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Forging signatures on absentee ballots in september of 2009. reports claim it was an elaborate scheme to get fellow democrats seated on the county legislature. jury selection begins today in that case. eight other democrats were indicted in that investigation. so far, four have entered guilty pleas. and eric alluded to this a little earlier. while o.j. simpson is doing time in the big house in nevada, he's about to lose his house in miami. court papers revealing j.p. morgan choice foreclosing now on simpson's four bedroom, four bathroom house. he bought it back in 2000 for $575,000 but it was ...

Candidates need to win the nominations. so what did tea partiers think of last night's debate? >> joining us right now, the state treasure of south carolina, curtis loftus. overall, some are saying this is the best debate yet. would you say so? >> it was a great debate. i don't know if it was the best debate but it was a great debate. >> all right. first off, let's start with the guy that walked in as the frontrunner in your state and that's mitt romney. he was attacked early and often. how did he do? >> he did very well. you know, it was yet another strong showing. i suppose that's why he's t...

Done that weren't very clever. i've been a little surprised at this idea that asking questions about a presidential candidate's background is somehow off-limits. but the bigger difference came up last night. and we need somebody who can go toe to toe with barack obama and defeat him in the debates this fall. and i think once again last night, people had a sense that i was the guy who could best explain conservativism and could best stand there face to face with obama and win the debate and i think that's going to be a big factor saturday as people look for somebody who can actually defeat obam...

>> he'll be here as well. i'll do some headlines for you now. analyze the debate in a few minutes. first the fox news alert. a live look at the capsized italian cruise ship off the island where rescuers are using explosives to blow holes in the ship now as they grow desperate in their search for survivors. overnight, another body pulled from the sinking ship bringing the death toll now to seven. this as new pictures being released showing survivors insi-- divers in the ship looking for survivors. at this hour, 29 people are still missing. among them, an american couple from minnesota jerry and...

-- what are the qualifications or the criteria to determine economic freedom? >> level of taxation. and level of regulation. one of the reasons this presidential campaign is so important is it will be a great debate between those who believe that prosperity can come about by centrally planning the economy. it never does. and those who believe that prosperity can come about by the free choices of consumers and investors. there are countries in the world, you just saw that list where there is less regulation, more freedom of choice by consumers, lower taxes. the tax rate is flat. you don't pay m...