Closed captioning of: GOP candidates spar in Florida
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it has been tragic to see what has happened to our
space program
over the last 30 years.
>> reporter:
this is ron mott covering the
newt gingrich
campaign on
florida
's
space coast
where it's been a day of political rocket attacks between the two leading gop candidates for president, and tough questions for them both about their personal worth and personal character. today, at a candidate's forum in miami,
gingrich
was thrilled about his credibility and prosecuting
bill clinton
for the
monica lewinsky scandal
.
>>
you criticize
president clinton
for having
extramarital affairs
.
>>
no. i criticized
president clinton
for lying under oath.
>>
at the same time you were doing exactly the same thing. that's hypocritical.
>>
gingrich
wasn't the only one on the hot seat. the moderator asked the former governor how much he has.
>>
it's between $150 million and $200 million. that's what the estimates are. by the way, i didn't inherit that.
>> reporter:
those automatic wards moments behind them,
romney
and
gingrich
assumed their offensives.
gingrich
attacked
romney
's immigration proposal.
>>
you have to live in a world of
swiss bank accounts
and
cayman island
accounts and $20 million a year come with no work to have some fantasy this far from reality.
>> reporter:
romney
went after
president obama
's
state of the union speech
.
>>
he was speaking in fantasy land last night. he seems extraordinarily detached from reality, detached from what's going on in
florida
.
>> reporter:
with
space exploration
especially important to this part of
florida
,
newt gingrich
told a crowd today by the end of his second term as president, the u.s. would have the first permanent base on the moon.
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ron mott rounding out our political coverage from the earth to the moon tonight. but
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