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CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR THE LIVE REPORT.
>>> TWO POLITICS NOW, THE
BUILDUP TO MICHIGAN'S PRIMARY ON
TUESDAY HAS SEEN A ATTACK ADS.
SANTORUM ACCUSED ROMNEY AND RON
PAUL OF FORMING AN ALLIANCE AND
KOL COLLUDING AGAINST HIM.
IT'S A QUESTION I ASKED CAMPAIGN
ADVISER DOUG WEED WHEN HE JOINED
US ON THE SHOW OVER A MONTH AGO.
>> HERE IS AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN
RON PAUL AND MITT ROMNEY.
>> IF WE WANT PEOPLE WHO SPENT
THEIR LIFE AND CAREER, MOST OF
THE TIME IN WASHINGTON.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERPRETED
THAT FROM ROMNEY AS BEING
EXTREMELY DEFERENTIAL TO RON
PAUL.
WHAT SHOULD WE MAKE OF THAT?
DO YOU THINK HE MAY BE ANGLING
FOR RON PAUL SUPPORTERS
EVENTUALLY?
>> I THINK THAT ALL OF THE
CANDIDATES OUGHT TO.
THERE'S NO PATH TO THE WHITE
HOUSE WITHOUT RON PAUL.
>> AND NOW DOUG IS BACK.
SO DOUG, I ASKED YOU ONCE AGAIN
WITH A WELCOME, IS THERE AN
ALLIANCE BREWING HERE.
>> WELL, THERE IS NO ALLIANCE.
RON PAUL AND MITT ROMNEY ARE
EXACT OPPOSITES.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY LIKE EACH
OTHER SO MUCH.
MITT ROMNEY IS THE BIGGEST
FLIP-FLOPPER IN MODERN MID CAL
HISTORY.
RON PAUL IS THE MOST CONSISTENT.
ANN ROMNEY DRIVES TWO CADILLACS.
CAROL PAUL DRIVES A CHEVY.
CAROL PAUL WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE A
CADILLAC.
IF WE CAN REFORM THE MONETARY
POLICY THE WAY PAUL WANTS AND
NOT BE BAILING OUT RICH PEOPLE,
MAYBE WE'LL ALL GET TO DRIVE
CADILLACS.
BUT THERE IS NO DEAL.
>> HERE IS ONE THING THAT WAS
SPECULATED WITH A POLITICAL
ANALYST EARLIER ON THE BROADCAST
SAYING THAT RON PAUL'S AIMING
FOR NUMBER TWO HERE, HE'S JUST
TRYING TO GET RID OF RICK
SANTORUM AND NEWT GINGRICH.
>> LISTEN, RICK SANTORUM IS
ACTUALLY LEADING IN YOUR POLE
THAT YOU JUST SHOWED TODAY.
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
WE HAVE A FLIP-FLOPPER ON ONE
HAND, A FAKE CONSERVATIVE ON THE
OTHER.
RON PAUL LOOKS AT THIS, RICK
SANTORUM RAISED THE NATIONAL
DEBT FIVE TIMES, VOTED FOR THAT.
RON PAUL GOES AROUND ACTING LIKE
HE'S A SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE BUT
VOTES FOR MILLIONS FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
RON PAUL DIDN'T DO THAT.
YOU HAVE SANTORUM SAYING IN THE
NATIONAL DEBATE, I VOTED FOR NO
CHILD LEFT BEHIND BUT I DIDN'T
BELIEVE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING,
I DID IT FOR THE TEAM.
WELL, HIS FIRST LOYALTY IS TO
THE TEAM.
RON PAUL'S FIRST LOYALTY IS TO
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
AS BOB DILLON SAYS, YOU'VE GOT
TO SERVE SOMEBODY: WE DON'T LIKE
EITHER ONE.
WE LIKE RON PAUL.
>> YOU MAKE A POINT ABOUT RICK
SANTORUM LEADING IN THE NATIONAL
POLLS, I BELIEVE IT'S 31% TO
30%.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A TREND THERE.
WHO YOU THINK IS THE TOUGHEST
FORM RON PAUL TO BEAT AMONG HIS
COLLEAGUES IN THE GOP CAMPAIGN?
>> WE'RE IN ALMOST LIKE A
DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN BECAUSE WE'RE
IN AN EDUCATIONAL AS WELL AS
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WHEN -- IT'S NOT WHICH CANDIDATE
IS TOUGHER, IT'S HOW QUICKLY CAN
WE GET OUR MESSAGE OUT TO THE
PEOPLE IN TIME BECAUSE ONCE THE
LIGHTS GO ON, ONCE THEY
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE, OUR
PEOPLE STICK WITH US.
WHEN RON PAUL CAME TO CONGRESS,
EVERYBODY WAS TAKING MONEY FROM
THE LOBBYISTS.
IT WASN'T LIKE SOME WERE AND
SOME WEREN'T.
ALL OF THEM WERE.
RON PAUL WAS LIKE THIS
GANDHI-LIKE CREATURE WHO
WOULDN'T TAKE BRIBES, WOULDN'T
TAKE MONEY FROM THE LOBBYISTS,
WOULDN'T GO ON A JUNKET BECAUSE
HE KNEW IT WAS TAXPAYER PAID
VACATION, WOULDN'T GO INTO
LITTLE ROOMS, PICK STOCKS AND
DECIDE THE POLICY TO DICTATE
WHETHER THE STOCKS GO UP OR
DOWN.
HE WAS PURE.
NOW HE'S IN APARTMENTAL RUN AND
TRYING TO REFORM THE WHOLE
SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK, BUT WE'RE
PLEASED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> DOUG, RON PAUL ESSENTIALLY IS
NOT CAMPAIGNING IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN WHICH HOLDS ITS PRIMARY
ON TUESDAY.
HE IS RUNNING AN ATTACK AD
AGAINST RICK SANTORUM.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHY RICK
SANTORUM?
WHICH NOT MITT ROMNEY?
>> IF YOU FOLLOW THE MONEY AND
YOU'LL SEE OUR ADS, MOST OF OUR
MONEY WAS SPENT ON THE THREE OF
A KIND AD.
WE HAD TO GET A RICK SANTORUM AD
OUT.
HE WAS NUMBER ONE.
THE PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN KNOW WHAT
WE'RE DOING.
WE WANT THEM TO WORK HARD.
WE'RE IN FOR A MARATHON RUN.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE OVER VERY
QUICKLY, VERY EASY.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IF RON PAUL
GOT THE RING OF POWER, HE'D
THROW IT IN MOUNT DOOM.
IT'S NOT ABOUT GLORY AND POWER
FOR HIM.
IT'S ABOUT REFORMING THIS
GOVERNMENT AND BRINGING IT BACK
TO THE CONSTITUTION AND OPENING
THE FREE MARKETPLACE AGAIN FOR
EVERYBODY.
>>> DOUSE RON PAUL WANT PRIME
TIME SPEAKING TO HAVE HIS
POLICIES CONSIDERED AT THE
CONVENTION IN TAMPA?
>> LISTEN, IF 22 YEARS OF
LOBBYISTS' MONEY AND WOMEN AND
APPEALS TO HIS EGO AND LET'S
PLAY THE GAME AND BUY STOCKS AN
WRITE THE RULES TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THOSE STOCKS GO UP, IF
HE COULDN'T BE CORRUPTED BY 22
YEARS OF WHAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH
IN WASHINGTON, THEN THERE'S NO
PROMISE FROM MITT ROMNEY OR A
SPEECH OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT