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Gingrich supporter Fred Thompson sizes up presidential candidate's chances for success on Super Tuesday
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Here come Super Tuesday.
Last night governor Mitt Romney took Michigan in a squeaker and Arizona -- landslide but that was last night it already the GOP Canucks are turning to the next ten states.
Setting their sights on the big big prize of Super Tuesday.
That's 419.
Delegates.
Former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich banking on the south to keep his campaign alive.
Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson -- the campaign trail with speaker Gingrich in Nash now.
I think you -- at the tipping point and a lot of different respects in this country.
In the bad way when you've got -- debt this big is the entire economy of the country.
What's is only three -- four European countries in worse shape than we are in that respect.
You've got a serious problem when you've got a president who is intent not only will not doing anything about it but demagoguing.
The anybody.
The trust a good thing about it while he's trying to do the American people's only way he feels like he can.
Can get reelected.
You got a serious situation on here.
Here.
In 2008 senator Thompson ran for president himself and he joins a sexiest there introduce you abuse I take you don't miss running.
-- -- That an -- though I've only been there done that fares are right out your course -- -- -- is second.
Speaker and I Newt Gingrich I'm curious so many of the candidates Republican can't have a lot coming ally will get rid health care all want to get rid of regulation they give me a much encountered some curious.
To just -- your -- speaker Gingrich -- it.
Governor -- for instance why do you think Gingrich over on you don't.
Well I talked about that a little bit down there with a home folks by the way -- moved.
I need to be going to -- -- talking to you right now great mr.
McHugh says there are incidents that's serious business.
But.
Yeah everybody's reading from the same songbook it looks like now everybody's saying the same thing.
Everybody's got their talking points down you know and they're basically agreeing on fundamental things.
The question is.
Who's got the -- Bill Clinton who understands.
What they're talking about I think -- shown.
Time and time again especially in the debates that he understands the situation were actually understands the problems and he knows how to.
Two take via Obama policy -- down from -- for more room.
And has done so he's talking about things look right now like.
The energy problem.
Andy's got Obama answering him now about the gasoline situation prices that -- what needs to be done.
How it works are the prices established where the drilling.
Can be done reports from Atlanta what's public what's when he -- -- this -- policy matters and has been for years and you know we -- no longer we conservatives geochemical market for -- is sometimes what we know all -- can afford.
To elect somebody asked me to whose battle cry is I know nothing about Washington.
I think you need to know where the bodies are buried and want to do and I think.
-- is the guy who who does that.
I don't and that's about governor Romney who never served in Washington but senator Santorum was here in Washington so he's not running on I don't know anything about -- -- so you know lining your cabinet -- Why would you choose for instance for -- gay -- over senator Santorum.
Experience more than anything else for me bouncer with -- -- went to the senate.
This when Rick did in 1994 but we went and large part.
Because of the plan that -- getting usually in his contract from America.
He conceived it he implemented.
When we got elected.
We were all on board and we were able to balance the budget last time and -- -- And pass welfare reform Clinton kept rejecting and we kept putting it back up there in India Gingrich was persistent that.
And they -- so than me was the leader he was the leader.
Rick coach Rick work harder -- all the same things bricks a little younger.
-- News this has conceived.
Political revolution and his lifetime.
And implemented.
And I think that the country is in such shape as I was talking -- my home folks live up.
That we need someone who who understands.
What needs to be done who couldn't do it and an aggressive way in the fact that he upset some people in Washington doesn't.
The -- as it does he must be a bit he doesn't have a lot of the former colleagues who served in the house was rallying around and he's got some -- -- -- -- you know why -- why aren't -- on the same -- Regular commercial rooms but it but it doesn't bother me a bit I don't need any more visits the White House.
Or -- -- -- the search I got involved because I'm concerned about the future we've got a president Merrill whose intense.
-- on ignoring major problems facing this country.
Who's intent on not dividing our country.
Along every line and imaginable.
He's uniquely qualified to do some outstanding things -- country conservatives would like to join with him to do things.
On the fiscal side for example he ignores the recommendations of his own commission's.
He demagogues those who would dare do something about -- entitlement issues we're facing.
Some estimates fifty trillion some say seventy trillion dollars.
In.
-- liabilities that we can't possibly pay for -- just waiting for the inflation the kicking and -- Billion dollar.
Deficit that we've we've that we've got a good a -- Bigger than the entire national economy.
If interest rates weren't so -- we would already be done for I mean if they ever get back to normal rates as the biggest debtor in the world.
We're going to be an even more immediate trouble so -- -- -- do you think that we're at a tipping point.
And we've got a president who wants to take -- one direction.
Which basically is the European direction.
They've got a guy over in France and I knew the -- the leader who now is leading Sarkozy in the -- as I understand it.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bob Hope Obama doesn't see that.
Because his answer is that if the small business person on here you know full page just a little bit more that will solve this budget -- told demagoguery.
And we've got some some other folks -- -- always candidates I know what they're going through final mile long and arduous it is and they're all getting better all the trail.
Everybody makes gaffes but they're all getting better only true but I think there's one -- You can take to boo boo -- situation on the script from the -- -- give -- a good chicken and I think that's what our country needs.
More than any thing if we elect a Republican and just do things -- on the margins around the edges and and then can't communicate to the American who asked the big -- -- can communicate to the American people he understands.
What's going on in the country.
And and he didn't -- -- people why we need to do what it is that we need to do.
I'm always watching to -- that's a big day for him that it does it make a difference a big if they -- those -- produce new drug American.
-- nice -- CSF thank you good we were.
