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Lodging romney with the upscale more secular republican voters. hes got to consolidate that blue collar more socially conservative part of the party if hes going to make a real challenge. >> santorum and romney coming across as foes now and hard to believe that at one point santorum was offering his support to romney in 2008. should he be at all concerned hes coming across as a hypocrite because now what hes saying about romney is he, quote, wouldnt stand up for conservative principles, period. ...

there. in about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didnt turn up during an inventory last month. and crowds of people packed public spaces across syria again today demanding the ouster of president bashar al assad. officials from the arab league are talking today about whether to increase t...

Independents in new hampshire and elsewhere better rally around their one strongest candidate or face the real prospect of having barack obama walk all over former massachusetts governor mitt romney. a union leader says that one conservative. the strongest one is newt gingrich. >> two points there. first, this is not joe mcquaides first rodeo, he endorsed candidates before and he knows how the new hampshire voters think. over the next week hes going to raise the issues or raise the points that h...

Candidate or face the real prospect of having barack obama walk all over former massachusetts governor mitt romney. a union leader says that one conservative. the strongest one is newt gingrich. >> two points there. first, this is not joe mcquaides first rodeo, he endorsed candidates before and he knows how the new hampshire voters think. over the next week hes going to raise the issues or raise the points that he thinks will help his candidate, newt gingrich the most. the second is he understan...

My focus in the 2008 election was on making sure that we had someone other than john mccain. that is what i was publicly stating. because i thought he would not be a strong candidate for us in the general election. i didnt think hed be the best candidate for us to do the things that were necessary for this country. and so my principal purpose, i said this from the very beginning, i was going to wait and see who was the person who was the best able to defeat john mccain when the time came. i wait...

That is what i was publicly stating. because i thought he would not be a strong candidate for us in the general election. i didnt think hed be the best candidate for us to do the things that were necessary for this country. and so my principal purpose, i said this from the very beginning, i was going to wait and see who was the person who was the best able to defeat john mccain when the time came. i waited. it became a two person race after florida right before super tuesday and i chose the pers...

senator rick santorum. lets go to cnns joe johns right now. hes joining us from des moines. i think rick santorum believed in himself. not a whole lot of others, joe, did. but its been quite amazing over these past few days how well hes done. >> reporter: thats true, wolf. you know, more than half of the republicans who participated in this process the last time around viewed themselves as evangelical christians. born again christians. so it might be a little risque to compare this pro...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. it is wednesday, october 19th. welcome to "american morning." craziest story ever. this thing you just said about wild animals on the prowl. >> just spoke to an affiliate reporter in zanesville, ohio. there are some 24 animal, things like tigers, cheetahs, cougars, giraffe, on the loose right now in ohio. theyve closed schools. they have highway signs saying, if you see wild animal, please, stay in your car and call 911. they found ...

Whatever views and beliefs that they want to give him, but it also is the truth that he is talking the talk that conservatives want to hear. the tea party is looking for a more conservative alternative to mitt romney, and right now rick perry is looking like the guy. hes building a lot of momentum, hes building a strong campaign. its happening for him. once it comes into contact with reality, who knows what happens. but for now things are stacking up exactly the way governor perry would probably...

And self-professed conservative alternative. cornell boettcher is a cnn contributor and democratic pollster and pete dominick. were trying something new this morning to keep things moving. 20 seconds on the clock for each of you. im going to pose a series of questions. heres the first one. lets go. so obamas first message, it begins with us from yes, we can, to it begins with us. dana, thoughts? >> im curious as to what begins with us. i thought it was supposed to have begun after he was elected...