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he doesn't get enough from ron paul so he has to get them from gingrich or santorum. neither would give them to romney. one of the two of those is more likely given that scenario could be president. >> stephen: do you think we might have a santorum running for president of the united states for the republican party? >> it's a strong possibility, sure. >> stephen: that is fun. [ laughter ] thank you so much! cofounder of no labels, mark [cheers and applause] >> stephen: t dee: well, what's wrong with sleeves? mac: nothing's wrong with sleeves. i cut them off sometimes because it looks tough. - dennis: doesn't look tough. - dee: no, it doesn't. whoa, whoa. what's that bum doing? i hope he's peeing. i don't think that's what he's doing, dude. why is he smiling at me?

he doesn't get enough from ron paul so he has to get them from gingrich or santorum. neither would give them to romney. one of the two of those is more likely given that scenario could be president. >> stephen: do you think we might have a santorum running for president of the united states for the republican party? >> it's a strong possibility, sure. >> stephen: that is fun. [ laughter ] thank you so much! cofounder of no labels, mark an airline has planes... and people. and the planes can seem the same so, it comes down to the people. because, bad weather the price of oil those are every airlines reality. and solutions won't come from 500 tons of metal and a paint job. they'll come from people. delta people. who made us one of the biggest airlines in the world. and then decided that wasn't enough.

. >> santorum supporters, why do you believe that ron paul would be in some sort of conspiracy to help mitt romney and you know what they said to mekong man? you want know tell you, right? >> stephen: tonight tr +*rbgs's a new way to help out the poor-- but don't worry, there's still dozens of ways not to. (laughter) then, the contraception debate heats up. note: heating it up is not an effective form of contraception. (laughter) and my guest is actor william shatner. good, because the studio has a massive triple infestation. (laughter) north korea agrees to suspend its nuclear program. kim jong-il must be rolling over in his shoe box! this is "the colbert report." (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the "report"! (crowd chanting "stephen") that's good stuff. (cheers and applause) thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i can tell even from this distance that that stuff is pure and uncut. (laughter) good to have you with us, folks, nation two big g.o.p. primaries la

they got the two guys they wanted to run against, ron paul and rick santorum. the problem is there's 75% of the people in the republican party who don't want to vote for mitt romney. >> stephen: why don't they have, when the time come, i'll hold my nose and think of england. >> it's close your eyes and think of england... >> stephen: no, you've got to keep your eyes open to know what you're doing. >> even if it's newt gingrich? >> stephen: you know it's newt gingrich. what am i talking about? >> i have no idea. the 75% of the republicans who don't want mitt romney? >> what about the hard-core conservatives who want hard-core conservative. do they not get a voice? they're the vast majority. >> this is the threat that romney faces is having now effectively gotten michele bachmann out of the race for real, rick perry is probably more or less out of the race. you could see a consolidation of the conservative hard core tea party party, evangelicals around rick santorum in south carolina as gingrich does the things that you describe, destroying romney, laying waste,

(cheers and applause) >> stephen: yes. and ron paul, you should dress up as merlin. now. let into gold, lead into gold. now basing all your laws on 13th century english treaties sits moderate new hampshire-- fits moderate new hampshire but south carolina is next so they're going want to go back even further. south carolina is a big military state so newt gingrich try citing roman lawmaker cato the elder speeches against cartaage i think we stand with vipio africannus to help hannibal in crossing the all s and impose sanctions to keep parthian from acquiring parky determine technology. and rick santorum when you get to florida, are you going to want to pitch your replacement for obama care so go all the way back to the babylonian code of hamarabbi. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth that covers both vision and dental. of course, as the primaries go on the candidates will need to cite older and older stuff like cave paintings and whatever was in the pockets of octi the iceman because when are you a republican candidate the only way to lead america not future is by tying

(laughter). >> stephen: how about ron paul? very fashion gnat following there. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. ooh! >> stephen: newt gingrich. >> ugh. ugh. hmm. >> stephen: rick perry. >> huh? >> stephen: perry! >> oh! (mumbles). >> stephen: so you're not excited about any of the candidates? >> well, yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah. >> stephen: well, i'll let you get to the caucus. good luck deciding who will be the next president of the united states. >> (sighs) yeah. (cheers and applause) all right, evidently the iowa voter is a poor predictor of what the iowa voter will do but ladies and gentlemen i am still committed to making a definitive call on this race based on little or no evidence leaving me only one sure fire journalistic alternative, psychic invertebrates. now, you may remember paul the octopus who correctly pick sod many winners who n the 2010 world cup. unfortunately, paul died in 20 2010. our thoughts and lemon wedges are with him. but, nation, it stands to reason that other mollusks like paul have clairvoyance so determine-to-determine the winner of the 2012 republica

