michigan, if he comes a close second, maybe there is a chance for him to gain some more footing in some of the super tuesday march 6th states, but if you are able to see, how does rick santorum become the republican nominee, i think it has to start in michigan. fresh attack ads are going up in the state of michigan, basically full swing from both sides. it s restore our future versus rombo. take a look. how did rick santorum actually vote? santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times and for billions in wasteful projects including the bridge to nowhere. in a single session, santorum cosponsored 51 bills to increase spending and zero to cut spending. all right. on full throttle. this time romney s firing his mud at risk santorum. romney and his super pac have spent a staggering $20 millio l millionalmilliona millionally attacking mark as we look at the ad wars, romney has come out and
i m candidate crowley, and you re in the situation room. just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnn s chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think maybe a problem for mitt romney? absolutely a problem for mitt romney. as you pointed out, in january neck and neck. now president obama is up. what s mitt romney s calling card as he campaigns he electability? what do republican voters say they want in all those dpit polls we ve been taking and all those primaries? somebody who can beat president obama. he kind of loses that argument. it s early, this is good news for president obama. we should say it s february, these numbers can change. an
and you know, we are witnessing a massacre. cnn is now inside syria. our arwa damon is there. she is taking shelter in a safe house and she is saying the country is headed toward a full-blown war. that s what the folks that are living there are thinking is going to happen. and on the election front, some trouble on home surf for mitt romney. he s from michigan and seems to be losing it at this point. in the meantime, his super pac is funneling a ton of money into that state, but is it going to the right place? associatiso, parents out th would you feel if your child was forced to pay for something like not looking a teacher in the key? chicago charter schools are under fire this morning for fining children, many from low-income homes, for that and many other things as well. one minute after the top of the hour. exclusive details into cnn about whitney houston s funeral plans, how her family s coping with her death at this time, all at the same time that her body was flo
caucusgoers participating in the process. small state. huge stakes for mitt romney. thank you very much, see you again, ron allen. rick santorum has brought in a lot of cash since his three wins on tuesday. his spokesman tweeted yesterday the candidate has raised 3 million in three days. san form raised the least amount of money last year among the four major republicanhe campaig move to arizona and michigan, both states holding their primaries on the 28th. the washington caucuses kick off the busy month of march. then 11 states hold primaries and caucuses on super tuesday, march 6th. let s get more on today s battle for maine with romney look for a campaign bounce after santorum s clean sweep of colorado minnesota and missouri. joining me now, jonathan ris kin, washington bureau chief and knee yam henderson, political reporter for the washington post. good morning. good to be here. i ll reach out to you first, jonathan, how crucial do you think maine is for mitt romney
primaries and caucuses on super tuesday, march 6th. on monday, president obama will unveil his new budget proposals for 2013. the call for new spending to create jobs and raise taxes on upper income people. nbc s mike viqueira is live ke white house with us. what s the latest on this budget plan? reporter: well, you know, it s interesting. the president or any president is is required by law to submit a budget for the following year this time in february every year. the president will certainly do thaxt but alex it s late by become more of a notional thing. it gives everybody an idea of where the president wants to head, sort of a political document. almost like a written state of the union because it s really not going anywhere in its current form, sternal not in the house of representatives and probably not the sflat either. here s some of the stuff he s talking about. tax reform is big on the table. remember last summer when they had the debate about reducing taxes and had the g