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the surge just in time for an election year. and scientists find earths evil twin far, far away. the size is right, but strange life might sizzle on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 21st. im christine romans along with my friend ali velshi. >> i have to tell you. im excited of the news of the new planet. its different. not a political log jam. not pay rolle troll tax plan. new planets! well t...

In the fourth, frank gore powers his way into the end zone. niners win 20-3, improving to 11-3. steelers fall to 10-4. college basketball. last time kansas played davidson, the elite 8 back in 08, jayhawks squeaked out a 2-point win en route to capturing the national title. last night the upstart school looking for payback. the number 11 kansas team getting all they could handle in kc. cochran on fire from downtown, hitting four 3-pointers. 21 points for cochran. davidson gets revenge, upsetti...

romney romney, now tied nationally among republicans. each with 28% support. congressman ron paul runs a distant third with 14%. the other candidates all trail in single digits. moments ago, gingrich at a media event as he struggle to reverse the slide. >> the only person who profits from republican ads attacking other republicans is barack obama and i think thats a pretty reprehensible behavior on the part of some of the candidates. so im going to be honest. we did this saturday morni...

>> the obama campaign has been using the early republican primaries and caucuses as an opportunity to cultivate the organization on their own side. theres a primary in new hampshire, even though one candidate on the ballot, and all of those states as if theyre running in a primary. >> its central to their strategy. i got around to reading "the e audacity to win" by plouffe. you can see the playbook coming into shape. >> we learned a couple facts this week. census bureau said half of americans ar...

Risk. in terms of theyre willing to risk everything to fulfill a dream and to reach a goal. so thats just part of their dna. thats what makes it work. so, for example, the lead singer in our album, he came out here when he was 17 with $1,000 in his pocket and hes 21 now. hes traveling with huge bands, doing some great stuff. and to find a place where somebody can speak into you, sometimes they just dont have anybody. >> steve: yeah. >> anybody they can trust. >> steve: his story sounds like a so...

Doesnt do better. i listen in the debates and hear a guy that has everything, foreign policy, domestic policy. i dont get it. i have a few problems with huntsmans foreign policy. hes a good man, but i dont get this nonactivist foreign policy. and ron paul, to me, is just a complete deflection. >> gretchen: whats miss not guilty your comments about mitt romney. >> first of all, right now get so long darn negative. i was really offended by his comment that newt gingrich is zany. that isnt the kind...

You have high expectations just ask rick perry. you make one flub and youre done. newt gingrich will make those flubs. he has a history making the flubs. >> he has a history creating policy that created a better america. what does obama have? thats what the american people are after. >> right. >> newt gingrich has a track record, part not so great but when you talk about the contract with america and president clinton that was some of our most prosperous times. thats what i would stick with. bil...

Right through amining that if you do not -- iowa meaning if you do not pick up those key electoral votes, you may not win in 2012. keep an eye on that. martha: were going to be watching, bill. all right, coming up former new york mayor rudy giuliani has a little bit of advice for mitt romney. did you see him this morning? interesting stuff. he said stop with the negativity, he told the folks on the curvy couch that romney doesnt seem to understand what it is voters want in terms of what they wan...

Iowa coalescing together and im thrilled to have their support. megyn: this contingent was critical to mike huckabee winning iowa back in the 08 election. do you feel like you have got some momentum? we always talk about the frontrunners. and we dont talk about the candidates in the single digits. do you feel like you are having a turnaround? >> an a.p. poll came out that said im he acceptingly tied with ron paul. glenn beck said im the candidate that he would vote for. so we are seeing a lot of...

>> i think its deeper. i ran against him in 07 and 08, ive never seen a guy change his positions on so many things so fast on a dime. everything. >> youre talking about -- >> pro-choice. >> youre talking about gingrich? >> no, mitt. mitt was the governor -- >> no, im just saying -- >> newt has switched pretty quickly on issues, as well. >> nothing, absolutely nothing like what mitt romney did from governor of massachusetts to candidate for president. pro-choice pro-life, pro-choice because someb...