GOP hopeful Mitt Romney has been criticized for not connecting with everyday folks. But his son Josh, a father of three himself, wants America to know his father Mitt  is both “passionate and compassionate.” 

Josh, one of Mitt’s five sons, has been on the road campaigning for his father in recent weeks. He’s covered most of the western United States, most recently focusing on Washington State, ahead of Saturday’s caucuses.

Josh says “It’s a lot of fun to be out and talk about my Dad and try and help voters to get a different side of him, who he is as a dad and a family man, to really see the real Mitt Romney.”

This isn’t the first time Josh has helped his dad to run for the oval office. He confessed his family has learned a few lessons since his father’s 2008 campaign.

“We have been through this once before. You know that you are going to get attacked from all sides. So, I have gotten a lot better at tuning it out and not paying much attention to it. I know who my Dad is. He knows who he is and that is what really matters at the end of the day.” 

Josh added that the most important thing to his father is his family. But he believes it’s his father’s experience in the private sector that truly validates his run. (read more)

GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich is planning to release a 30-minute long video on gas prices and the economy, a senior adviser to Gingrich told Fox News.

Gingrich quietly shot the video recently in Los Angeles. His campaign hopes the video highlights what they believe is their strength in the race: a long, substantive case against President Obama.

The campaign is planning on buying ad time on local TV stations in key states to air the video. The adviser says the first planned purchase of the video is in Spokane, Washington, where Gingrich has been campaigning heavily in preparation for the state's upcoming caucus.

In the video, Gingrich is seen speaking directly to the camera. He apparently was given a script, but tossed it and spoke off the top of his head.

Gingrich may have referenced the video in an interview with Fox News Channel Tuesday night, where he said he was "gonna find ways to communicate " with the American public.

"I like debates, happens to be good for me, if they're afraid to debate that's fine," he said. "I find other ways to communicate with people with or without their debating."