Saturday, January 14, 2012

Video: Calls grow for rivals to end Romney attacks



>> presidential politics and the growing calls to end the attack against mitt romney 's career as venture capitalist coming from some of the biggest names in the republican party . peter alexander is in columbia, south carolina , with e details on this. good morning to you.

>> reporter: good morning to you. what's significant about today is mitt romney will be back in this state again trying to woo the veterans, but it is the conservative voters, the evangelical christians who make up eight of ten of the voters here. they could seal the romney victory if they continue to split between his opposition. mitt romney skipped ahead to south florida thursday.

>> gosh, this feels like coming home to old friends.

>> reporter: he rallied supporters and raised more cash. and romney is already spending including a new ad courting the latino vote. [ speaking in a foreign language ]

>> meanwhile the super pac supporting newt gingrich hammered away with attack ads targeting romney 's time at bane capital.

>> they don't care who i am.

>> newt gingrich 's attacks are called foolish, out of bounds and disgusting.

>> gingrich kept stirring the pot.

>> are you attacking bane or asking questions?

>> asking questions. i'm shocked how defensive they are.

>> many conservatives are criticizing newt gingrich for asking the question. donald trump called attacks on free enterprise a mistake. thursday, rick perry changed his tune backing off heated rhetoric he's been using all week against romney . but perry himself has taken more than 7 million dollars from venture capitalists like those at bane since 2000 . thursday with laura ingram he was on the defensive.

>> none of your guys are vultures? only romney 's?

>> look, romney 's running for president and his record sbsh.

>> yeah, you're running for president, too, and you have benefitted.

>> reporter: and the field might be getting bigger.

>> clearly my fellow south carolanics. snrvegs stephen colbert showed him leading new hampshire's third place finisher, jon hunts dn ma'am si am forming a committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the united states of south carolina . i'm doing it! [ cheers and applause ]

>> drop 'em, jimmy! whoo!

>> reporter: during his deliberations stephen colbert said my heart always leads me to me, but the website for the secretary of state in south carolina says primary write-ins are not allowed. and i'd like to add my voice to the chorus wishing "today" a happy anniversary.

Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/45984291/

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