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things of which he didnt agree. >> and a holiday special. the best of our "getting to know" series. >> i didnt want to be a nun and i didnt want to be a congress wam. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the politician of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president, one, republicans lost. >> may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we ...

dick cheney. >> i think the vice president was disappointed that in the second term we did a number of things with which he didnt agree. and the best of our getting to know series. >> i didnt want to be a nun and i didnt want to be a congresswoman. im candy crowley and this is "state of the union." the politics of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president won, republicans lost. >> may not have been the politically smartest thing in...

Look at the ballot fiasco is that ours just found out two campaigns have what it takes to compete organizationally. that would be romney and paul. the only two will be on the primary ballot. virginia has 13 electoral votes. you need 270 to win and president obama won that state in 08. >> peter doocy, thanks very much. here with us now to talk about it, susanest ridge, professor of law and professor of science in southern california and of course news contributor. great to have you in new york. >...

World war ii, but that said, he seems to be saying exactly the opposite of what we saw in that trailer is that we dont need a game changer, we need this best choice because he is mature and reasonable and i think the president said not a bomb thrower. so, what does that mean? has president bush not learned the game change lessons from 08? >> well, i think that president bush is an arch establishment tearian, for sure, some ways embodies the republican establishment, not surprising to see him fal...

Another year there was a lot of interest youre looking at like 70%. or you go down to south carolina, a state thats even smaller than iowa, but three times as many people participated in the republican primary in south carolina in 2008 as participated in the iowa caucuses in 2008. so its this really -- the demographics of the people who are there, 60% of the people who participated in the iowa republican caucuses in 08 identified themselves as evangelicals. thats a staggering number i dont think...

Caucuses, gnaw normal year the percentage of iowa voters who will participate in the caucuses is usually under 10%. in 2008, hugely interesting year, it swelled to 18%. contrast that with the new hampshire primary where in 2008, another year there was a lot of interest youre looking at like 70%. or you go down to south carolina, a state thats even smaller than iowa, but three times as many people participated in the republican primary in south carolina in 2008 as participated in the iowa caucuse...

In 2008, hugely interesting year it swelled to 18%. contrast that with the new hampshire primary where in 2008, another year there was a lot of interest youre looking at like 70%. or you go down to south carolina, a state thats even smaller than iowa, but three times as many people participated in the republican primary in south carolina in 2008 as participated in the iowa caucuses in 2008. so its this really -- the demographics of the people who are there, 60% of the people who participated in ...

Nominal front-runner, former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >> so, there is somebody today willing to get behind this nominal front require and that is president george h. w. bush. now, granted, president obama was one of the only one-term republican presidents since world war ii, but that said, he seems to be saying exactly the opposite of what we saw in that trailer is that we dont need a game changer, we need this best choice because he is mature and reasonable and i think the president ...

less than one year ago on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. its friday, december 23rd. im deb feyerick an with alina cho on this "american morning." good morning to all of you out in. >> so glad youre with us. up first, an early christmas present for 160 million americans. the house is expected to vote today on extending the payroll tax cut that divided washington for weeks. house republicans caved yesterday after a lot of arm-twisting by ...

But i think whats also helpful is that a lot of the people that appear to be the ones that might oppose it, im talking about the top tier have weathered themselves to the people who blame for the economic problems. when you look at the settlement with bank of america that is unprecedented in terms of the amount around racial profiling, imagine what that does in the community of his base. not only blacks and latinos, but a lot of people where a huge bank is admitting, yes, we profiled people, and...