Saturday, January 28, 2012

Video: Fireworks from Romney, Gingrich ?in Fla. debate



>>> we begin with the race for the republican nomination and an intense debate in florida last night. peter alexander has more from miami. hey, peter. good morning.

>> reporter: ann, good morning. mitt romney 's campaign is feeling very confident that the debate gives him momentum into tuesday's vote in the state of florida now four days away. the romney campaign from the start was aggressive. mitt romney going after newt gingrich , beginning on the topic of immigration here in a state where nearly 20% of the pop population is foreign-born. embracing aggressiveness mitt romney chastised newt gingrich for calling him anti-imgrant.

>> my father was born in mexico. the idea that i'm anti-immigrant is repulsive.

>> reporter: newt gingrich fired back.

>> we're not going to grab a grandmother and kick them out.

>> the problem isn't 11 million grandmothers. [ cheers and applause ]

>> our problem is 11 million people getting job that legal immigrants would like to have.

>> reporter: romney delivered a defense of his personal wealthiest mated to be as much as $250 million.

>> it's important for people to make sure we don't castigate successful individuals. those investments lead to jobs in america. i'm proud of being successful.

>> reporter: gingrich criticized romney for profiting from investments in the federal mortgage lender freddie mac .

>> maybe in the spirit of openness governor romney should tell us how much money he's made off how many households foreclosed by his investments . let's be clear.

>> first of all, my investments are not made by me. my investments for ten years have been in a blind trust managed by a trustee. if you check your investments you also have investments in mutual funds that also invested in fannie mae and freddie mac .

>> right.

>> reporter: for his part rick santorum also went on the offensive, attacking romneycare.

>> so in massachusetts -- in massachusetts , everybody is mandated as a condition of breathing in massachusetts to buy health insurance and if you don't you have to pay a fine. what's happened in massachusetts is people are now paying the fine because health insurance is so expensive and you have a pre-existing condition clause in yours just like barack obama .

>> reporter: each candidate explained why his wife would make the best first lady.

>> she's my hero.

>> my wife is also a mom. in some respects she's a champion and a fighter.

>> she's the mother of five of our children and also the author of a very famous cookbook "the ron paul cookbook."

>> she's not necessarily in any way better. these are wonderful people who would be wonderful first ladies.

>> reporter: finally in a light moment ron paul mocked the plan of newt gingrich to build an american base on the moon.

>> well, i don't think we should go to the moon. maybe we should send some politicians up there. the crowd liked that one. if you have debate fatigue at this point, not to worry. this was the 19th debate of the gop cycle so far a. we have to wait nearly another month for the next one.

>> peter alexander , thank you so

Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/46161323/

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