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Terms of how it worked out for him. at the end of the day he needs to get to iowa and explain the position. he did it in florida over the weekend where he happened to be spending the holiday. the bigger problem for gingrich is he does not still have an organization. at the end of the day you to get people to come to the iowa caucuses. people think he is a great debater but he still is operating without much support around him and in a case like this the romney campaign you can be sure is going t...

>>reporter: well, it is clear there are a lot of republicans who are doing everything they can to avoid supporting romney. there is just in way around that. the group in iowa, a lot of social conservatives have not committed yet. they realize if the field is spinserred romney has a chance and they think if we can get behind a single candidate we could possibly stop romney. they have narrowed the field to rick perry, michele bachmann, to rick santorum and gingrich, of course, and they have absolu...

But connecting the dots, if you are romney are you worried or did you think you put this to bed? some weeks ago in before the debates? >>reporter: well, the romney campaign had a conference call with governor pawlenty who now has endorsed romney talking specifically about the endorsement of the new hampshire union leader of gingrich. they said can you not win them all and look at all the high profile new hampshire endorsements that romney has won. he is fine. but there is no doubt that the romne...

Convenient and helpful. the question is to a certain degree not what is good policy but is it going to hurt gingrich and a fight that he didnt need to take on at this particular moment? >> it shows a certain amount of confidence he was willing to take it on. he has never been one to play is safe. i think he thinks he is doing the republican party a favor but moving is it into a more sustainable position in the general election and in terms of the actual being serious about public poly. >> chris:...

basketball coach bernie fine last night. a third man now says that fine molested him when he was a boy. also in a phone recording from nine years ago aired on espn fines wife, laurie, says she knew, quote, everything that went on. were expecting to hear from a family of a florida a&m student who died in a suspected hazing incident. they plan to announce a lawsuit against the school. robert champion was a drum major with the universitys award winning marching band. 30 band members wer...

our political ticker at the bottom of the hour about the retirement of barney frank. they had a revolution. theyve ousted a ruler and now they are about to do something that is probably the most important thing that they have done and that is get out and vote. egyptians are hitting the polls today. they are out voting. it is the first in a series of elections for parliament and president. they are all under way. even in the midst of egypts second major uprising of the year. the goal ...

Terms of how it worked out for him. at the end of the day he needs to get to iowa and explain the position. he did it in florida over the weekend where he happened to be spending the holiday. the bigger problem for gingrich is he does not still have an organization. at the end of the day you to get people to come to the iowa caucuses. people think he is a great debater but he still is operating without much support around him and in a case like this the romney campaign you can be sure is going t...

Things and including what it could mean for the military operation in afghanistan. and thousands of u.s. marines are expected to leave afghanistan next year. according to general amos, the commandant of the marine corp said the number of marines will drop marketedly and the taliban stronghold in 2012 and the role of those who stay will shift from countering the insurgent to train advising security forces. he has begin a series of pep talks. and that is as much as two years before the december 24...

Terms of how it worked out for him. at the end of the day he needs to get to iowa and explain the position. he did it in florida over the weekend where he happened to be spending the holiday. the bigger problem for gingrich is he does not still have an organization. at the end of the day you to get people to come to the iowa caucuses. people think he is a great debater but he still is operating without much support around him and in a case like this the romney campaign you can be sure is going t...

Convenient and helpful. the question is to a certain degree not what is good policy but is it going to hurt gingrich and a fight that he didnt need to take on at this particular moment? >> it shows a certain amount of confidence he was willing to take it on. he has never been one to play is safe. i think he thinks he is doing the republican party a favor but moving is it into a more sustainable position in the general election and in terms of the actual being serious about public poly. >> chris:...