chuck todd, where are we? these are a couple venerable debaters. i think we ve seen it. these are the final two. one-on-one debates, or even three with ron paul, shows that he can give as well as he can take, it s going to be an interesting, long primary campaign if it, indeed, goes long. but i ll tell you, obviously, what we re seeing in the polls, it s instructive that newt gingrich broughtp 1994. that is his key strengthnd it is romney s key issue. what was newt gingrich doing in october of 1994. he was leading a coervative evolution. that s the one big memory. i had a rmney person tell me that every negative they try to throw at newt they realize you can t just use one because he has that pristine memory in the minds of conservatiti voters. well, he did it. what was mitt romney doing in october of 1994? basically saying, i m not really a repcan, massachusetts voters, don t you worry. i m not that conservative. not even sure if i voted for reagan or for bush or who i was for bac
receiving the money from freddie mac? well, legally, he doesn t have to. but i wod think morally, him having received this money, yeah, i wouldn t i wouldn t have taken their money. you know, just for the fact at i think it was an immoral thing to take money. besides i don t like this idea that you re going to influence somebody that is a pseudo governme agency. and this is my argument over the many years that because they got subsidies and they had a line of credit, and they were guaraeed a bailout it was written all over that this would come about, because it was artificial, there was a line of credit, and the fed was involved, so it was, as far as i m concerned, abouts aclose to the government as you can ge to call that private is not exactly accurate. les come back to the key point in the debate last night. who is the conste conservative? the issue came up about health care, and support for an individual mandate in massausetts, by governor romney. whether he supported it
these are a couple venerable debaters. i think we ve seen it. these are the final two. one-on-one debates, or even three with ron paul, shows that he can give as well as he can take, it s going to be an interesting, long primary campaign if it, indeed, goes long. but i ll tell you, obviously, what we re seeing in the polls, it s instructive that newt gingrich broughtp 1994. that is his key strengthnd it is romney s key issue. what was newt gingrich doing in october of 1994. he was leading a coervative evolution. that s the one big memory. i had a rmney person tell me that every negative they try to throw at newt they realize you can t just use one because he has that pristine memory in the minds of conservatiti voters. well, he did it. what was mitt romney doing in october of 1994? basically saying, i m not really a repcan, massachusetts voters, don t you worry. i m not that conservative. not even sure if i voted for reagan or for bush or who i was for back in the 80s. so it s inter
should he apologize for receiving the money from freddie mac? well, legally, he doesn t have to. but i wod think morally, him having received this money, yeah, i wouldn t i wouldn t have taken their money. you know, just for the fact at i think it was an immoral thing to take money. besides i don t like this idea that you re going to influence somebody that is a pseudo governme agency. and this is my argument over the many years that because they got subsidies and they had a line of credit, and they were guaraeed a bailout it was written all over that this would come about, because it was artificial, there was a line of credit, and the fed was involved, so it was, as far as i m concerned, abouts aclose to the government as you can ge to call that private is not exactly accurate. les come back to the key point in the debate last night. who is the conste conservative? the issue came up about health care, and support for an individual mandate in massausetts, by governor
he s got the most yard signs. he s got the most enthusiasm. but, i don t know that you can translate that into a victory. because remember, the caucuses are january 3rd. a lot of the college students will be on their christmas break. so, he definitely has a following out he. and i could tellou, there are a lot of young people that are really disappointed with obama. he promised to be somebody that would bring america together, and his campaign is just the opposite. tear people apart, attack people. we need a leader that s going to brinpeople together. ron paul has been a consistent conservative. you got to give him cred. i have concerns about his foreign policy. all right. governor branstad, thank you very much. chuck todd, i won t play the und bite. we don t have muchime. but senator lindsey graham, if the election werheld tomorrow, newt would win. newt gingrich would win. in south carolina. here s why, a majority of south carolina republican voters believe newt gingrich is a cons