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Popcorn and friends around for that. both are simultaneously attacking each other over entitlements programs, probably the most important issue on the table for floridas booming retirement population. welcome everybody. brand new hour of "americas newsroom." im martha maccallum. bill: im bill hemmer. insists romney, that he has a plan to reform it by raising the retirement age for all americans and reducing benefits for wealthier americans. martha: texas governor says it should be run by the sta...

Well, mr. romney took him to task over that. >> what would happen to the social security trust fund if you sent social security back to the states? how would they guidivide it? would it be floridas responsibility to meet the social security needs of everyone coming to florida? how would you deal with people moving all over the place. what happens, by the way, if one of those states got in financial trouble and raided their fund? i believe in social security. there are tens of millions of america...

But if he fails to gain traction tonight, i think people who might put up some money, people who might get behind him are not going to do it. make it or break it. this is a big, big, big, big, big debate. >> dana: a big issue is social security. mitt romney and perry is fighting it out about social security. here is what romney said last night. >> what would happen to the social security trust fund if you sent social security back to the states? how would they devide it? would it be floridas res...

Until thursday night to try to win votes. >> with florida and national polls suggesting the race is tightening between rick perry and mitt romney, he ripped the claim that social security is an unconstitutional federal failure that should be run by the states. >> this does not work in any way, shape, or form. >> in miami, romney rattled off a series of rapid fire rhetorical questions designed to make perrys idea for states to provide social security seem impossible. >> what would happen to the s...

Of questions designed to poke holes in that idea that states can handle it. listen to this idea. >> what would happen to the social security trust fund if you sent social security back to the states? how would they divide it? what happens, by the way, if ople move from state to state to state? you consider all the people who retired in florida, would it be floridas responsibility? to meet the social security needs of everyone who comes to florida? that wouldnt work. >>reporter: mr. romney says h...

Social security trust fund if you sent social security back to the states? how would they divide it? would it be floridas responsibility to meet the social security needs of everyone who comes to florida? how would you deal with people moving all over the place? what happens if one of the states you lived in didnt have it? and what happens, by the way, if one of those states got in financial trouble and raided their fund? >> well, mr. perry was at a private series of fundraisers here in south to...

a quick handshake, good luck, as you would say, be strong. its a very important night, a consequential night for the country. lets show you that live picture inside the haul. eight republicans for president engaging in this debate. in recent days, a crackling debate about the 2012 presidential campaign. not only, and youll hear it all night long, taking aim at president obama and his agenda, but we have playing out a fierce and an increasingly intense battle for the leadership, the hea...

Thats a very different problem. >> what tweaks would you say social security needs? theres a lot of ideas being thrown around pt raising the retirement age is one. paying more intersocial security, you know, each individual taxpayer is another idea. what would the aarp be comfortable with? >> you know, theres been a lot of ideas on the table a long time. in the past, balanced approaches, people contributing more, adjusts to benefits. probably something like that again. we are right now beginning...

Now, when you look at the polls, how many indendents approve of the job performance of this president? 33%. 61% disapprove of his performance. it always comes down to the independents. a lot of people are scratching their heads of the policy that this president is putting out that appears to appease his far left base. >> tonight, you can expect a lot of talk about social security. remember in the last couple of debates, mitt romney has talked a little bit about social security a ponzi scheme. ma...