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Democracy and people argue their positionings, but its gotten to the point the nation is in an economic crisis. weve gone from simpson-bowles, gone from the deficit vote in august and then the super committee. why cant things get done? >> greta, obviously this is as a result of deep disagreements on policy issues. but i would hope if we are able to come together and compromise on some issues. while this measure wont solve the deficit problem, it is an important step. again, i hope that we are ab...

with president obama and the first family, but hes with me this hour to explain more. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." hes come on through the rise and fall of michele bachmann, but this time, it might be different for mitt romney. newt gingrich is now posing a threat to romneys persistent high polling, opening up a new battle line in the republican race for the white house. joe johns the working the story for us. whats the latest between romney and gingrich? >> well, ...

Lawmakers arent resisting anymore is coming clean about some of the insider trading that they had the luxury of cashing in on. quite frankly because of your book. you exposed this saying that look, they have this loophole, none of the rest of us do. it would be illegal that they can cash in on knowing about these inside deals. now, barney frank has written a letter through senator baucus saying "i did not pay significant attention to this when it was first discussed with me, in large part becaus...

Firing salvos from opposite corners. but congressman van hollen, in june of 1998, the supreme court struck down a previous attempt in a concurring opinion wrote that failure of political will does not justify unconstitutional remedies, meaning that failure to attack of budgets was a 6-3 decision, the court ruling the majority opinion was delivered by justice stevens at the time. why would this be constitutional? i think congressman ryan was getting to the point this would be another vote. >> wel...

And a credible threat so hes going after romney saying im the conservative candidate inspect you cant believe anything romney says. >> listen to who hes talking to and where hes talk pentagon. south carolina, a key presidential primary state, also on talk radio and talking about issues that talk radio people like to talk about, which is social value issues. i didnt mean to cut you off. >> for me the interesting question is, how is mitt romney going to respond? is he going to carry on, trying to ...

Thats not just a media creation. >> and thats -- >> theres a need hes filling there. >> a sense of amusement. >> and a sense of straight talk, i think. he did connect with people on a level of -- i understand what this guy is saying. he has a simple plan. im not saying hes a real good candidate. he doesnt know anything about foreign policy, not know where libya is. >> when you say he connects with people, do you mean he connects with people or -- >> with voters. >> -- connects with voters in the...

Envelope to southern new hampshire. because he knows with union leader endorsement, what comes with the endorsement -- the endorsement is nothing. what comes with the endorsement is the daily drum beat against any opposition candidate now to newt gingrich, so that is just feeding into the endorsement, feeding into im more conservative than he is, so get out and vote. >> youre exactly right. this is a fundamental conversation at republican parties. what you really have, you have a moderate candid...

But look, conservatives trust him. >> the answer is yes. >> conservatives trust him but they dont trust romney. the question they have to ask themselves is who do you to want go against obama. >> how can you trust -- look, the white house has a mound of opposition -- >> on the policy issues, and he has tried to deal with the personal life issue up front. oddly enough, i think he is playing to this trust card. i mean, extraordinary turn-about in the whole saga. >> there is so much more of this sa...

Say, angry, belligerent but brilliant so the question becomes, whether or not the american electorate, regardless if republican or democrat f theyre going to take him serious as a credible candidate. its not about being humerus, its about being serious. these are serious problems this country is facing. one can make the argument, say whatever you want about his personal life, newt gingrich could be the answer to some peoples prayers, some people. >> and herman cain and gingrich are inflated beca...

Ten years are going to take up 90% of our gdp with debt. we have huge issues. we need to stop talking about herman cain and start talking about these issues and move on. >> i a. >> >> we may in fact talk about some of these issues on this show, unless we dont get done talking about with herman cain. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories.