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what's happening. ron paul wins the values voter straw poll in d.c. up and comer herman cain followed in second. abdul sally said he would leave power in the coming days. saleh had said he would step down in the past. protesters against his 33-year rule have engulfed the country for more than nine months. now back to "a deadly affair." in october of 1997, 17 months after the disappearance of delaware governor's assistant anne marie fahey, investigators learned that her body had been dumped in the ocean by her lover, tom capano. in an extraordinary confession, tom's brother gerry had admitted to investigators he helped his brother ferry the body out into the atlantic ocean on his fishing boat, so poignantly named "summer wind."
win in this weekend's values voter straw poll that came out yesterday on possible presidential candidates. pence finishing ahead of prominent republicans 24% of the vote, besting mike huckabee, sarah palin. he said, "karen," his wife, "andry humbled by the straw poll but my focus is winning conservative majority in the u.s. house in november." hawaiian voters deciding who will be on the ballot this november. republican charles djou will face off. djou took off last may after he won a mail-in ballot special election. they also faced off in that election and for the senate. hawaii democrats nominated u.s. senator inoway. he served eight terms. >> eric: to another election now, this one in afghanistan.
media can lie. >> they love that in ames. >> it rally it is base. it is something republicans have talked about for a long time. but she didn't do anything to lay out specifics on policy. >> all right. let me get to the news here. and then -- >> i'm sure in ames they're going through the article saying, i need someone to talk about this. their prayers were answered, sarah palin came to town. the battle for leader of the republican party played out over the weekend with nearly all the gop heavy-hitters speaking at public events across the country. at the values voters summit in washington top conservative lead erls took turns criticizing the obama administration and delivering a message of fiscal responsibility. in somewhat of a surprise result indiana representative mike pence, the third ranking republican in the house finished first in the values voter straw poll taken at the end of the summit. pence claimed nearly a quarter of the vote beating out mike
huckabee. party favorites mitt romney, newt gingrich and sarah palin rounded out the top five. what do you make of this? >> tell us mark halprin, what's going on. you've got ron paul that winds the cpac straw poll, mike pence who wins the value voters straw poll. obviously neither close to becoming the establishment candidates for 2012. >> to say the least. mike spens sa great candidate at these events. some of these straw polls you see some candidates pack the room, pay people to come, really organize the vote. no indication anyone did that here. mike pence gives a great speech at these events. as conservatives would say, he walks the walk. it shows you just how wide open the race is for 2012. none of the establishment people on the ballot did as well, a guy who is not very well known, can't raise a lot of money. although he's made some moves towards running, has not really