. it's not turning around fast enough. he is in a very precarious position. >> mark: in obama is the issue he loses. if an individual republican candidate is the issue, things are different. >> independents are going to decide this election. it's not going to be republicans. it's not going to be democrats. people are going to vote their pocketbooks. what results has obama given us? >> the economy is turning around. i don't know what else to say. we are adding some jobs. >> mark: it's turning around in a barrel detectable. >> survey of economists they see the economy is turning around. >> and unemployment is high. the could collapse. >> mark: economy turns around with any more does young speed. thank you ladies. here we go again. speaking of the economy, president obama intends to ask congress to raise the debt ceiling by more than 1 trillion dollars. this time your representatives are on vacation. later with the middle east on edge, ambassador john bolton reacts to the threat of the iranian regime and the price of oil could double overnight. all coming up on hannity. >> mark: he is at it again. president obama is prepared to ask congress to raise the debt ceiling. obama administration wants to increase the borrowing limit by a mere $1.2 trillion. therefore raising the national debt limit to a staggering $16.4 trillion. for those of you wondering this the same guy who chastised george w. bush back in 2008. >> the way bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the bank of china in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from five trillion for the first 42 presidents. number 43 added 4 trillion so we now have nine trillion dollars of debt that we are going to have to pay back. $30,000 for every man, woman and child. that is irresponsible. it's unpatriotic. >> mark: i think it's $50,000. it's incredible unpatriotic. bush paid it by $4 trillion. that is irresponsible. obama has raised by $6 trillion. that is incredibly responsible. this increase will take place automatically unless lawmakers reject it by january 14th and congress will still be in recess. how clover of the white house. joining me from reaction, charles payne and executive director of public notice gretchen hamill. hugh how high is the ceiling. >> greece is about 150% of gdp. it's absolutely nuts. the thing is, if you remember when the white house was going against paul ryan. they laid out all the reasons raising the debt ceiling but previous obligations. in this case who is making these obligations and why? why is president obama making these obligations on my behalf. i didn't ask him to. i'm asking him not to. although, i will tell you, in the introduction it will make a great point, after winning the payroll tax cut before americans get their credit card bills for christmas, we're going to be back in the fiscally responsible bandwagon in a couple of weeks. >> mark: you mentioned the greek comparison, 150% of gdp and it doesn't look like america is in the trough of hell n as other parts of the world but in hard dollar numbers. nobody is using trillion. greece is a few billion here and in. the key word is unique to. >> us. >> it is unique to us. we're not too far off from being greece, if we need a warning sign, we just have to look over at the newspapers in europe to see and how it played back in our markets. if we do not do something to rein in our debt, if we do not do something rein in our spending we'll see greece happen on our streets. >> mark: you say that and other people say it. there are millions of americans this doesn't matter. it has no reality. >> but it does. >> mark: $16.2 trillion, what $18.3 trillion or 23.7? >> there is a lot of consequences for taxpayers and americans as a whole. consequences of inflation and consequences of higher taxes and not having those promises, the obligation that president obama was talking about of medicare and social security available to us. the consequences of not being having a defense department. >> mark: how about putting it in primal terms. it's clear that american government has outspent america's built to pay for it. when you at this level you get near the stage where you are outspending the ability to fund? >> you talk about greece and billions, greece can be saved somehow. ecb and rest of your neighbors can print up money. no one can save money. we can -- think about the money. speaking of greece they put out a budget. two-thirds going to pay interest. you are right the average american may be sleeping on this to one degree or not but it's like a cancer. at some point, it could be one of these things we look around and it's terminal. there is no way to fix it other than falling off into the ocean. >> two-thirds is paying off debt. we are borrowing 36 cents of every dollar. >> martha: we're borrowing fifth of a billion dollars every hour and the interest on that debt is covering 80% of the cost of the people's liberation army of china. the rome in it's final period of decline did not institutionly tell roman taxpayers you have to pick up the tab for the military perpetuity. >> there is no precedence for this. the reason we're $15 trillion in debt right now is because of our government's chronic addiction, chronic overspending. how long have we been overspending to it. bush added to it. obama