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3rd. and with that lead comes a level of scrutiny he hasnt yet faced, including a closer look at some of his more unconventional positions. what is pauls popularity in iowa tell the rest of us about that state? and what would a ron paul iowa caucus win tell the country? terry branstad is iowa governor, and its great to have you on, governor. an honor, in fact. thank you for coming on. you are not only governor of your state, you are a veteran political observer of that state. you have won every ...

The united states ten years later has to be a neutral observer in whats going on there? >> well, i think were facing two sort of fundamental realities. the first is that the world itself is becoming more complexed, more aroused. i write in my book about the phenomenon of global political awakening, which is creating this situation of stirring masses, unrest, national conflicts and so forth. so if you look around the world, you find asia rising in terms of global power, but also conflicts within ...

you think the white house is getting their point across? that is a countdown clock showing nine days that that is how much time the white house has to extend the payroll tax cut or your taxes are going to go up. americans can go to this site and actually share their stories of what will happen to them if they lose their $40 per paycheck. thats the average an american will lose. let me bring in dan lothian and, dan, this seems like a full-on pr campaign by the white house and theyre kee...

Includes new taxes on wealthier americans and also on people who opt not to have insurance. >> this is where it gets a little interesting here, with politifact. now, this is not exactly a lie. clearly, when he was talking to bill oreilly, he was thinking of income tax, taxes on income. payroll tax and federal income tax. instead, what we get is, well, its not quite true, because he raised cigarette taxes and also that terrible big tax on indoor tanning beds. that was -- compare that lie with som...

Who knows? >> whoever the republics decide on. they are up against a very good campaigner. very eloquent speaker. and do you just see that grounded on eloquence. capturing emotion. he is all of that lets see if you are a dogged businessman who knows stocks and numbers and dutiful accountant that might be okay. in this environment at a time like this. that might be welcome. what do you say? >> its a very very good point. i think the president is very articulate. is he a great speech maker. i thin...

The problem i think is that the president has the political advantage. this goes for two months and then they will have another discussion about it. the hang up is the refusal of the house republicans to allow for surcharge on millionaires. >> bret: however, there is another wrinkle, the neutral national payroll consortium has a letter out saying that 60-day extension is not logistically feasible. we believe that there is insufficient lead time to accommodate proposal and goes on to say you cant...

Opt not to have insurance. >> this is where it gets a little interesting here, with politifact. now, this is not exactly a lie. clearly, when he was talking to bill oreilly, he was thinking of income tax, taxes on income. payroll tax and federal income tax. instead, what we get is, well, its not quite true, because he raised cigarette taxes and also that terrible big tax on in-door tanning beds. was in the -- compare that line with some of the other lies that weve just heard that are just nose-b...

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...

Korean military using those chemical, biological or god forbid for their own nuclear weapons in the internal struggle. >> now that hes dead, moving forward, whats the next thing you want to watch for to make sure things arent unravelling there? >> we need all our intelligence assets, whatever drones havent fallen into iranian hands over in south korea watching alert conditions at their nuclear bases, their facilities, we need to be on top of everything we can use including whatever human intelli...

Middle of people who are in a very emotional situation on both sides of it. and its confrontational. is it dangerous? >> well, i think anyone who watched the occupy wall street protests, anyone who watched what happened in madison in may of this year, knows theres some inherent danger. however, you really cant gain anything significant particularly in this time, and with the forces who want to keep things the way they are. without coming under some level of danger. so people are going to get arr...