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im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." whats the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, its pretty clear last nights debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. thats because theres a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i dont know that iv...

Welcome back to "hardball." after a big win for mitt romney in nevada, newt gingrich took to the stage to announce hes in the fight for the long haul. all the way to the convention. he also used the opportunity to knock his chief rival. lets watch. >> i am a candidate for president of the united states. i will be a candidate for united states. we will go to tampa. i also believe that the vast majority of republicans across the country are going to want an alternative to a massachusetts moderate ...

For us? what would ten more years do? >> ten years more would fuel the ambitions of iran. make china feel america was militarily overextended and stuck in a trap. what you need to do, and what america is doing, and you have seen it in general dempseys statement in the repositioning towards asia. weve seen a strategic rebalancing of u.s. forces. getting out of things that are convincing the world were weak and it may look like were stepping back a bit. its not the question of afghanistan making a...

Getting out of things that are convincing the world were weak and it may look like were stepping back a bit. its not the question of afghanistan making america weak or strong. if youre stuck militarily overdeployed spending $120 billion a year, thats not a sign of strength. >> are we shifting our resources to the far east? >> yes. >> so were confronting what we see as a strategic threat from china? is that going to get us into a deeper problem with chinese who think we are out to limit them? >> ...

ad. but it back fires. in 2010 mike huckabee complains his past romney criticism is being used out of context. a new report says ron paul personally signed off on racist newsletters back in the 1990s. congressman paul gets testy responding to us. former mississippi governor halee barbour, new information about his final hours pardon and well get a take on the gop presidential race. >> its been a long hard week for all the candidates in florida. perhaps especially newt gingrich. his s...

putting on the final touches of the state of the union address. and newt gingrichs stunning surge has made him a lightning rod for a new wave the criticism. can we keep up the momentum in florida? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." 6o. just a few hours from now, the president of the united states goes before congress and the american people to record on how the nation is doing. his state of the union address will certain by as important glimpse. . . will focus on job, ...

You this hour. hi, everybody, hope you had a great weekend, im thomas roberts. another huge day in politics. after two primaries, one caucus, voters provided three different winners. the march to inevitability for mitt romney is now a no-holds bar brawl with newt gingrich. after a reality check in south carolina, romney sees ready to bring the fight to the former speaker. his 2010 tax returns will be public information tomorrow, and this morning he hit back hard against his chief rival for the n...

Soon? >> i think -- he told us he believes president obama will be reelected. i do know hes more familiar than most people about the strategy and tactics that youre seeing from what is really a truly radicalized republican party. far more radicalized back when it even impeached him, which should give you an indication how far into the -- weve actually traveled since then. but the one thing he did say to us, which i found interesting, is he thought this whole tendency towards the antiscience know...

Million. his chief rival, elizabeth warren, is poised to give brown a run for his money. join ing us is frank brown. thank you for joining us. compare this to what weve seen in the past. >> it isnt what he had in the brief weeks when he came and got over $14 million in a couple of weeks. it shows hes accumulated a war chest thats never been seen in massachusetts at this point in campaign. he obviously has the resources to defend his senate seat. warren is also bringing in a lot of money. its goi...

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