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he talks a lot of texas. hes going to need to move beyond texas. hes going to have to beef himself up on the international side. i would have to tell you, rick perry walked in here as a front-runner tonight. and i imagine he walked out as the front-runner. >> its 10:00 eastern time, were live with this special edition of ac 360. the tea party republican debate just wrapped up in tampa, florida. a lot to talk about. all the usual suspects, but some surprising moments as well, and a very...

continues. we will see t. j. holmes from new york on 9/11 as well. >> on sunday, yes. >> and you are in now for randi kaye. >> yeah, and i will see you tomorrow. what is your show called, the saturday afternoon -- >> were just here. lets stick with the news room, how about that. you at least got the cnn part right. >> got that right, okay. i am in for randi kaye at the top of the hour here. new yorkers have been through a lot and have seen a lot. here we go. something else they have to...

northeast are desperate to escape the flooding and the damage unleashed by hurricane irene. were tracking the rescues and the danger right now. and well put the arrest of the uncle in a dui charge. this hour, and whether they matter to most american. im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. up first this hour, a very tough political debate over national security that will unfold between president obama and his republican challenger, whoever that might be. the commander in chief...

official that he will be unveiling his job plan when congress returns in september. they return early september after labor day. a senior administration official billing this as a major speech and telling us that this is likely to be a mix of tax cuts, of infrastructure spending, and something to address those that are the long-term unemployed. the thing to consider, kyra, all of those things laid out there are items republicans are flatly opposed to or opposed to the way in which the ...

He will remind many voters of george w. bush. that could be an asset and a liability because in mannerisms, in politics, in his speech, in his demeanor, you watch the footage and youd swear that its w. that youre listening to. >> and another governor as we look at that particular gop rate right now for the nomination. also another feather in his cap are jobs. lets listen to what he said back in 2010. >> sure. >> texas, open for business. we created more than 850,000 jobs. more than all the other...

Writers i disagree with, i came across an ep op-ed in "the new york post." he was a speechwriter for the first president bush and also served as a consultant for nbcs "the west wing." this is how he welcomed newt gingrich into the presidential campaign. newt gingrich has an outsized intelligence that unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility. when he is seized by an idea, he believes in it wholeheartedly and makes a good case for it. unfortunately, its often immaterial whether the idea itse...

The turn-out in your base. use hot button populous issues, stoke the coals. get the enthusiasm level up. increase the turn-out and go divisions. i said no, go for the center vote. the voter in the middle. go for the swing voter. dont identify too far over on the left. now obama at the beginning, after losing congress looked like he might be trying to do what i would have urged him to do. he has a rapper at the white house who has lyrics that makes cops go crazy. he goes out on the border and tri...

Kinds of hot button issues that get to people, what he does not understand is how he, newt gingrich, comes across to people. the answer? not well. his career as a public figure has been marked by the kinds of tenured pronouncements mostly about the personal misconduct of others that can only be likened to a brilliant professional golfer who consistently knocks the ball into the same water hazard again and again. he has a weakness for wildly inappropriate nazi analogies. people like me, he said i...

Whatever else swings into his consciousness. and while he may understand the kinds of hot button issues that get to people, what he does not understand is how he, newt gingrich, comes across to people. the answer? not well. his career as a public figure has been marked by the kinds of tenured pronouncements mostly about the personal misconduct of others that can only be likened to a brilliant professional golfer who consistently knocks the ball into the same water hazard again and again. he has ...

Some of these measures that are not just the federal defunding the planned parenthood attempts, but these measures in states like in georgia where a woman has to prove she actually had a miscarriage in order to get services. i mean, that is enraging women in a way that i think is going to be a real mistake in 2012 for republicans to push these social issues. >> thomas, the republicans have to be the parent in the room. when youve got to cut money from spending, when youve got to cut spending, yo...