added to it. who is going to have the guts to scale it back. >> mark: you answer the question? >> ron paul? voting name that comes to mind. realistically, it's our fault, too. it's americans' fault because we voted for the poll figures that promised us. the person says i'll do it no matter what it costs to your kids or grandkids. we made that. i guess the president thinks we're going to make it again. >> the american public is fed up with government spending. the gallup poll says they are scared of the government. next to economy and jobs is government spending and debt. the public is fed up. it's about time. hopefully, they will be holding them accountable. >> mark: are the public fed up? 67% of the american people receive some form of federal benefit or another. it's easy to be fed up, but it's a lot harder to say, okay, i'm going to do without this federal program and that federal program. >> they are not going to be honest. you have to look at merkel, she did a great service to our country, i'm going to be honest with you, this is going to be hard and this is going to take a few years to get over. we have no one saying that in america. >> mark: we still think we can kick the can down the road. what is there is no road, charles? >> sadly we have to see the road we are going down, we see europe and mushroom cloud over in the horizon, we are driving at it million miles an hour. we don't know the exact number but we know we are barreling at it and we're going to hit it. >> mark: do you think that drift is the way to go. charles said he is going to cut the deficit. romney is not going to be neat? >> he is not talking like that. talking about specific numbers, probably setting themselves up for failure but taking on cuts and taking on hard things, reforming medicare and medicaid, thinking about cutting back defense spending. they need to be talked about. politicians are great about talking about it. every debate was talking about government spending but at the end of the day we only cut $7 billion seems like a lot to greece. >> mark: thanks, guys. >> iranian threatens this to close a popular water way and the price of oil could spike. some see the provocation as acts of war. and ambassador john bolton is up with this developing story up next on hannity. what is it about taking a first step that we find so compelling? 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>> exactly. i think this largely a bluff. i think the iran military try to close the straits of hormuz they would find the navy on the bottom of sea and suffer substantial damage to their air force. you have to see this in the context about a military strike against their nuclear weapons program and less of a concern about economic sanctions. >> mark: in a sense, psychologically, things have deteriorated over the last three years or so. much of the world accepts the fact that iran is going nuclear and that for whatever reason we lack the will to prevent it? >> i think that is exactly right. the iranians see a weak president in washington, somebody they do not believe will use military force against the program. so this threat i think given the economy and the impact that a cutoff of oil or dramatic spike in prices, they are trying to intimidate the white house and trying to intimidate our european friends who don't want stricter sanctions anyway. >> mark: meanwhile across the border in iraq, 20 minutes after the united states withdraws from iraq, it's party time there again. they are blowing stuff up. they feel emboldened the united states cannot politically step back in to iraq and that it's now up to them to thrash it out. what message did it send? >> it sent a terrible message. this withdrawal of forces was a catastrophic move by president obama. it is already having effects inside the iraq all of them negative. it sends the signal of weakness to iran. it worries our arab friends on the arabian peninsula and it worries israel and just about everybody because of the broader implications for a second obama term. if he is re-elected. >> mark: you coined the phrase to describe this president. you called him a post american president in his view of the world. in the presidential palaces around the planet, people have taken that to heart. in a sense whether consciously or not, they are adjusting to a post american world? >> precisely they see a weak president. somebody that doesn't care that much about foreign policy. not concerned with challenges abroad. first president since franklin roosevelt to do that. the pace and scope of those challenges will pick up in the second term. the only any obama has is that maybe the team that killed osama bin laden, that is not foreign policy. that is something 99.99% of the american people would have done if they could have given that order. the president's weakness on foreign policy is now coming to the fore, better later than never as a campaign issue. i think it's terribly we elect a real commander in chief next november. >> mark: if you were in beijing, moscow, tehran, you would be figuring a second term and you would pretty much of the run of the planet or at least your region? >> that, or if you are worried that maybe obama is not going to get a second term, that argues to make your challenges now to take advantage of the