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Some kennedy was far more effective than richard nixon ushering in the visual age. rick perry has a new video arguing when mitt romney described the national health care plan in his book, he had a plan of attack. >> when i put my health care plan together and i met with the dan ball of the "washington post" said is this a plan if you were a president put on the nation, have the whole nation adopt it. i said absolutely not. this is a state plan for a state. it is not a national plan. >> michell...

>> was it was, he was before. border control! [ snoring ] >> that concludes the nights debate. as a reminder to chris christie, its wide open, buddy. >> the president and fellow republicans, and yes, now "saturday night live," all targeting texas governor rick perry and the one-time republican front-runner has to be feeling the pressure. case in point, this weekend, in the florida straw poll, where former pizza company ceo herman cain pulled off a huge upset coming out to top the field, leaving ...

Jobs themed town hall followed by spammers linked in. so far all the good stuff has been off-camera. last night, at a fund-raiser, the president went after rick perry and republicans saying, has anybody been watching the debates lately. you have a governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change, audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they dont have health care and booing at a serviceman in iraq because theyre gay. thats not reflective who they are. the president got...

Stance mitt romney the end of the day, if were going to talk substance. if these are the final two, conservatives have to swallow hard on one of these two issues? >> perrys appeal is so much stronger its easier for him to confirm them. but mitt romney has had a problem but so far he has sounded and looked more presidential and that matters. >> i thought everybody got bill mcintyres memo how damaging the fighting was to parties. this last minute thing between whats going on between the house and ...

"roll call." gentlemen, youre both here. last week, before the debate performance, you said rick perrys nomination to lose. still his nomination to lose? >> yeah. i think hes doing a pretty good job. >> i see. >> the thing, the party wants to nominate somebody from where he is, very very conservative. does he grow? the guy is stepping on body parts every week and doesnt seem to be feeling pain or establishing cause and effect relationships. that continues, hes not going to be the nominee. >> wha...

>> jennifer, theres two conversations ive had about where this goes from here. on one hand, perrys -- this could lead to the beginning of the end, could be like fred thompson and wesley clark. on the other hand, is mitt romney in the role of hillary clinton here where he has to continue be perfect at a debate until hes not? >> i dont think so. thats what youre doing really is comparing rick perry to barack obama. >> no -- >> im saying rick perry is no barack obama. the thing thats hard for repub...

Certain state senator of illinois should have listened to. >> talking to points to republicans, too, about obama and makes it harder to defend if you put up a chris christie. >> christie has a great future. dont push the future any sooner than it has to be. >> lay this out. rick perry has to right his ship how? it does strick me romney is in this unenviable position where if he has one bad debate performance, everybody will pounce on him and rick perry has to not throw up on himself. >> he lower...

Standing up for roe versus wade before he was against roe versus wade. >> perry defended his performs at saginaw island, michigan where he was competing in that states romneyesque straw poll. >> there may be slicker candidates and smoother debaters. i know what i believe in. i will stand on that belief every day. i will guide this codeep, deep rudder. >> mitt romney handily beat perry in his former state of michigan where his father was governor and romney grew up. beat perry by 34 points. they ...

is he eating? is she sleeping? >> well, you know, its been very tough for her. you know, especially these last three hearings. its been, you know, everything against her. so, you know, with literally her life hanging in the balance of what the decision is in the courtroom, its very tough to sleep. she has been thinning down a bit too. >> were you, kurt, in court today when that lawyer called your daughter a sex-loving she-devil? >> yeah. you know, it was -- this particular lawyer, you ...

a distant second is rick perry, who spent a lot of time down there in florida, and pundits thought he would be the one to win that straw poll result. the other one that came out this weekend, michigan, and mitt romney is at the top. no surprise here. listen, romney was born in michigan. his father a former governor there. very popular. romney won the primary there back in 2008. he was expected to win. but perry did go up to michigan and campaign and he was a distant second. for perry, ...