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Its early in the evening. >> could she have sent her husband out there to do everything she could to help obama get re-elected. >> you think shes a mole. i like that theory. the words president bachmann are frightening to me. funny for a comedian, not so much for a citizen. >> is she losing her comedic momentum as she falls down? >> anytime she says anything its good for comedy. rick perry is fantastic. my 91-year-old alcoholic mother is actually mentally quicker than rick perry. she can name se...

Husband out there to do everything she could to help obama get re-elected. >> you think shes a mole. i like that theory. the words president bachmann are frightening to me. funny for a comedian, not so much for a citizen. >> is she losing her comedic momentum as she falls down? >> anytime she says anything its good for comedy. rick perry is fantastic. my 91-year-old alcoholic mother is actually mentally quicker than rick perry. she can name several senate members she believes in. my mom would be...

theyre underway as well in san francisco, minneapolis, boston, you name it. a number of cities across this country. but lower manhattan, this is where this all began, where its still pretty strong. right now new york police threw up barricades around zuccotti park, which they cleared of camp sites on tuesday. but late this morning, protesters, they threw the barricades back, and they surged into the streets of financial district. at least 75 people, take a look at that picture. this is...

commissioner is 177 demonstrators arrested, and 5 officers injured. but new york mayor michael bloomberg says that isnt the real story. >> so far the real story is there have been, i think its fair to say, minimal disruptions to people and most protesters have, in all fairness, acted responsibly. >> as we said, it is coast to coast. in los angeles, about 300 protesters marched a half mile from city hall to the wells fargo center. crowds gathered in the streets of portland, oregon, thre...

Didnt have to defend his vietnam record until after he was nominated. on the other hand, clinton had to go through flowers and through the draft scandals before he was nominated and by the time the nomination came, those were after thoughts. i think that cain as a result of the sex harassment scandal and i think gingrich as a result of the stuff that maybe dumped on him now will both falter and both come back. and romney also over the flip-flop stuff. and then i think you can look forward to a v...

Conservative you can support a moderate because its better than obama. >> kimberly: doesnt want it to happen again. >> eric: look, every conservative worth their weight in pennies will go for romney if he gets the candidacy, the g.o.p. now is not the time to do that. do that if he does win. in the meantime, hope for someone that does stand for smaller government, smaller taxation. bachmann. rick perry. not ron paul because he has other issues for the most part those two. >> brian: the guys polli...

Surge. including in first place in a national poll and close second in the latest polling average. that is also the bad news. being second place to mitt romney is dangerous in politics. look at what happened to perry, bachmann and cain, who took the romney lead and pithered in the scuteny that came with it. the same could await gingrich. he left house republicans back to power after 40 years in the majority but that was 17 years ago. the subsequent speakership were tush lect, marred by two shutd...

My career has been that of a washington outsider. >> joining us again is chuck todd in australia. chuck, it is amazing in one sentence you can literally get a big field he seemed to basically hit on the weaknesses of all of them. perry has to do something. i read this morning in the washington post that among conservative republicans his numbers are favorable. is this where he goes, attacking the next phase of the perry campaign. >> weve got to do something as you said. hes hit bottom. the quest...

Missteps or whatever the case may be. it doesnt make me look good, but obviously that particular pub llication was trying to mak me look bad. they wanted to make me look bad. >> from herman cains pregnant pause to rick perrys brain freeze to michele bachmanns historical misstatements, are the perpetual gaps hurting the republicans. editorial writer for the washington post and democratic poster with the research group. thank you for joining me. ruth, lets start with you. it seems like were reachi...

But as for mitt romneys problem in the primary electorate, he is only at 30%. which he has just broken now finally. because republicans -- >> bret: in one poll? >> one poll. he could inch up in others. but after running for six years he is not doing very well. the republican party is looking for another choice. and many, many conservatives still blame him for imposing a mandate on people uninsured in the state of massachusetts period. end of story. so that is why they are shopping first donald t...