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>>neil: your grandfather doesnt have to put up with so many primaries in caucus states when he ran for president. how do you think he would survive this process today? >>guest: well, it is true that there were different sorts of challenges when you dealt withcy gar filled -- with thecy gar -- with the cigar-filled rooms. he was about communication with the american people and letting them know what we were up against and what we needed to do. >>neil: but how would he do in iowa, with his back gr...

>>neil: your grandfather doesnt have to put up with so many primaries in caucus states when he ran for president. how do you think he would survive this process today? >>guest: well, it is true that there were different sorts of challenges when you dealt withcy gar filled -- with thecy gar -- with the cigar-filled rooms. he was about communication with the american people and letting them know what we were up against and what we needed to do. >>neil: but how would he do in iowa, with his back gr...

number iowa and the price of gold suddenly falls and a glimpse into the future of war. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. i want to begin in kuwait. at camp virginia with martin savidge where troops are getting ready to head hole. market? >> reporter: for those troops coming out of iraq, camp virginia is their first stop and the first step to get home in time for many of them to the holidays. they dont forget this is an important time and they are witnesses to history her...

Is mature, who has the expense, and leadership qualities to take on a very young, inexperienced president who is far in over his head, and, i think, the battle of the narratives is going to define the outcome for gingrich. he has the momentum right now, i think he is winning on the likability issue, with romney. romney you look at him on party he is the ideal presidential candidate and yet he is not connecting personal with voters. >>shepard: if you were strategizing and advising for and advisin...

I really dont understand. >> here is the thing, the republicans made, i think, a key mistake that the democrats -- the democrats were genius in 2006. they decided on a blank slate. they found the best candidate that had no past, obama. he was like a progressive ken doll. you could make him whatever you want. i think the republicans missed an opportunity to do that maybe with a rubio or an allen west. somebody that was knew. -- somebody that was new. >> they have to grow their own obama. it is li...

Now to decision 2012, there reports governor romney is ready to go on the attack against newt gingrich. romneys biggest threat to the gop nomination at this point specifically not only will the romney campaign see him a as a flip flopper, but they put his family in the conversation to spark a conversation about gingrichs three marriages. lets bring in the panel. michael smerconish is a contributor and talk show host. albert martinez is a republican strategist. great having you with us as well. t...

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...

and continue to persist in the roadway you may be subject to use of force including chemical agents and impact weapons. >> chemical agents and impact weapons. we have been watching the pictures all afternoon. and police have been clearing these parts. this is late last night. police in portland, oregon have been warning protesters to leave their encampment. these are live pictures from koin. right now the demonstrators are blocking a street. they seem to be daring police to arrest them...

Mitt romney has everything going for him. the more the economy looks like it has nothing going for him. if you want to flip it around and say the economy with the jobs being as paltry as it was, 80,000, the numbers are improving, slowly, almost incrementally, so you dont have to get to the unemployment rate what it was when the president first took office, you just have to show the trend is getting better. do you agree? >>governor huckabee: no because the trend would have to be significantly bet...

Constitution guaranties that. heather: pelosi saying that the protesters anger stems from high unemployment which of course remains above 9%. bill: now to 2012. rick perry taking a shot at mitt romney for being rich. the perry campaign releasing this web video. take a look at this. >> i said no such thing. >> i stand by what i wrote. >> doing the same thing for everyone in the country has been delete . >> why if it is good for massachusetts working for massachusetts would you apply to the rest o...