WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2008
Face The Nation 1.13.08
Transcript for Jan. 13, 2008 Edition Of Face The Nation With Bob Schieffer
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Play CBS Video Video Romney Pushes For Home State Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focuses his campaign in Michigan, the state where he was raised. Romney tells Bob Schiffer about his recent campaign strategies in the Wolverine State.
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Video Huckabee Notes Romney's Faults Bob Schieffer speaks with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who does not expect to win the Michigan primary election although he argues that he is a stronger candidate than Mitt Romney.
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Video Can A Recession Be Stopped? Mike Huckabee says that the American economy cannot be helped by raising taxes. He tells Bob Schieffer about his plans to help stop Michigan and other states from entering a full scale recession.
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Republican candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney (CBS/AP)
Bob Schieffer talked with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who advocated investing in science and research, but also said, "We need to stop throwing anvils around the neck of the domestic auto manufacturers" by calling a recent increase in automobile fuel efficiency standards "an unfunded mandate."
Next, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee acknowledged Romney's familiarity among voters in the state - Romney's father was once governor there - but said that some of his opponent's experiences as a businessman would not be a positive for a presidential candidate. "A lot of people went home without a pension and a paycheck," Huckabee told Schieffer. "I'm not sure that's what Michigan is looking for."
Finally, to answer questions about how the pollsters and pundits got it so wrong in predicting the New Hampshire results, Schieffer interviews an expert in media spin: himself.
Read the transcript here in PDF format.
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