weakness. that is why i think the debate on the republican side is so important and candidate like ron paul whose foreign policy which is anything worse than the obama administration apparently leading in iowa, it gives me great concern. >> mark: doesn't that get to the concern on the right, that we have the world's greatest military, responsible for 43% of planetary mill military expend tir, but we lack the strategic clarity to enforce our will on these nations. we shall see shortly see in afghanistan after an american retreat the same thing we see after the american withdrawal in iraq. that is the critique from the right? >> i think we don't have strategic purpose anymore. the president lacks that clarity. the one reason i've argued we need more of a debate in this presidenti contest on foreign policy. we have not enough on the republican side and as president's weakness grows more apparent, people need to know what the alternatives are. >> mark: what would you say in terms of the debate is right now. in iowa it looks like they are going to vote by an impressive margin for a guy who is in favor of a 19th century isolationist republic but stays aloof from the world's quarrels? >> we've got six days to go. but i guess the people that look at ron paul and had some measure of support for his domestic policies on the libertarian side i consider myself pretty libertarian. you cannot live in fantasy land. the rest of the world is not going to leave us alone. we need a commander in chief that understands that. a ron paul president would not simply address the challenges we face. if you are thinking about ron paul because of his domestic issues, think again, look at virtually any of the other candidates and consider how they would be as commander in chief. that is the president's first duty, defending the country. >> mark: thanks v john bolton. happy new year. don't go anywhere, great american panel is up next on hannity. my name's jeff. i'm a dad, coach... and i quit smoking with chantix. knowing that i could smoke during the first week was really important to me. 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[ laughter ] >> mark: topics tonight it's guys all the way. what could be more manly than the most admired people of 2011. gallup has revealed its hit parade. most admired people, here is the top five, barack obama at 17%, bush, clinton, graham and warren buffett he got in with 2%. his f first appearance. let's talk of the lower five. this is fascinating. tied in sixth place, newt gingrich, donald trump and pope benedict. he is tied with trump, not iowa but it could be a late poll but the most admired man, newt is probably insulted with that preferred to be tied with napoleon. most admired woman, in this hit parade. number one is hillary clinton. oprah is in second place and michelle obama, sarah palin and condi rice. and then lower five, tied, bachmann, ellen degeneres and majesty the queen. she has entered the iowa caucuses. if she gets a good fourth place finish it will give her strong head wind. what do you make of this list. >> if occupy wall street, it's an interesting list. i got a couple of folks i think we should probably add to it. some real american heroes. one is congressman paul ryan who i think has been terrific. then gabby giffords. her courage is just amazing. >> mark: congressman ryan is taken the situation seriously. i get the feeling that some basic name recognition. >> i think so. for me when i first saw the obama numbers, 17%, it tells me a hot of people are out there smoking or some things. but what got me what folks aren't talking about, number 32%. 32% said nobody made their most admired list. so president obama got beat by nobody. >> my two, tim tebow and on the female side, paula dean. that woman can do stuff with butter that is something else. [ laughter ] >> it's funny a little bit. >> i don't know if we had to stick to political figures but tebow is ultra guy. the interest he has stirred from all across america is remarkable. how he is not on had list. >> mark: donald trump and pope benedict. any women should be on? >> i really can't think of anyway off the top of my head. >> why not paula dean. she is terrific. she gives people turkeys for thanksgiving and has all the recipes with butter. [ laughter ] >> ron paul is ahead in iowa. i don't know what he can do with butter. rick santorum is surge can, is this going to be as interesting as the run with any shech obama? >> the big story, is the evangelical christian vote which is going to split with santorum, bachmann and perry. i'm not quite sure we are going to see this in iowa. it's not going to matter in new hampshire. i think south carolina is going to come into play. >> mark: you think ron paul is going to carry iowa? >> i hope not. if ron paul carries iowa we're saying a lot about the country. are we racist. are we anti-at the met i believe? do we engage in divisive politics? i have a lot of questions about his leadership abilities of what he said in the past. it's very disturbing. i don't think america is going respond to that divisive politics no matter how interesting his economic policy is. there is a lot to be seen. >> mark: everything to play for here. this is my last filling in nor sean. he said with it comes i throw like a girly ball. >> that