. >> stephen: if romney wins on saturday, should newton and ron paul an perry and santorum get out of the race? >> they're going to have to very soon because the money will dry up. >> stephen: for the good of the party? >> i think in some ways debates are good. >> stephen: yes or no, should they get out? >> i think that i would like to see this over as rapidly as possible and allow romney to start competing for the votes of the american public as a whole and not just to the small part of it that takes part in republican primaries. >> what about third-party candidates? in the same poll, in a three-way race, i would get 13% running as an independent. [cheering and applause] >> i've been thinking a lot about your speech at the tampa convention. >> i have, too. >> and i think... >> stephen: i think they owe me at this point at least like a 3:00 a.m. spot. >> you've locked down the republican base. i think we need to broaden your appeal to moderates and independents. >> stephen: should i just pretend i believe things i don't so i can win like romney? [cheering and applause] >> don't you do

i mean ron paul got traction. i mean a pizza magazinenat got traction. a fat man with orange skin got traction. why didn't you get traction? >> you know, i hate to go down a cubbee hole here but i was excluded from the debates because i didn't have a certain showing in polls where my name didn't appear in the poll. >> stephen: so you didn't register 2% in stand in polls but your name was also not included. >> not included. that's a tough audience. >> that si a tough one to crack. i think my message is the same as ron paul. i don't think ron paul is going to get the republican nomination. so what happens to this message when he ends up getting out of the race? i think this is important for america. i think really addressing the issues that this country is facing, fiscal issues, balancing the federal budget and then on the social side, the notion that we should and are socially tolerant. >> stephen: . >> keep government out of the bedroom. >> stephen: okay. now are you presently, are you presently in straw bolls leading on the libertarian side, correct? >>

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and what way then should you see this massive awakening ron paul is talking about the predictions of future unrest is he actually encouraging unrest in order for the people's views to be heard well i think sooner or later it comes but what happened in. russia in one nine hundred seventeen for pressure severe enough people rules up all the through the dictatorship look what's going on in greece right now furious people in lives are being destroyed in real time i think it's only a matter of time before they don't just rally installment front of the album but they break into it and they have all these criminal prosecute politicians oh i was screwed in mix and they either put them on trial well they hang them they deserve to be paying it criminals that are serving the people is sold them into deep poverty the same thing is happening across europe it's happening in america will slowly sooner or later when general saluki says is true when people lose everything and have nothing else to lose they lose it they lose it that means of violence it means rising up against or oppress about and wha

. >> you're only 9% more popular than ron paul. >> ron paul's a good man. >> yeah. >> do you know if you guess ron paul's name he has to teach to you spin hay into gold. if you guess his name. >> so, stephen -- >> where will you go next? >> if you had to choose one of the -- oh, stop -- one of the republican candidates, if you had to -- >> if i had to choose one of them? herman cain. i would pick herman cain. >> you're sure? >> he's a washington outsider. how much more of an outsider -- >> you have to choose someone who is running. what if you had to choose from the four on the stage last night? >> can i chop them up and sew them into one person? >> please. >> i've heard that before. >> fantastic. >> i like ron paul. i really do. i really do. i really like ron paul. the guy is intellectually consistent. >> yes, he is. >> he says the same thing monday that he said on sunday. he doesn't change with the winds. that's admirable, i think. >> you are a south carolina guy. talk about every four years south carolina, i think, shapes a presidential election more than any other state. talk abo

let's talk about it with stephen hayes, senior writer at the weekly standard and fox news contributor. so the question, stephen, is what happened to newt gingrich's surge? >> yeah, that is really the big question, looking at where the polls is today in florida. but i think basically, if you don't spend too much time overanalyzing it, he was down in florida, then he had this momentum coming out of south carolina, as you suggest, then things start of settled down again. obviously, he had two debate performances that were not up to par with his previous debate performances, and for a candidate who has said the reason you should pick me is because i am going to challenge barack obama to the lincoln-douglas-style debates, chase him and the country and i can outdebate him, having two bad debate performances in one week is a big deal. jon: and when he goes up against barack obama, if he becomes the nominee, he's going to take all kinds of criticism, the same kind that he's been complaining that mitt romney has been leveling at him. >> yeah, i think this is the wackest message that we've had

stephen chu grades himself on gas prices. that's in minutes. but fir, the latest from bret baier. >>> mitt romney is the winner, beating rick santorum in the land of lincoln. neither newt gingrich nor ron paul made much of an effort here. >> after years of too many apologies and not enough job, historic drops in income and historic highs in gas prices, a president who doesn't hesitate to use all the means necessary to force through obamacare on the american public, but leads from behind in the world, it's time to say these words, this word -- enough! [cheers and applause] >> we have had enough. >> more coming up at the bottom of the hour and a full hour at 11:00 p.m. eastern, i will have an interview with david axel rod -- >> now mitt romney wins big in illinois. in his victory speech, he comes out swinging at president obama. >> now, by the way, the president's trying to erase his record, with some new rhetoric. the other day he said this, we are inventor, we are builders, we are makers of things, we are thomas edison. we are the wright brothe

only mitt romney and ron paul that the required 10,000 signatures. perry filed a lawsuit. virginias primary is set for march 6. >> stephen colbert may run for the white house again. >> during last night at the cell, he legally transferred his super political action committee to his friend jon stewart. it potentially paves the way for a stephen colbert to enter the republican presidential primary. campaigning politicians are prohibited from running super pacs at the same time. stephen colbert is pulling ahead of actual president candidates john huntsman. >> he has been a big right in -- write in. >> it could certainly like the mood a little bit. >> i think so. >> it is 38 degrees. >> more local businesses are on the chopping block. how many bloom stores will be closing. >> we have [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling sneezing, coughing aching, fefer, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & f

