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im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." whats the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, its pretty clear last nights debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. thats because theres a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i dont know that iv...

Super pac is. >> they know its a romney ad. >> sure. >> here it is. look at an ad from yesterday with romney talking about his michigan roots. this is positive. lets take a look. >> i grew up in michigan. it was exciting to be here. i remember going to the detroit auto show with my dad. >> heres a full screen image of that photo with his father there. you can get a better look. think progress. that photo was not taken at the auto show. its at the 1964 worlds fair in new york city. this thing sho...

Resigning in the wake of all of this. now she ran as governor of georgia, terry, on an anti-abortion, anti-planned parenthood platform. she was, i guess, pivotal in what took place at komen but is she being sent out with this resignation letter as basically a scapegoat thats going to help them save face? ultimately is this resignation enough? >> its really not enough. the question in my mind is who hired her? thats number one. number two, what was the vetting process that got this politician int...

>> well, we havent heard any of his policies on economic -- >> here we go. think progress. >> get right on him there. >> yeah. >> shameless plug. susan, go. >> primaries. these caucuses, tiny, weird, collections of -- >> at least say -- >> neither caucuses have done effective counts. is nevada still counting? when did they finish? this morning. and iowa counted them, but counted them wrong. >> at least they got hundreds of thousands. >> i want to do a shameful plug for the nevada republican part...

Its legal, but people figure theres some reason behind it that they dont like. so i just think everything right now is stacked up and it does have the romney campaign uncomfortable. and i, you know, i got to believe in every debate you have to be yourself and you have to connect. the other night, i thought he looked terribly uncomfortable being on the attack. he knew he needed to be there. but thats not who he is. if its not who you are you cant carry it off. >> now erin, the newt gingrich has b...

A cruise ship out there run aground off coast of italy and officials are trying to figure out how that happened. the king of bain. is newt gingrich changing his tune? we will discuss that. tim tebow phenomenon. why has his name been brought up in connection with the 2012 presidential election. you probably nope the answer. but don answer right now. we will talk about that coming up. what do we now now we didnt know last week? republicans put mitt romneys record on trial and not just privat...

>> bill: potentially. and you know that how? >> because if you dont -- how do i know this? the brennan city study think progress has looked at this. the aclu has looked at this. >> bill: another far left outfit. i dont believe that for a second. i believe there are people too lazy to get the i.d. i certainly believe that i dont feel sorry for them. i think there has to be standards for every citizen. i dont think its unreasonable. i think will 0% of americans agree with me. were going to ask thi...

>> bill: potentially. and you know that how? >>ecause if you dont -- how do i know this? the brennan city study think progress has looked at this. the aclu has looked at this. >> bill: another far left outfit. i dont believe that for a second. i believe there are people too lazy to get the i.d. i certainly believe that i dont feel sorry for them. i think there has to be standards for every citizen. i dont think its unreasonable. i think will 0% of americans agree with me. were going to ask this ...

Because you dont have to clip his stuff. hes pro-choice, anti-choice pro-gay rights, anti-gay rights. you can use real quotes. you dont have to do an orwellian clip. >> go ahead, michael. >> you played this game, bob, a long time. >> i never played that game. i never once did anything like that. >> dont sit there with this holier than thou attitude. >> michael, michael. >> another example, michael. >> bob, im not the moderator. >> do not act as if the democrats have never done this themselves. >...

>> we need to provide relief for homeowners. its going to take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, were going to lose. >> well, heres the problem with the last sound bite you just heard right there. it was deliberately taken out of context bk the romney campaign. barack obama was in fact quoting a strategist from senator john mccains campaign. >> senator mccains campaign actually said -- and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, were going to lose. >> well, that ad ea...