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But republican support is surging for herman cain whose signature issue is creating a new 9% federal sales tax and who claims that african-american voters have been brainwashed and whose stated strategy for border control is an electrified fence and a mote filled with alligators. in "the new york times" today, michele bachmann actually went after her former campaign manager, ed rollins, for publicly discussing her faltering campaign. when it comes to personnel issues, i act professionally and re...

Really running for president? >> well, i think hes got caught up in it. i think he started out -- hes a great salesman obviously. i think he started out basically, you know, im going to try this thing. unsuccessful senate candidate in georgia a few years ago. and i think a lot of people encouraged him. youve been around politics all your life, people say, you should run, youre really great. well, what does that mean? its just -- who comes in and is the reality check saying, havent got a snowball...

with fredricka whitfield. >> have a great day. the cnn presidential debate, tempers flair and well talk more on that. this morning after were tallying the fight cards of the most tested debate of the election season. jim acosta is in las vegas where the candidates anted up and they threw down. jim, all must be nursing some bruises after that throw down. any winners? >> there were some winners and some losers and i think youre going to see in this piece we are talking about. this was,...

Trying to get really good ratings. >> eric: its becoming a show. look, you can take it with polling or money raised and you can almost get the same set up. santorum, bachmann, who is the other guy? ron paul. got it. what a great, great -- 100% right. great way to bring yourself out. i dont agree with you. i dont think it matters who wins the debate, regarding how much money theyve raised. gingrich you can argue has won all the debates. >> andrea: what are you watching for tonight? >> dana: this ...

so now people are taking everything he says seriously, whether he likes it or not. as to whether you like what hes saying or not, thats entirely up to you. keeping them honest, whatever political position you happen to have, the question for herman cain or anyone wanting to be president is this, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? heres what he said saturday about illegal immigration. >> i tell you what, when im in charge of the f...

romney. so now people are taking everything he says seriously, whether he likes it or not. as to whether you like what hes saying or not, thats entirely up to you. keeping them honest, whatever political position you happen to have, the position for herman cain or anyone wanting to be president, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? heres what he said saturday about illegal immigration. >> i tell you what, when im in charge of the f...

cain or anyone wanting to be president is this, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? heres what he said saturday about illegal immigration. >> i tell you what, when im in charge of the fence, were going to have a fence, it will be 20 feet high and have barbed wire on the top, it will be electrocuted -- electrified. and theres going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. >> herman cain at a campaign stop in tenn...

for locking her sisters boyfriend in a closet until he starved to death. more recently she had a house in florida and she had the i.d.s and social security numbers or powers of attorney for some 50 other people when they arrested her. finding those people, learning their storieses no small job but some questions are still being answered. just this morning police in west palm beach confirmed a 15-year-old girl who was last seen in july with gregory thomas or thomass teenage son was foun...

Have noted has dropped like a stone in the polls from the 30s down into the teens. he announced a big plan on friday to boost domestic energy and said that would create over a million jobs. can he come back? >> sure. i think perry can come back. and i think i couldnt count him out entirely. i did feel like the energy plan -- he has been just consistently sort of tone deaf recently and there was something about putting forward an energy plan rather than a broader jobs plan that struck me as he ha...

Stone in the polls from the 30s down into the teens. he announced a big plan on friday to boost domestic energy and said that would create over a million jobs. can he come back? >> sure. i think perry can come back. and i think i couldnt count him out entirely. i did feel like the energy plan -- he has been just consistently sort of tone deaf recently and there was something about putting forward an energy plan rather than a broader jobs plan that struck me as he has just been a little bit too m...