Top of the Hour: GOP Debate Number 19, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Jacksonville, Florida hosted the 19th Republican Presidential debate last night and front runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich went straight into attack mode. Governor Romney criticized his opponents link with mortgage giant Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. At one point the bickering was so bad Rick Santorum made an appeal to just “focus on the issues.”

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