is a football. >> when it comes to basketball. >> it's a baseball. >> mark: and we continue with our great american panel. all male panel, so one of these guys are the centerfold and you can figure out which one. >> me. >> thanks, guys. >> and no chick subjects tonight. let's talk about golf. white house reporter estimates that president obama has spent in total three months on the golf course since becoming president which boils down to a month a year. which apparently a white house record. >> i think the president should get a lot of rest. he seems to be getting more rest than we are. i guess he is not going to be woodrow wilson's record. he used to play around the snow in the white house. it seems like a phenomenal amount of time. when president says maybe he is a little lazy on some things. then we look at the golf turnout. i hope he is not that lazy. >> he is out there for another round of golf. he has been averaging five and a half hours in hawaii with five days he's been there, three rounds of golf. that is a lot of lost balls. >> and this is the guy that has asked for $3 trillion on the debt ceiling. >> you get the sense this is guy who is wholly invested to do everything he can do to bring this country out of abyss we are in. i don't think so. >> playing golf, tiger woods is out of the loop. maybe the president feels he is one term and he can take tiger's place after days after the white house are gone. >> mark: that is quite a good point. when media when things are going wrong, it's most difficult job in the world. if you are getting time to spend a month of the year, each year playing golf? >> you can look at one of two ways, he on the golf course and can't wreck the country with more of his policies. on the other hand, people that voted for him, you have to wonder with this guy out of washington and out of loop and playing golf when he should be trying to govern the country. >> one of the things is reflect on the hypocrisy of the mainstream media when they went after president bush he took a break or went on vacation. where is the outrage coming from the mainstream media right now when we've seen the president play nearly three months' worth of golf. >> right. >> and so conscious about media communications, what message is he sending to all of us? that is a lot of golf. >> mark: this is the president who tells us he thinks america has gotten a little soft and lost its edge. then he goes back to the links and plays another nine holes. >> he is putting him out there as family guy. he is stuck in washington. dealing with the tax debate. he comes out and flies on to hawaii to be with the family and what does he do? he goes to play golf. >> mark: another side of the president, he very solitary figure on the golf course. clinton used to play golf with vernon jordan and they talk about women all the time. >> we think about presidents playing sports. when you think about kennedys and the image of the touch football and family coming together. president is a good family man, but 90 times? that is a lot of golf. >> i didn't agree with clinton's policies but the two terms he served, the first four years he was kind of wading into the job. it got to a point where clinton started to say, i have to get to work and i've got things to do. whether i disagree with what he did, he was up there he rolled up his shirt sleeves getting to work. >> mark: i have to get back working for the american people. when you are in crisis and with when you are going around giving speeches and politics has to end and then you go play golf, there is a difference. >> i don't think we're going to see it in 2012. this is the last hurrah for golf they don't want video him out on the golf course. >> mark: we've got another retirement in the senate. senator bill nelson, he got the kickback to his state for signing on to obamacare. a the democrat has no chance in this election cycle. >> i think its wash. really. when you think about it. he was most conservative liberal that was around there. nebraska is totally red. that is going to be filled by a conservative. i think it's a wash. it really the difference is not very big. >> martha: he did vote for obamacare in the end. and aspect of the bill the special preferences for certain states. >> one of the things i'm hearing is to have a conservative republican with a spine. they are tired of seen these republicans being elected. they go to washington and they come down with bad case of pelosi-itis. >> reach across the aisle-itis. the squishy reaching over. >> i think obamacare has put the government in play. once we see the supreme court invalidate obamacare which i believe they will, see the domino effect, see how it affects all the senators and congress people who got so far behind that and see what it did you say for their reelection chances. a business issue for 2012 and death the knell for a lot of political careers. >> in f obamacare is not repealed this term. >> supreme court courted is going to take it down. >> mark: but if they don't and democrats be confident about that, then we're talk stuk with it. thanks guys, i'm not sure i believe in this awkward concept of single sex great american panel, but we'll get three women from the most admired list.
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