with jon huntsman. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. the first primary beghaj at midnight in new hampshire. most polls close three hours from now. we ll have complete coverage. here is what we re watching for. first, mitt romney s margin of victory. final polls show him with a nearly 20-point lead. if romney wins big he may see almost invincible heading into south carolina. if he doesn t win big, he may seem beatable, at least some experts predict. second, who comes in second, jon huntsman gambled on a good showing in new hampshire. he has the chance to show he s a viable candidate. they play very well among many in new hampshire, and could help him emerge as the anti-romney candidate. finally, independenting can stroh in this open primary, so how will they vote? they may decide the winner, who will that signal for next november? we re watching all of this unfold. new hampshire state officials are expecting a record turnout of a quarter million prima
25% under hoover, let s get that straight. but when mitt romney says the economy is worse under barack obama than at the end of the bush years, that s simply not true. now, you can make the case that maybe barack obama should have created more jobs and done better, but what mitt romney s how he s describing it is just inaccurate. if the obama wants the message to be the economy is not as bad as you think it is, that s probably not going to is romney the front-runner? oh, sure. is he beatable? sure. can he be beating on the left? in the republican primary? huntsman? i think that would be tough to do. you think huntsman can beat him on the left? i think hadn tman has to get 5% in new hampshire first. can he be beaten by is he too left for your party, romney? no. no. he s winning? the polls.
that straight. but when mitt romney says the economy is worse under barack obama than at the end of the bush years, that s simply not true. now, you can make the case that maybe barack obama should have created more jobs and done better, but what mitt romney s how he s describing it is just inaccurate. if the obama wants the message to be the economy is not as bad as you think it is, that s ployable not the way to go. is romney the front-runner? oh, sure. is he beatable? sure. can he be beating on the left? in the republican primary? huntsman? i think that would be tough to do. i think hadn tman has to get 5% in new hampshire first. can he be beaten by is he too left for your party, romney? no. no. he s winning? the polls. michele bachmann, can she
there s nobody who denies that. 25% under hoover, let s get that straight. but when mitt romney says the economy is worse under barack obama than at the end of the bush years, that s simply not true. now, you can make the case that maybe barack obama should have created more jobs and done better, but what mitt romney s how he s describing it is just inaccurate. if the obama wants the message to be the economy is not as bad as you think it is, that s probably not going to is romney the front-runner? oh, sure. is he beatable? sure. can he be beating on the left? in the republican primary? huntsman? i think that would be tough to do. you think huntsman can beat him on the left? i think hadn tman has to get 5% in new hampshire first. can he be beaten by is he too left for your party, romney? no.
bob, you know, again, it s the same question that they have been wrestling with this whole time. you have the so-called moderates within that race, and 2008 wins the presidential primary. on the other hand you have the christine odonnell and bob bennett getting run out of the senate in utah. all these new primaries where the radicals seem to be winning. how do you position yourself, figure that out, especially a guy like hadn tman is running away from the moderate label. i think what you don t do is try to change everything you were. even when huntsman backed away on cap and trade, he didn t back away on principle, said it was the wrong time giving the condition of the economy. constantly trying to adapt