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Republican strategist rob johnson who left newt gingrichs campaign in summer to be rick perrys campaign manager and is back with us here on the television. thank you both for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> i want to start with you debbie. this open primary has some talking about an upset or shenanigans going on where people show up and vote for anybody but mitt romney. how do you think it will impact the vote? >> i think it could impact the vote. some of the polling showing razor thin ta...

The open senate seat and of course, she has decided she is just not well enough to put her hat in that ring. she hinted, as you heard about coming back and some of her friends say there will be some kind of public service for her down the line. >> kelly odonnell. lets remember, arizona residency didnt matter much for john mccain when he started. it is a transient state. you can jump in at any time. it is. >> we will keep an eye on mark kelly. kelly odonnell on capitol hill, thanks very much. big...

Had served. hes one of the only kanlt dates for ron paul who served in the military. those were the people he was closest to. losing that endorser to newt gingrich was very personal for him. >> you know, carrie, yesterday you brought up the endorsements. it seemed as if it was a trickle that started turning into a full fledged flow of perry people. mostly moving to newt gingrich. so, of course, the question is going to be is rick perry going to express a preference today at this press conference...

>> thats important to say. the different people we have in here are different representatives of candidates who actually spoke. so you, sir, you spoke for newt gingrich. >> i did, yes, sir. >> what is your name? >> chris walker. >> what is your name? >> rob johnson. i spoke for rick perry. >> gloria sissen, mitt romney. >> and you spoke for ron paul. >> i did. nathan oconnor. >> well, thank you very much to you all. so thats what it looks like. if we can go back over here, the counting is progre...

look at what we call the bottom four right now. we see newt gingrich, the governor rick perry, michele bachmann, jon huntsman. hes technically there even though he didnt campaign really in iowa. hes spending all of his time in new hampshire. presumably hell come in last. he wont drop out because hes doing all of his campaigning in new hampshire. but remember, this is very early right now. its sort of coincides, this top tier w the most recent polls we saw, not only our cnn/time poll, t...

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Insolvent and were looking at in some respects an extended pretend situation? >> no. you talk about the credit default swaps. nobody knows how big they are because they -- you dont have to just confine yourself to an insurable risk. you can do as much as you want and go wild. >> i spent yesterday on the web cited of the bank of international settlements and then -- and reading the financial times, trying to figure out, what is the exposure of american banks to greek default through credit defaul...

Everybody is terrified to do it to the banks. >> the only way out is a debt forgiveness and restructuring. nobody wants to do that. >> we should have done it a year and a half ago. afraid of the b. whats going on in greece in the big picture is fear of the structure of ungovernable banks pitted against democracy. >> well talk more about this with rob johnson right after this break. isss... the new spark card from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit car...

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>> nothing is too good for the working class. >> youre allowed to look terrible on television if its an informal setting. >> thats right. i want to show this great bit f of -- the great bit of tape of wall street mocking the protesters which you couldnt come up with a more sort of caricature vision of this. do we have that tape? maybe we dont. >> what do you want to see happen here? zild like to see the people in this country start taking an interest in whats going on. start looking at whats hap...