>>> the world of politics. showing two republican candidates surming in south carolina . among likely voter, mitt romney is in first place with 37% and rick santorum is in second with 19% and newt gingrich is in third place with 18%. for romney it's a 17% jump. for santorum it's a 15% jump. for newt gingrich who was in first place it's a 25-point drop. meanwhile another number out this morning grabbed the attention of the political world . the labor department reporting that employers added 200,000 jobs in december, pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.5%, the lowest point total in almost three years. joining me now from manchester, new hampshire is john harwood . starting with the politics, no republican candidate won iowa and then new hampshire . romney poised to do that and take south carolina as well. what is the romney camp saying?
>> first of all, you are scaring that with that brain decline story, but i will do my best.
>> you have plenty of time.
>> mitt romney is poised to win here in new hampshire and that could be a big step for the, but the tightening polls show that rick santorum has a shot. not a great shot. he needs to finish second and get a push and show that nude gingrich and rick perry are not not the viability alternative and santorum is and he has a chance to do that. mitt romney is in a powerful position.
>> let's turn our attention to the economy as well. the new jobs numbers are out. unemployment is down again. where are we seeing the job growth ?
>> growth in manufacturing and how permanent yours will be. overall this is continued good news for president obama . what he needs to show is that he's got the economy moving in the right direction to make the argument that his policies are working. you can see the advantage he had in the defensive criticism that republicaning were offering. he is not out of the woods by any means. i was at a diner in new hampshire where rick santorum was campaigning and people were saying still the number one issue is jobs. they are not good with where we are.
>> we have sound here from the president talking about these jobs. take a listen.
>> so we are making progress. we are moving in the right direction. one of the reasons for this is the tax cut for working americans that we put in place last year.
>> i'm gratified to see in spite of president obama 's policies the job market is picking up. there might be optimism that maybe republicans are going to take the white house and maybe that's spurring people to start taking risks.
>> today's unemployment numbers are a good indicator. we are a long way from being a healthy economy. it's unlike lie that the president will solve it.
>> what point do the republicans lose steam with comments like that regarding the economy?
>> when you talk about the argument rick santorum made, he is a skilled campaigner and that is say ridiculous argument. there is nothing related to optimism that is causing jobs to grow. republicans have a strong argument to make, unemployment is higher than it was when president obama took office, but when you are the incumbent, you live with the results. as long as americans are feeling as pessimistic about our economic future, that is bad news for mid- romney . he has a good profile for an economic and a jobs focus campaign. the question is whether the mood lifts. we are looking at 3.5% growth. that's robust and will slow down. if you get self-sustaining momentum, that's what president obama is hoping for.
>> appreciate your time.
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