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she says ging rick -- and rick santorum trails his rivals, but a final count shows he actually won there. could that help him in south carolina and beyond? ill have an exclusive interview with rick santorum this hour. im wolf blitzer in charleston, south carolina, youre in "the situation room". an extraordinary day out on the campaign trail. today just hours before our cnn republican debate, only two days before the crucial primary here, the texas governor rick perry bowed to reality...

problem. >> translator: that the israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and u.n. resolutions and emphatically continues to intensify building settlements on the territory of the the state of -- of the future of state of palestine. >> like i mentioned just a short time from now delegates will hear from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. hell have some of the same points to hit as the president, presiden...

>> cervical cancer is a horrible way to die. >> i just wanted to add, we cannot forget that in the midst of this executive order, there is a big drug company that made millions of dollars because of this mandate. we cant deny that. >> what are you suggest something. >> what im saying is that its wrong for a drug company, because the governors former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for this drug company. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the gove...

>> i just wanted to add that we cannot forget that in the midst of this executive order, there was a big drug company that made millions of dollars because of this mandate. we cant deny that. >> what are you suggesting? >> what im saying is that its wrong for a drug company, because the governors former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for this drug company. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor. and this is just flat-out wrong. the ques...

>> i just wanted to add that we cannot forget that in the midst of this executive order, there was a big drug company that made millions of dollars because of this mandate. we cant deny that. >> what are you suggesting? >> what im saying is that its wrong for a drug company, because the governors former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for this drug company. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor. and this is just flat-out wrong. the ques...

cannot forget that in the midst of this executive order, there was a big drug company that made millions of dollars because of this mandate. we cant deny that. >> what are you suggesting? >> what im saying is that its wrong for a drug company, because the governors former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for this drug company. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor. and this is just flat-out wrong. the question is is it about life or was ...

You both think shell be a serious candidate. second is will she change the whole nature of it? how can you have palin in the race? you say she wont be able to keep up on the facts and information of the debating points. but she stakes out positions. she says we are against cap and trade. we are against taxes. she lists her litmus tests. dont the other guys like romney buckle to her? because even if they beat her, they are in trouble with her wing? >> she would play a significant, have a signific...

Logistics. what she is not doing is hiring media consultants. polster. the kind of senior strategists who would actually run a campaign. >> okay, lets listen to this view of whether she is running. >> i think my problem is that i do have the fire in my belly. i am so adamantly supportive of the good traditional things about america and our free enterprise system. and i want to make sure that america is put back on the right track and we only do that by defeating obama in 2012. i have that fire i...

>> peter used to have this ability to be this great liberal moralizer about doing the right thing around the world. he was a big supporter of the war in kosovo, and now he just seems to have abandoned all of that so he can score some really silly debating points. >> and the . that we won the -- the point that we won the cold war and regan stepped it up. >> he is acting as fe we sat back and waited for it to happen. regan hayes -- hastened that. >> i will debate you on one thing. he is not trying...

Plex his political muscle. but now, the worlds most powerful man too often plays the 98 pound weakling. gets sands kicked in his face. thats what mr. tool did at the white house health care summit on thursday. for seven hours he racked up debating points as he perried attacks without so much as raising his voice. but the performance didnt exactly intimidate his foes. >> john harwood, this president cant win, can he? >> you know, the days are pretty long gone when you get your votes in congress b...