The week in one-liners: Gingrich, Romney

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The top quotes in politics …

“But let me tell you, you people disappoint me on Tuesday, you don’t do what you’re supposed to do on Tuesday for Mitt Romney, I will be back. Jersey style, people, I will be back.” – Gov.Chris Christie bringing a little New Jersey muscle to his speech supporting Mitt Romney.

“Would it be so strange that they’ve invented technology to spread cancer and we won’t know about it for 50 years?” – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez theorizing that the United States found a way to cause his cancer and that of other Latin American leaders.

“We’re not going to kill Big Bird…Big Bird is going to have advertisements, all right?” – Mitt Romney pledging to cut spending for public television.

“They pick corn in Iowa. They actually pick presidents here in New Hampshire.” – Jon Huntsman gives his reasoning for focusing on New Hampshire.

“I get teary-eyed every time we sing Christmas carols… My mother sang in the choir and loved singing in the choir. And I don’t know if I should admit this, but when I was very young she made me sing in the choir and we had pictures of me at a very young age singing in the choir.” –Newt Gingrich gets a little weepy while speaking about his mother at an Iowa stop.

“I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last republican nomination and no one gave him a chance.” – “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson tweeting her support of Ron Paul.

“I heard someone suggest the other day that as soon as President Obama releases his grades and birth certificate …then maybe he’ll do it.” – Mitt’s son Matt Romney responds to a question about his father releasing his tax returns.

“When the president’s characterization of our economy was, ‘It could be worse,’ it reminded me of Marie Antoinette: ‘Let them eat cake.’” – Mitt Romney refers to the famous remarkattributed to Antoinette. 

“He admits he made mistakes, and he asked for God’s forgiveness.” – Newt Gingrich’s daughterJackie Gingrich Cushman defends her father in People magazine.

“She would retire right now, if the donors she has didn’t want her to stay so badly” – Alexandra Pelosi told Big Government that her mother Nancy Pelosi is ready “to have a life.”

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