"Face the Nation" transcript: January 29, 2012

Below is a rush transcript of "Face the Nation" on Jan. 29, 2012, hosted by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer. The guests are Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Allen West, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Donald Trump, Dave Barry, Marc Caputo and John Dickerson.

SCHIEFFER: Today, on a special one-hour edition of FACE THE NATION, we are in Miami and we are all about the Florida Primary and a campaign that is down and dirtier than ever.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GINGRICH: The message we should give Mitt Romney is, you know, we aren't that stupid and you aren't that clever.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SCHIEFFER: It has been a rough week for Newt Gingrich after acing the debates in South Carolina.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ladies and gentlemen, (SPEAKING IN SPANISH), Mitt Romney!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SCHIEFFER: He found a revitalized Mitt Romney in Florida.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I am speaking to you today as if I am already the candidate for president for the Republican Party.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SCHIEFFER: Gingrich did not take it quietly, accusing Romney of being too dishonest to be president.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What kind of man would mislead, distort, and deceive just to win an election? This man would. Mitt Romney.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SCHIEFFER: Back and forth it went. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROMNEY: He was given the opportunity to lead our party. What happened four years later? Well, he was fined for ethics violations. He ultimately had to resign in disgrace.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

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[Franko57]

NEWS ALERT!!!

Newt says being President is as important as driving a school bus.

I could hardly believe it when I read it, but he clearly stated it during an interview with Greta Van Susteren on Fox.

Newt - "People want a sense of stability because the level of power we give presidents is so great that you want a sense of, This is a person . . . it's a little bit like hiring a school bus driver. You don't want to hire a person who might take the bus off a cliff. You want to hire a person who's going to be safe with your children. Well, the president, in that sense, has 305 million people to be safe with."

Google the words: newt greta interview "school bus driver"

[Franko57]

<b><i> NEWS ALERT!!! </b></i>

<b>Newt says being President is as important as driving a school bus.</b>

I could hardly believe it when I read it, but he clearly stated it during an interview with Greta.

Newt - "People want a sense of stability because the level of power we give presidents is so great that you want a sense of, This is a person &#8212; it's a little bit like hiring a school bus driver. You don't want to hire a person who might take the bus off a cliff. You want to hire a person who's going to be safe with your children. Well, the president, in that sense, has 305 million people to be safe with."

Google the words: newt greta interview "school bus driver"

[maryskahzn]

Romney has a history of not supporting Republicans go to the Kennedy debates and you will read his own words I was so disappointed by today's program that was so very biased towards Romney and thought that so many points were overlooked or ignored today I used to like this program but it appears it is going the way of the rest of the press