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Killing newt gingrich and once again, the newt pushback in terms of surrogates and people sticking up for him in the conservative media, theyre trying but it is comparatively puny. >> look at newt gingrich, what is going on with him? via the establishment attacks, they are trying to crucify this man, rewrite history and what he has stood for all these years. so its not just ron paul, i believe its also newt gingrich the establishment that the liberal media certainly the progressives and democrat...

President may not be watching, they are compiling a lot of clips for him to watch when he prepares to debate the nominee, correct? >> well, look, i think the president watches more espn and sports center than he does watch debates and political coverage. you know, i think what the response is in chicago is a scratching of the head as to why they spent the time during the debates talking about the moon and money managers. the president doesnt need to watch every dewait to know thats what they foc...

Romney and newt gingrich, they get one last chance tonight, theyre going to debate one more time before tuesdays florida primary. the poll shows the two in a statistical tie in florida. cnn time poll. romney is down seven points from last week, gingrich up 16 points, rick santorum and ron paul back by more than 20 points. when it comes to head-to-head match-ups in a general, this is a new poll inside the state of florida shows mitt romney with a five-point lead over president obama, but when you...

the same thing happened in nigeria last christmas day. well get you the update about what happened just a little while ago. also, this news is coming as pope benedict delivers his annual message from the vatican. it just so happens hes talking about violence around the world. we will let you hear part of his message. but lets start with those two christian churches in two cities in nigeria, both bombed today, christmas day, during holiday worship services. an eyewitness to the seco...

Election, clinton predict its president obama will come out on top in november. >> chances to be reelected are id say 50/50 at this point. would that be fair? >> i think theyre a little better than that. >> why would you think that when most of the polls show his approval is low 40s and most people 60% feel the country is headed in the wrong direction? >> because his approval is up in the last few weeks and because of the payroll tax cut where hes for it and it looks like the house may not be. t...

And because the "wall street journal" says they have completely fumbled this tax cut, which youve been saying and ive been disagreeing with you. and then the backdrop of the presidents poll numbers that just keep going up. >> yeah, theres a new cnn opinion research poll showing president obama winning head to head match-ups with top presidential contenders. the poll shows that the president beats both mitt romney and ron paul by seven points, obama tops gingrich by 16 points, and perry by 18. ac...

full fledged congressional showdown with a tax hike for millions of americans hanging in the balance. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." this just coming in. our brand new poll numbers hitting pitting president obama against the republican candidate. the survey puts each toe to toe the president and even though the election is still almost 11 months away, the results still troubling for the gop. lets go inside the numbers with ron brownstein of the national journal. than...

And then we were talking about ron paul earlier. since he has been rising, i wonder if a lot of his foreign policy views, views on drugs, et cetera, hes a pure libertarian. i wonder if that comes out in the debate tonight. >> mark, nice to see you in person here in new york. in an election season where front-runner status seems to be won and lost as quickly as a stack of chips in vegas, one reporter is putting all his chips on one bet. no matter which republican hopeful slides into position op...

But when he is put in head-to-head match-ups against the two people who are likely to be the republican nominee, hes ahead in a heck of a lot of states. >> do you think the american people as you point out with president obamas approval rating being in the 40s, do you think the american people are so frustrated with the republicans that they would rather send a somewhat unpopular president into a second term? >> yes. to elaborate on that a little bit, i think in particular that independent voter...

Holidays with his family before getting back to work. we wish him the best. the u.s. post office postponing a plan to shut down 3500 outfits. they are waiting for con to come up with a khraoug with a solution that would allow them not to do that. high demand used in traditional christmas dishes leading to a major shortage. the situation has got even so bad its kicked up several online smuggling rings. who would have thought. martha. martha: thank you very much. presidential candidate newt gingri...