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Romney has always struck me as a man trying to build an ark. tremendous amount of money, national organization. i think his hope is that he can stay in this, he can weather the storms. he expects there will be some storms. he will still be there when other candidates have run out of money or otherwise faded away. at that point it becomes important, which candidate is the favorite second choice? and there havent been many points on that monica but there is a few. romney commands about 40% of that...

Bauchmann down to 8%. the second story is mitt romney sitting at 22%. and if im mitt romneys people, ive got to start thinking what barack obama was thinking this time four years ago. if i can win iowa, i got it. >> remember, this was out of play. he wasnt going to play in iowa. and hes looking at these numbers and we kept asking the question, what bursts the herman cain bubble? maybe this is the story that does it, but mitt romney keeps playing it down the middle, keeps his head down. and if al...

Debate amongst friends? >> i think the floating of the running away will backfire. i think that you and i were talking about this in my office. there is a fascinating thing happening where the polls are going like this. he may think, you know what, im getting a lot of bad press and i was not ready for prime time. the donor class loves me. the thing to do is raise a lot of money and sit it out and let the candidates fall by the wayside and when everyone panics that he will be the nominee and they...

Need to think things through instead of letting him go off the cuff. >> who is advising him? >> i have no idea. it took the folks in media 48 hours to find out who came up with 9-9-9. its hard to figure out. >> tells you something right there. cain denied a comment he made about releasing guantanamo bay detainees and later he admitted that comment and said he had misspoken. all these instances, how much are they hurting his credibility? >> alex, its clear. hes not really ready for prime time. he...

determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. >> no details from the president as to exactly how gadhafi died. there are clearly many, many questions about that. i want you to take a look at that. this footage shot today in gadhafis home town. sirte. it appears to show gadhafi in custody and still alive up against that truck. it is jumpy, hard to follow. we do see this man purportedly gadhafi, in this semi upright position. clearly under duress. quite possibly mortally wou...

Sorry, go ahead. sorry. heres the thing on that, rachel. paul ryan, a couple economists out there, couple people ive been debating lately, now that these numbers are out, i really want to hear what those folks have to say about it. these numbers are -- they just came out this afternoon. we have to keep an eye on that. >> in terms of the democrats versus the republicans on this, if we have the top house republican endorsing the 9-9-9 plan, cant the democrats say -- >> thats exactly the point. you...

By the wayside as republicans throw this plan under the bus for political advantage? do they want to see their kids in classrooms that are twice as large as they would be otherwise? i really think this stuff is coming to a head. i think the president has got it right in bringing this message over the heads of congress right to the people. >> jared bernstein, former member of president obamas economic team, former economic adviser to vice president biden. thanks for your time tonight. really appr...

Opportunities to work get thrown by the wayside as republicans throw this plan under the bus for political advantage? do they want to see their kids in classrooms that are twice as large as they would be otherwise? i really think this stuff is coming to a head. i think the president has got it right in bringing this message over the heads of congress right to the people. >> jared bernstein, former member of president obamas economic team, former economic adviser to vice president biden. thanks f...

cut, unemployment benefits, tax credits for businesses, protection against bias for unemployed job applicants. despite the presidents hard line push to nas bill and tireless national campaign, obamas jobs plan essentially die ted hands of senate republicans tuesday on a key procedural vote. 60 votes were needed. clearly, the votes just werent there. the president knew it was coming. he now has to rethink and regroup. the republicans dont exactly have a concrete alternative jobs bill to...

another straw poll victory. the president -- the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. >> i dont believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is the...