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the payroll tax cut. its set to expire at the end of this year. president obama called john boehner today and the white house has even put a counterdown clock on the home page of its website. it says if the house does not act, taxes on the middle class will increase starting the first of the year. lets go to the white house. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is standing by with the latest on this dramatic political showdown. what is the latest? >> the latest is that ...

Than the previous challengers? whether you talk about rick perry, herman cain, or michele bachmann? the others who have passed through the spot, do they view him as a stronger challenger? or is it because its closer to the caucuses? >> i think because its closer. so hes the biggest threat because it was only 30 days. the others rose and fell pretty quickly. there was distance between that in iowa and new hampshire. newts a threat because hes better on stage than others, he has a track record for...

Just get rid of them all. dont pay for it. just get rid of it. lets listen. >> what happened was we became uncompetitive so we need to be competitive. thats why i proposed taking the corporate tax for manufacturers and processors, taking it from 35% and eliminating it. 0% tax, allow this to be the manufacturing capital of the world again. >> this is just in line with what bachmann said the other night in the last debate saying we shouldnt have to pay any taxes. >> first i think i should say that...

>> i dont think so. you can have more than one female candidate. sarah palin has transcended politics into celebrity. she has to deal with highly polarizing numbers, the fact, to your point, she does not appeal to independents. she has her own challenges. michele bachmann can take advantage of that. the point is, there are more candidates that are aggressively appealing to -- these outsider candidates who are appealing to this concern about the direction of the country, and its good for all repu...

development of alternative fuels. his warning to arab oil producer comes amid a chilling prediction. goldman sachs says gas will reach $5 a gallon this summer. and remembering the sacrifice s at arlington nationl cemetery. this morning, president obama takes part in ceremonies there, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. lets talk politics now. presidential candidates, those who have declared, and those likely to, are reaching out to voters on this memoria...

Sign that she is entering this field. in fact, i would argue that shes been an unofficial candidate in this race already. you know, i think what it does is it essential is going to boil things down here. you have mitt romney, who with the disappearance of gingrich and huckaby in different ways is really becoming the prohibitive front-runner at least in the polls. the activists are looking for somebody who is not mitt romney. what bachmann has the ability to do is go into iowa, bump out a guy lik...

Sign that she is entering this field. in fact, i would argue that shes been an unofficial candidate in this race already. you know, i think what it does is it essential is going to boil things down here. you have mitt romney, who with the disappearance of gingrich and huckaby in different ways is really becoming the prohibitive front-runner at least in the polls. the activists are looking for somebody who is not mitt romney. what bachmann has the ability to do is go into iowa, bump out a guy lik...

Encouraging her to run, especially presumably after huckaby made it clear what was already clear for months, that he was not going to run for president. what does a michelle bachman candidacy do to this field? >> well, she is giving every sign that she is entering this field. in fact, i would argue that shes been an unofficial candidate in this race already. you know, i think what it does is it essential is going to boil things down here. you have mitt romney, who with the disappearance of gingr...

To feel. >> yeah. i live in minnesota. at least we try to when were not working in new york. the people in minnesota are just really ticked off about getting rid of discrimination. like the pre-existing condition. i mean, these are psycho sisters, are they not? the minnesota gop handed out 10,000 free tickets to the rally. tickets to the private afternoon fund-raiser only cost $500. middle-class americans just flocked to that, didnt they? minnesotaens had the opportunity to shell out ten grand f...

World again. >> this is just in line with what bachmann said the other night in the last debate saying we shouldnt have to pay any taxes. >> first i think i should say that im here to make a citizens arrest of barney frank, if i have a chance. i mean, they are bidding down. pretty soon its going to be negative numbers on taxation. i mean, her main canes plan would raise taxes on the poor? michele bachmann says we shouldnt pay taxes. he doesnt want taxes on any manufacturing, but his headline was...