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Percolating in iran. we cant be indecisive about whether pakistan is our friend. >> reporter: big differences between santorum and perry and the best performances for both of them. perry had to overcome that gaffe last week when he forgot the energy department. santorum has been complaining he hasnt got appropriate time. last night he an opportunity to flex his foreign policy muscles. >> heather: foreign policy is one of michelle bachmanns strong points but her campaign isnt necessarily about ho...

I want to play a little clip from wednesday nights -- was it wednesday night? wednesday nights debate. rick perry giving the same line we saw mitt romney give just so people are convinced this isnt me cherry picking republican talking point. here is rick perry talking about social security. >> the people who are on social security need to understand something today. its going to be there for them. those that are working their way towards social security, weve made a pledge to them that those ind...

>> perry said social security is a ponzi scheme. thats crazy. this is propaganda that makes old people concerned, well, i guess weve got to keep what we have, make younger people feel were never going to get it. they have no stake preserving the system. they dont vote, come out. >> talking about the connection, why do we see this connection of social security, older folks vote. the silver lining i see to all this, younger voters because they see that dire situation where their unemployment rates...

a week of twists and turns in the race for the republican presidential nomination. with two of the candidates in a very hot spotlight. herman cain facing accusations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling badly if the latest gop debate and now struggling to recover. cnns jim acosta is watching awe of this unfold. so whats going on right now? there are certain there is certainly a lot at play. >> certainly. there is an unromney and his name is newt gingrich. take a look at new po...

President of the united states does, create a climate where job creators know that they are going to be able to risk their capital and have a chance to have a return on the investment. it is never too late to start that. i dont know whether this president believes in that or not, but the lm bottom line is, america does not need to be worried with bailing out a european country that has made irresponsible expenditures and then all of a sudden throws up their hands and say, oh, please, come save u...

Allegations as of yet. he hasnt slid in the polls as of yet. thats not to say it wont happen. but herman cain is still has momentum, even in a place like iowa where local polls had him trailing a little bit to mitt romney. >> laura: move on to perry because perry was criticized for trying to upstage the iowa straw poll made his announcement in the same weekend. people wondered whether he could make inroads in iowa. what about perry in iowa especially after this gaffe. >> thats the question. afte...

Allegations as of yet. he hasnt slid in the polls as of yet. thats not to say it wont happen. but herman cain is still has momentum, even in a place like iowa where local polls had him trailing a little bit to mitt romney. >> laura: move on to perry because perry was criticized for trying to upstage the iowa straw poll made his announcement in the same weekend. people wondered whether he could make inroads in iowa. what about perry in iowa especially after this gaffe. >> thats the question. afte...

Oh, and herman cain, in many ways his gaffe was worse than perrys. he referred to house minority leader nancy pelosi as princess nancy. cain has spent the past week of convincing the nation hes not guilty of piggish behavior toward women. belittling the first woman of the house was appalling. it produced a clear winner, once again, it was president obama. anyone disagree? >> gene, what do you say? >> i rest my case. it was really -- it was amazing. you know, i thought that moderators did as good...

Backwards, actually. cain had an oops moanlt -- moment of his own. >> this is it. we didnt hear about it in the previous congress because princess nancy said it and it stayed there. >> thats what they called me in high school and i apologized. as for perry, does he think he stepped in it. >> i stepped in it last night, thats for sure. i dont mind saying i stepped in it. i stepped in it for sure. matter of fact, i think some of it is still stuck on my feet. >> in a weird way, i thought his flub w...

>> no. it was a very bad time for him. he was at a moment where he needed to restart the campaign and herman cain is struggling and perry has always had the potential for a formidable candidacy with experienced governor from texas and right in the beating heart of the republican base and he has a lot of money this bank and you cant dismiss somebody with $15 million in thebank, and once he starts to spend that and go after mitt romney, and you look at the poll numbers and the way he has collapsed...