. >> i counted seven stephen dinan pieces online at washingtontimes.com today. you're a busy guy. >> it's been a busy day. >>> ron paul last night who is claiming that he's got a lead in delegates, he was in golden valley, minnesota last night. here is what he had to say. >> of course, tonight i've heard nothing but good stories about all of you staying around and going through the process, understanding the process and voting and getting delegates. so when the dust settles, i think there's a very good chance we'll have the maximum number of delegates coming out of minnesota. [ cheers and applause ] there's other good news, too. an ongoing caucus over on the east coast. i think it's the state called maine. we're doing very well there and we're going to hear some results on that on saturday. i think those results are going to be very good as well. but i want to really thank you for the effort and one thing i'm convinced of, those who joined the campaign for liberty and promote this cause really believe in something. i keep thinking it must be a lot more fun belie

stephen moore, senior economics writer at the "wall street journal" and necessary washington. joining must new york is todd showen berger from land capital. we showed a poll most americans want people to compromise. no purr surprise there why can't republicans and democrats get their act together and compromise? >> well, i think this previous discussion we were just having is kind of an example of what's happening in congress is, you know, democrats, liberal democrats really believe that taxes don't matter around they can continue to raise them as high as they want. i happen to think they are critically important. i think it is insane to be raising taxes on investment and businesses right now i think it will make america less competitive and destroy jobs in this country, but the point is you've got a big philosophical difference of opinion on these things and they are not small matters but big meters of about the direction of our country for the next 10, 20 years. look, it's one thing to get a compromise and an agreement but an agreement that laid the country in the wrong dire

>> stephen colbert had it exactly right. the picture that was shown first right there next to romney was ron portman from ohio. i think the excitement factor is totally overrated despite our experience four years ago. you pick a vice president for strategic purposes, mitt romney or barack obama, for that matter, need to win ohio and it's okay that he's boring. >> holly? >> i think mitt romney has talked about how he would like to have a woman on the ticket and one way that would help his ticket, but at the same time there would be the threat of bringing in all of the drama from the bush administration and so i don't think it's very realistic. >> pete? >> well, holly took mine. yea. who did condoleezza rice work for, carol? what was -- what was his name? a name that we haven't heard in a really long time. we haven't heard his name. i don't think he's endorsed anybody. i think mitt romney and the conventional wisdom like will said he's got to pick someone boring, so maybe a dead person, dick clark or john kerry -- >> hey! >> y

santorum in second and newt gingrich and ron paul third and fourth respectively. president obama beating all the republican candidates, besting romney by four points. stephen hayes, "weekly standard", fox news contributor. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: what do you see in that number. >> it is an interesting number. mitt romney holding lead. a lead of 6 points in a four-way race. it shrinks a little bit if you take newt gingrich out of that race, four points in a head-to-head between mitt romney and rick santorum. it shows romney's lead is there. there is lot of information underneath the big headline numbers to show that the lead is soft. bill: in the race for republican nomination which would you prefer? that was part of out question. the question can you beat obama and are you true conservative. 58% say number one. that is the most intriguing to you. why, steven. >> that is a fascinating number particularly when you look at gap between mitt romney and rick santorum in head-to-head numbers. i would think number would be largely considered and

. >>> be sure to catch george stephanopoulos later on this "this week," he'll also have stephen colbert and a real candidate, texas governor rick perry. >>> let's check the other headlines with a real news anchor ron claiborne. >> good morning. >>> we begin with another sinking ship, this one in south korea, an explosion rocked a cargo ship carrying fuel off of that country's west coast this morning. tearing the ship in half. at least five crew members were killed. six are missing. blast was believed to be an accident. >>> police in anaheim, california, said that they're confident that the man they arrested friday for killing a homeless man is responsible for murdering three other homeless men. the 23-year-old iraq war veteran was taken in custody after a man was found stabbed to death in a restaurant parking lot. witnesses chased him until he was eventually captured by a police officer. >>> tests of tropicana orange juice contains low levels of potentially dangerous fungicide that pepsico says don't pose any health risks. the fda announced wednesday it's temporarily freezing orange jui

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. >> the campaign trail across the commonwealth is heating up. mitt romney was spreading his message along side bob mcdonnell. president obama is gearing up for any event in arlington tomorrow. virginia is on its way to becoming a battleground state once again. coming up at 6:00, a deeper look at these campaign events as well as mitt romney's fresh endorsement from a onetime rival. >> new documents were released and we are learning about a new potential terrorist threat in the form of wildfires. >> newly released documents recovered from a compound show a frustrated terror leader, one that was worried about the future of al qaeda. an analysis showed been lent -- 06 -- osama bin laden was angry at his inability to control regional affiliates. >> the necessity to be isolated to stay alive made him to a certain extent irrelevant with the day to day operations and what al qaeda in the yemen might be but -- contemplating. >> that organization was under a great deal of stress and had been diminished. they remained a threat and remains a threat. >> the