these huge deals? it is going to happen. romney has all of this money and high priced consultants. he has to know how not to step over his own stories. seriously. it is a reality. great thing about newt is newt is becoming his own newt impersonator. i swear to god i thought it was somebody that was hired to play newt at a birthday partied. what kid would not want to have newt at their party. i think he will do a six-month run in vegas when this is done. do you have the etch-a-sketch on the ipad? i don t have an ipad. i feel bad now. what kind of loser are you? wow. what kind of 27-year-old are you? seriously. i am raising money for it. like $400. i am starting a paypal account tonight. that s a call forward since i haven t got to that yet. dana, any political consultant
welcome back, everybody. this the beach hut, cafe. they are very busy. i think this is the busiest diner that we have been in at 7:00 in the morning. we re glad they re having us. you re listening to luther vandross, the power of love, my selection. let s introduce you to our panel. cnn political contributor and republican consultant and maria cardo cardona, democratic strategist. and david frum, let s get a shot of david frum s chair. i ve committed to mocking david frum this morning because he is late for my show and when you have arrive with sleep in his eyes. i m told it s not his fault. too bad, we don t care. we re moving on. let s talk a little bit about this final debate last night. it is the debate right before florida republicans will vote and stakes were very, very high. mitt romney and newt gingrich really going at it all night with jabs. was there a clear winner in addition to our panelist who got florida republican congressman is in miami. endorsed newt
tonight and tomorrow morning elsewhere. in new hampshire. he s also back to attacking president obama. this time, comparing him to marie antoinette. cnn s jim acosta at romney s early stops in iowa today. jim? reporter: candy, there are several reasons for mitt romney s growing confidence, one is the fact that we ve been talking about this for several days, newt gingrich has been staying positive, not going after mitt romney. ron paul, romney s chief rival in the state is leaving the state and going back to texas to spend new year s eve with his wife and family. michele bachmann, a former campaign manager, ed rollins, tell me via e-mail today, that michele bachmann has basically been laying off of mitt romney in the hopes of being his vice presidential running mate. no surprise romney on the campaign earlier with chris christie going after president obama, comparing him, as you said, to french royalty. the other day president obama said that you know it could be worse. th
it does not appear that he would add a lot to the ticket. before i let you go, campaigning in columbia south carolina today. newt gingrich, what do we expect to see and hear from him and do we think he has a shot at this thing? i will start with you quickly. yeah, and you want to see newt is newt and going to be unable to repress himself and talk way too much. he will be all over the map. i think he is filled with the risk of comes off as he did in the 90s when they are reporting back to republican congress had men and they should tell newt to shut up and he will run the risk of being or seeming too loud and just a little too weird for a lot of mainstream republican voters. all right, peter. thank you always and appreciate your time. merry christmas. up next, john edwards is awa
so they re good for my family, and for yours. heart smart idaho potatoes. always look for the grown in idaho seal. good morning, everyone. today is wednesday, december 14th. i m gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing your time with us today. they are the frontrunners in the race for the white house but can they really win? new polls on mitt romney and newt gingrich revealing exactly what s stopping them. it s two different things. very fascinating. really. donald trump fires himself from moderating the debate and he does it in the third person. i ve decided to cancel the debate. i don t want to waste a lot of newt s time or rick santorum s time or donald trump s time. so i won t give up the possibility of come around june running as an independent candidate. right. that s not the only reason why.