but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrich s face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. it s really going to impact him with grassroots conservatives. i can see both sides of the argument here. he was reaganesque, 84- 86, reagan signed a huge amnesty bill but i don t think he made that differential during the debate. this is one of the most substantive debates, we really were able to see a lot of different sides on the candidates on this side of the issue. ron paul did surprisingly well on a couple of different parts. perry talked more than normal. it was good. i think gingrich gingrich probably looked one of the best. dana, stand by. we ll get more analysis. the pictures, conditions are shaking hands in the hall. strong debate performance overall, but did he get in trouble with conservatives, his answer on immigration, saying we re nerve ever going expel the
clouds of tear gas in the streets of cairo again as police battle protesters, we ll take you right into the middle of the clashes, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. a day after the republican candidates sparred and cnn s national security debate. mitt romney is back out there on the campaign trail. he picked up a new endorsement today in iowa. key conservatives have already held secret talks there. end of fining alternative candidate for the support. cnn joe johns is tracking the latest for us. joe. six weeks out from the iowa caucuses, if you take a picture, race for the nomination, it s clear as mud. the strangest thing of all in the volatile race, mitt romney and the within most republicans can believe is the president is not the person they say they re most likely to support. for the anybody but romney crowd, this had to be a rich moment. senator john thune, the true conservative, could have been a republican contender from president but decided not to
in this republican primary and we ll see if her polls go up. we have issues with named last night. wi willard mitt romney said his name has been mitt and herman cain referred to wolf blitzer as blitz. this is kind of a funny moment here. i m mitt romney and yes, wolf, that s also my first name. no, blitz, that s oversimplifying. i m sorry, blitz. i meant wolf, okay? blitz wolf. since we on a blitz debate, i apologize, wolf. now, cain s was sort of a funny moment, but mitt romney, there was some saying this guy can t even get his own first name right. how can he have a real concrete position as president? some might say that romney was half true on that statement. his technical first name is willard and then mitt romney. of course in our story, we refer to him as mitt romney.