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For. the other challenge perry has, his performance tomorrow, he has to show not only can he attack mitt romney but does he have ideas of his own. at some point, attacking romney, thats fine, but a lot of attacks on romney are the kinds of things susan was saying, in the primary, most primary voters already know that about him. they need to see does rick perry offer something more. >> susan, do you think he shows that tomorrow? do you think we see a rick perry 2.0? >> not based on this last ad t...

The same dynamic exists in this race as existed from the beginning. mitt romney is going to be a finalist and then theres a question of who fills that vacuum. republicans want someone who is tough on the president. they want someone who can get elected and they want someone who will promise fundamental change in the economy. >> and your take here, romney up. how do you see him at the end of the week? >> well, hes still the strongest in the field by far. hes still raising money. hes still checkin...

Step up and create some distance here? >> he created a little distance. but not enough. hes not talked to reporters about his view on that. clearly theyre going to be allies of rick perry who raise this question for rick perrys accountability. the question for romney is how he handles it. >> were looking at the primary calendar. when the voting actually shorts and all the shouting stops and the voting begins. its so unsettled. we think talking to folks that we could see the iowa caucuses on janu...

Universitys. similar now to texas. and that brings us to rick perry. hes not gotten off to the strongest start in some of these presidential debates. its kind of odd, actually, because one time during his rise to the ranks of texas politics, he was considered a pretty good debater. we took a closer look at some of perrys past performances. i remember when this happened with george w. bush. >> absolutely. we dug up a 13-year-old debate tape of rick perry. we found that that strong debate perfor...

But not enough. hes not talked to reporters about his view on that. clearly theyre going to be allies of rick perry who raise this question for rick perrys accountability. the question for romney is how he handles it. >> were looking at the primary calendar. when the voting actually shorts and all the shouting stops and the voting begins. its so unsettled. we think talking to folks that we could see the iowa caucuses on january 3rd. we know floridas moved up to january 21st. south carolina the 2...

its one of the u.s. militarys most important weapons systems playing a critical role in the fight against terror. and now theres new growing concern over the computers that concern drone aircraft. theyre infected with a persistent virus but it is only part after much, much bigger threat. our correspondent chris lawrence is investigating all of this for us. chris, what are you picking up? >> right now, officials dont know if this virus is benign or truly doing harm. it has not stopped t...

significant reduction in the american standard of living." their words, not mine. but when you break it down, the reality gets even more troubling. during the recession, the average income slipped by about 3%. but after the recession when the economy was supposed to be picking up, take a look. the average income dropped by nearly 7%, down to $49,909. incomes fell more after the recession ended than they did during the actual recession. as the senate begins debating president obamas job...

Texas. by his position on social security. not by his position on jobs and the economy, which hes going to talk about on friday finally in pennsylvania. and defined by his personal story. the country doesnt really know rick perry, and so far, so far hes not been a strong a candidate as he thought hed be. rick perrys advisers and mitt romneys advisers will be, rick perry will be back. >> herman cain? >> he is filling that vacuum. the anti-romney vacuum. as strong as romney is, hes clearly the str...

Look at perry down at 4%. christie is out of the race. palin is not going to run. where do things stand? >> the same dynamic thats existed going through christie, going through palin, going through all the people who decided not to run. the same dynamic exists in this race as existed from the beginning. mitt romney is going to be a finalist, and then theres a question of who fills that vacu vacuum. republicans want someone who is tough on the president. they want someone who can get elected and ...

Trending this morning. perry campaigning in iowa. trying to get his campaign back on track right up there. those protesters, anti-war protesters, really, who almost closed down -- did close down the smithsonian for a period of time, both stories getting some traction. mark halperin quickly, the other issue here is the issue of mormonism in the race, with mitt romney. rick perry had a pastor introducing him. pastor jeffers, who talked about the need for a real christian in the race. and he talked...