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>> its momentum. >> and it helps if the right stays fractured, theres enough establishment vote to allow romney to win if -- especially if bachmann, perry, santorum, none of them breaks out and they all get that 12%, 13%, this is good news for romney to consolidate the establishment vote, get 26%, 25%, 27% -- >> he would be off to the races. mike, really quickly, michele bachmann picking up some pretty big crowds out in iowa. rick perry also seeming to have a bit of a surge out in iowa. whats it...

hauled before congress and impeached. newt gingrich outlines his solution to so-called activists and ignites a huge controversy. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. its a rogue isolated nation on earth. now the state is in transition now with the death of their leader, kim jong il. a tearful woman announced the news on state television saying kim jong il died suddenly of heart attack at age 69. >> north korea is built on a cult of personality surrounding the kim dynasty and...

Paul who i thought was impressive in resisting the mob on judges, but then he did a lot on nukes he was off the rails. i thought it had all the elements we have seen in this campaign, romney, neutral. gingrich, up and down. bachmann, strong. reasserting herself and paul wacky and yet impressive at times. ron, your thoughts. >> if you make a judgment right now. you would say we are down to a three-man field. the people left standing would be paul, would be obviously gingrich, romney and i think...

Welcome back. were going to get some instant reaction from ron williams with the hill and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. your thoughts on this debate. >> very interesting debate. it had the ritdz images of the whole campaign. romney was very steady. he resisted all attacks and on the right wing social engineering. didnt attack gingrich. gingrich at times very strong, at times very weak. very strong attacking judges and attacking obama on we stone but very weak on freddie mac $1.6 mill...

I want to pointed to one specific poll that undermines all of that, rasmussen poll, it shows a drop, 20% down from 32% a month ago. romney reassumes the lead at 23%. do you think all the negative attacks on the former speaker are beginning to take a toll in the minds of iowans? >> without question he is battered right now. he is taking flack from all sides. he could see candidates like bachmann and perry and ron paul make a strong showing in iowa. this whole thing could change from now until new...

Certainly helpful has not been predicted in the past. past presidents, hillary clinton feel about their endorse ysd from the register in 2008. >> ron paul has a devoted following in iowa left over from his run in 2008. he has a strong ground organization there. in a state in which there is unique caucus process really demands a ground game. would you give advantage to ron paul here? >> i would. i think ron paul is going to be a factor no matter what happens between now and january 3rd. what i wo...

Rick perry -- his answers often ramble after a debate stumbles he asked to take a second look. rick santorum, he used the presidential bully-pulpit to be the minister in chief. bachmann, an impressive fireball that can regurgitate tons of information even if tons it turns out to be inaccurate. do you see any of those four individuals that have strong organizations in iowa pulling off a hawkeye victory? >> the fact is it really is anyones game in iowa right now. there is no question there is 16 d...

>> yes, equal opportunity condescension. but when theres only one woman on stage and youre condescending to her, i think it comes across as sexist. >> john heilemann, this is one of those cases, i think your partner in crime tweeted this last night mark halperin, saying somehow perry -- maybe you tweeted it, you guys have become one entity like newt romney, right? but the way rick perry gets under mitt romneys skin, where he almost gets rattled with anger when he gets attacked, were sensing that...

Michele bachmann did attack, but did she make the case for herself? >> she needs strategically not to knock din grinch down and move on past iowa, she has to do well in iowa. >> i dont think so, its been very odd to me that bachmann, santorum and huntsman, the way that they come out debate after debate and disorganizationed in the theme. >> she says shes the only conservative. >> so what? the american people are upset about several things, 9% unemployment, an economy thats dead in the water and ...

>> or maybe not. hes what the team at politifact did back up among bachmanns claim, that until recently, newt gingrich has been advocating for the individual mandate. but there was also this statement from bachmann at the last debate. "if you look at mitt romney as the governor of massachusetts, hes the only governor that put into place socialized medicine." well, that line actually earned bachmann her 11th pants on fire rating from politifact. and now that shes claim that the group endorsed eve...