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
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
nationally, as is the case in the president health care legislation. something that gingrich supported, as well, in the early 90s. it was michele bachmann who tk them on as whether they re real conservatives, coining a phrase, newt/romney. listen. you want a difference, michele bachmann is the proven conservative. it s not newt romney. i know newt gingrich, and newt gingrich is a friend of mine. but he and i areot clones. i promise. do you buy that? who is the real conservative out of those two. you have to go through one or both of them to win in iowa. well, i think they come from the me mold. they re about the same. they re both on the defensive. they re both explaining themselves. and i even said that last night. why should we have a nominee that s going to spend most of their time explaining themselves and deciding what position they wereon and when. i think that s too much on the defensive. and i think, if you re
romney. whether he supported it nationally, as is the case in the president health care legislation. something that gingrich supported, as well, in the early 90s. it was michele bachmann who tk them on as whether they re real conservatives, coining a phrase, newt/romney. listen. you want a difference, michele bachmann is the proven conservative. it s not newt romney. i know newt gingrich, and newt gingrich is a friend of mine. but he and i areot clones. i promise. do you buy that? who is the real conservative out of those two. you have to go through one or both of them to win in iowa. well, i think they come from the me mold. they re about the same. they re both on the defensive. they re both explaining themselves. and i even said that last night. why should we have a nominee that s going to spend most of their time explaining themselves and deciding what position they wereon and when. i think that s too much on the
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