sector job creation. a lot of what this country needs at this point, he is also a former white house budget director so if president obama spends a lot of time going after republicans in congress, it doesn t hit governor daniels, shepard: shep mike emanuel outside by the statues, thank you. tonight will mark a first for the reporters who cover the state of the union address from the house chamber. finally reporters will be able to take smart phones and laptops into the press gallery. until tonight the press banned all electronic devices. a press director says he believes the ban traced back to when typewriters made too much noise. according to the new rules, reporters cannot make calls and the devices have to be in silent mode. no vibrate either. got live coverage of the state of the union address tonight on big fox. fox news sunday host chris wallace will be here for analysis. it starts 9:00 eastern we are covering it on all of our platforms across the fox news family. the release
for mitt romney the expectations couldn t be higher. he s declared new hampshire front-runner and nationally as well. his business record has been turned into a target. there s intense pressure on the former massachusetts governor to post a big win. if we re able to win tonight, it ll be historic. it ll be the first time anyone who is not an incumbent in our party whose won iowa and new hampshire. i have my fingers crossed. it could be a big night for us. candy crowley is at the romney headquarters tonight. how are they handling the expectations game and how big of a windows governor romney need? reporter: listen, you heard him. it s just a win would be great, historic, we ll be the first people to do this. you ve seen these polls. they had one at one point, it was a couple weeks back showing him in the 40% range. they don t expect that. they do expect something in the 30s. but as we like to say all the time. a win is a win is a win. and he looks and feels as though he
to win, you want to win the one that if you win, you win that s south carolina! i don t know what to expect in south carolina. i have to be honest with you. we haven t spent anywhere near as much time in the coming states as i and the other candidates collectively have in the first two. but south carolina is going to have a big say in this process. bret: rick perry and rick santorum are both in south carolina governor romney talking about it. there you see the public policy poll with romney has a lead this is the latest poll a democratic-leaning group, gingrich in second there. as you look at the south carolina real clear politics average, you see romney first, santorum surging to second, gingrich in third and the rest of the folks there, the candidates. we are back with the panel. chris, you heard governor romney saying i just don t know about south carolina. he has governor haley as his endorser. and looks like he s doing well at this point. he doesn t know, but surely
one that if you win, you win that s south carolina! i don t know what to expect in south carolina. i have to be honest with you. we haven t spent anywhere near as much time in the coming states as i and the other candidates collectively have in the first two. but south carolina is going to have a big say in this process. bret: rick perry and rick santorum are both in south carolina governor romney talking about it. there you see the public policy poll with romney has a lead this is the latest poll a democratic-leaning group, gingrich in second there. as you look at the south carolina real clear politics average, you see romney first, santorum surging to second, gingrich in third and the rest of the folks there, the candidates. we are back with the panel. chris, you heard governor romney saying i just don t know about south carolina. he has governor haley as his endorser. and looks like he s doing well at this point. he doesn t know, but surely he s dreaming of the big win
volatile year, don. i have been watching you, you have been talking to that wall. when the wall starts to talk back to you, we re going to have she talks back. she does? let s move forward to south carolina 2012. if you want to give us the overall but then also talk about romney. let s go to the numbers for romney first. south carolina was another big disappointment. some say christian evangelicals took it out on him that he was a mormon. remember, he lost iowa, new hampshire. there was also a momentum factor. south carolina was really the end of the line. but you raise a very interesting question. now in this race. right. mccain eeked it out. 33% to 30%. rick perry says he s going to stay in. bachmann s out. you re going to have in south carolina, romney, santorum, gingrich, and perry. is rick perry the fred thompson of this cycle? can he win?