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>> i think the line will be one that the situation in the country relative to the economy is so dire that he feels the calling of this nation. it will be something along those lines. whether people are accepting of it is a different story. a more open question. >> we will see what happens, but a lot of people agree with you. he probably wont run. we will see. we all have opinions. thank you, michael. in about 30 minutes, perrys problems. governor perry taking heat over a racial epitaph. what abo...

>> glad to be here. martha: open question, really. what did you make of this speech, was it effective? >> i thought it was three different speeches. the first was a statement that things have gone very well in the world this past year, democracy is breaking out in the middle east, the united nations is functioning well. and i think its a key part of the obama narrative that the rest of the world is doing sufficiently well, not perfectly, but sufficiently well, that it doesnt need a lot of our at...

to see how theyre doing. a lot of damage. >> interestingly, jim, one thing to we do e-mailed me this which came from the national emergency management agency hout there where you are. they basically tell us it is the islands where the problems are. a lot of power lines down, a bridge out here and there, a report from cat island that all power lines were down and no telecommunications. so it sounds like the large islands have done pretty well. the smaller islands, either we dont know ...

could it still fall apart? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". its been a day of dramatic changes in washingtons debt crisis. within the past few hours capitol hills angry partisanship gave way to serious negotiations, and then to predictions of an agreement within the very near future, one top republican, the senator minority leader mitch mcconnell declared and im quoting, hes confident and optimisti...

Obama administration in china. he was in new hampshire this past week. hes positioning himself for a run. hes in a gun store in new hampshire. he was a former governor of utah, so hes trying to shore up those prudentials, but whats interesting is hes positioning himself not as a gun-toting conservative candidate, but as a more pragmatic candidate. andrea mitchell, is that going to fly in this republican party? >> its very much a big question, open question, as to whether jon huntsman can be viab...

Math. its going to be about what happens to the oil prices and what happens to employment. and i truly believe that were going to vote with our wallet when it actually comes down to it. and so, the big question is where are we in, lets say 6 to 12 months from now, when we actually have -- when the rubber hits the road? thats the issue. >> its a spending debate in washington, because thats the big long-term problem. its a jobs election and thats the presidents problem. hes perceived by six out of...

Hes positioning himself for a run. hes in a gun store in new hampshire. he was a former governor of utah, so hes trying to shore up those prudentials, but whats interesting is hes positioning himself not as a gun-toting conservative candidate, but as a more pragmatic candidate. andrea mitchell, is that going to fly in this republican party? >> its very much a big question, open question, as to whether jon huntsman can be viable in this party. its a place where the bush family now goes, having lo...

>> thats the issue, and its ultimately going to be about the math. its going to be about what happens to the oil prices and what happens to employment. and i truly believe that were going to vote with our wallet when it actually comes down to it. and so, the big question is where are we in, lets say 6 to 12 months from now, when we actually have -- when the rubber hits the road? thats the issue. >> its a spending debate in washington, because thats the big long-term problem. its a jobs election ...

Here. paul ryan had shown considerable guts, but youre correct that nobody on the republican side is showing any courage on the tax front. and unless taxes are part of the mix, every grown-up knows it cant -- >> but ryan opened the window today to actually come to the middle. he wants another proposal. he wants a proposal from the democrats, and i think if they can actually -- i think there is an opportunity to get there. so, i think you give ryan credit for at least bringing something to the ta...

And weve seen nothing of the like from the president and the senate democrats. >> heres the problem. according to our polling, nearly eight in ten americans do not want to cut spending for medicare, even in the name of cutting the debt. you, i assume, are not doing all this as an intellectual exercise. you would actually like to get reform accomplished. theres the question of how much damage newt gingrich has done, former speaker of the house, presidential candidate. he was in iowa and was confr...