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out for the first time about some shocking revelations that cremated remains of american war dead were simply dumped in landfills. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it may have been the most awkward 53 seconds of the presidential campaign so far and certainly the most widely seen. texas governor rick perry's brain freeze during last night's republican presidential debate was the most viewed video on youtube in the united states earlier today. if you haven't seen it, you're about to as we look ahead to what happ...

>> you know -- >> anything? >> that's hard for me to say. i can't say what's inside of the man -- >> but can you think of, knowing him -- you're a skeptic, so try hard for a minute. can you think of a single thing he would give up the presidency for as a matter of principle? i'd rather have this principle to heart than be president? >> honestly, i don't know the man. if i had to come up with one thing, i would probably say he seems like a good family man, and i think he would do -- >> well, we're not asking him to offer up hostages. it's about principles. david, that is the problem. this hasn'...

And i think we're going to see in the next round of polls and his next trip to iowa at the end of this week whether voters are still having the same response to him that they did a week ago. >> do you think there's a character issue here, meaning, like, does it say he's a good ç guy or a bad guy as opposed to, he certainly did something that caused people to bring these allegations. would you say you're sure? is there an undercurrent of a story that reporters haven't reported yet that suggests a real character problem? >> well, a number of republicans i've spoken to in the last day have said...

Had two full days to clear up the questions surrounding this story. and i think as you detailed just now, he has left in a lot of ways more questions than answers. so i think until we get some more clarity on exactly what kind of settlement he may have been aware of or why he first said he wasn't aware of one, then later sort of miraculous remembered that he was aware of some financial details -- >> yeq but let me get to a tougher point. let me ask you a tougher point as a journalist. i know that's the story we'd like to get information, we're curious, but let me ask you the toughest question...

he did. want to take sides on other ohio questions, one on health care, perhaps. he's a flip-flopper should have been more careful. his critics suggest romney was noncommittal not because he was confused, but because polls now show a majority of ohioans oppose the measure and ohio will be a critical fall 2012 battleground. to those critics, a change of expediency on par with romney's explanation of why he fired for lawn care company. now, romney's advantage in this race is real, very real. but so are the risks. ohio democrats taunted governor romney today suggesting he lacked the c...