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Every one percent increase in gdp is 140 billion. dont get so obsessed on the spending side we forget the growth side. >> steve, back to you a second. has any political party in history banned earmarks successfully and done it and imposed the ban? >> the worry is no. it is a matter of scale. ronald reagan veted a highway bill because he was shocked by the 150 earmarks and 20 years later, george w. bush signs a highway bill with thousand earmarks in it. it is a matter of the scale and remember th...

Every one percent increase in gdp is 140 billion. dont get so obsessed on the spending side we forget the growth side. >> steve, back to you a second. has any political party in history banned earmarks successfully and done it and imposed the ban? >> the worry is no. it is a matter of scale. ronald reagan veted a highway bill because he was shocked by the 150 earmarks and 20 years later, george w. bush signs a highway bill with thousand earmarks in it. it is a matter of the scale and remember th...

Election. i think that will be an important consideration for a lot of republicans going forward. >> rick santorum had real economic blue collar message last night. he talked about the coal miner grandfather, immigrant grandfather. he has tremendous appeal which he suggests makes him more electable than mitt romney. >> yeah, i think his background and the -- some of the statements he made last night does show that appeal. i think the biggest contrast as we decide to pick who our nominee is, whic...

Barack obama in the general election. i think that will be an important consideration for a lot of republicans going forward. >> rick santorum had real economic blue collar message last night. he talked about the coal miner grandfather, immigrant grandfather. he has tremendous appeal which he suggests makes him more electable than mitt romney. >> yeah, i think his background and the -- some of the statements he made last night does show that appeal. i think the biggest contrast as we decide to p...

super committee, if theyll get it done. lets go "outfront." good evening everyone. im erin burnett. were in countdown, counting down to a tax hike. congress has ten days to reach a deal that will keep american taxes from going up on january 1st. if they fail to agree, the average american worker will lose $40 a week. under fire today, republican house members who rejected a deal that would have extended the payroll tax cut by two months. >> past the two-month extension, return to wor...

lets go "outfront." good evening everyone. im erin burnett. were in countdown, counting down to a tax hike. congress has ten days to reach a deal that will keep american taxes from going up on january 1st. if they fail to agree, the average american worker will lose $40 a week. under fire today, republican house members who rejected a deal that would have extended the payroll tax cut by two months. >> past the two-month extension, return to work on the year-long extension or explain ...

im erin burnett. were in countdown, counting down to a tax hike. congress has ten days to reach a deal that will keep american taxes from going up on january 1st. if they fail to agree, the average american worker will lose $40 a week. under fire today, republican house members who rejected a deal that would have extended the payroll tax cut by two months. >> past the two-month extension, return to work on the year-long ic extension, or else explain to the american people, 160 million,...

youre in "the situation room"." the first republican presidential contest is two weeks away and a top obama adviser says the democrats are counting on a long primary season slugfest between newt gingrich and mitt romney. every word from the candidates could make a difference. jim acosta is covering the final sprint of the caucuses. jim, were seeing a possible shift in the romney campaign strategy. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, there may be a big moment...

After, dpagain, is the gimmick. >> well, i agree with you, but you cant use the word small and medicare in the same sentence because -- >> let me say what i mean by that, precisely, joe. 4% of national income goes to medicare, 17% of national income goes to health spending. we are twice as expensive in health care as all the rest of our countries -- >> i understand. >> and the reason is weve handed everything over to local, private monopolies. >> i understand that. >> 30 years from now -- >> we ...

plus, the shocking end to an equally shocking case in saudi arabia. a woman beheaded for witchcraft. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. just 24 hours ago, the mud was flying between newt gingrich and mitt romney as they campaigned in the first primary state of new hampshire. now gingrich is vowing to run a clean campaign and refrain from initiating the kind of attacks that have come to characterize the modern race for the white house. some question, though, whether newt gi...