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Out and have a head-to-head with mitt romney in south carolina. i dont see how romney beats him in south carolina. then youve got a new race starting. if perry can get there, standing up. >> what do you think of that scenario, governor? >> i think theres really a different dynamic this year. and the dynamic is, we used to have anti-communism uniting the republican conservative side, so the others should seem less important. theres one issue uniting republicans and independents now, and that is t...

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>> for some analysis, we turn to mark murray. good afternoon to you. it feels like we had 10 or 12 of these debates by now. surprises last night. any big ones? >> probably the spotlight was on rick perry. he had a couple shaky debate performances heading into last nights matchup. he struggled. he almost always starts off pretty strong in the clips that you just showed. pretty much happened at the beginning of the debate and some of perrys better moments in fact. as the debate wore on he wasnt as...

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Exactly rolling off the tongue there. its frustrating because romney is vulnerable on some very serious issues and his defense of social security, i think, is subject to, could be subject to attack by perry, if perry could articulate a proper response and of course, romney care. why isnt rick perry pointing to obama administration officials who cite romney care as a template for obama care. >> paul: dorothy, weve seen him for an hour or more, is this the same rick perry that weve seen in the mee...

Early. we are months away from anybody casting a vote or showing up at a caucus. and you know, early results in places like iowa, new hampshire, and so on can upend a race and change the complexion of it overnight and we have a long way to go but at the moment it certainly looks like a 2-person race and the longer that impression sits the more difficult it is for other candidates to get traction and particularly raise money. candidates tend to drop out of races when they cant raise money because...

This week it governor perrys phone numbers will be affected by the onslaught. lets take a look at the numbers against him. on social security he is correct. the federal government has taken money spent for that program and spend them on other things. the problem for perry is the program is still salvageable, about adjustments will have to be paid. its not exactly a ponzi scheme, but close. and on the hpv virus, mr. perry admits he made a mistake. his executive order oversteps his authority. he s...

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The ideology rhetoric of perry is not where the voters are at, the mainstream voters. >> saying bernie madoff was behind the new deal? >> yeah. they want practical policies to work. and romney, however boring he may be, is closer in terms of being a guy who could get practical results as opposed to starting an ideological fight. at least, thats what i take from the interpretation of the focus group from the white house. >> it makes sense to me that they also -- i think youre also saying, if you ...