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situation room" starts right now. >> thanks, very much happening right now. the gop battle for the white house. eating up here in tampa, florida. just three hours away from hearing eight presidential candidates go ahead it head. they will join me on cnn's first ever tea party republican presidential debate. can the texas governor rick perry maintain his growing lead in the polls despite a highly controversial stance on social security? or will mitt romney come from behind and once again, seize the top spot? is it too late for michele bachmann? standing by with complete coverage and...

movie there. we head home and by that time it's on every tv screen and just -- at trite as it sounds, a stage you'll nerver fert. >> fegt. >> forget. you can see john's work on sportsillustrated.com. i'm don lemon, live for the cnn debate happening monday. we begin with a report for moammar gadhafi, crumbled empire in libya, his son, we're told, saadi, a former playboy fled to niger. we'll be joined now by cnn's ben we'dman with the latest on that. ben what can you tell us? >> reporter: yes, don. we know from the justice minister of niger, saadi, the third son of moammar gadhafi, 3...

Ethanol subsidy. >> very hard to say. again, i obviously have a pretty strong knowledge of democratic politics. i wouldn't say i have inside knowledge of the republican game. i don't quite get this yet. i think huntsman may have some pull here. while romney and pawlenty are moving as far to the right adds they can, huntsman even though he's quite conservative, he was for civil unions when he was governor of utah, which is saying something. and he may end up as the guy who romney and pawlenty may split the more conservative vote and huntsman may do better than expected. my candidate for who ben...

Politics. i wouldn't say i have inside knowledge of the republican game. i don't quite get this yet. i think huntsman may have some pull here. while romney and pawlenty are moving as far to the right adds they can, huntsman even though he's quite conservative, he was for civil unions when he was governor of utah, which is saying something. and he may end up as the guy who romney and pawlenty may split the more conservative vote and huntsman may do better than expected. my candidate for who benefits most by not having mitch daniels run is john huntsman. he's the reel deal. >> doesn't he have th...

And final pure toss-up. number four, indiana in the lean republican category. number three, arkansas. number two, dell care. democrats remain optimistic. remaining in the number one spot rating it a sol it republican right now. north dakota. basically gets to actual measure the drapes. up for grabs in november, you can get them right now first read.msnbc.com. and finally quick primaries. knoxville's mayor the latest mainstream republican to win the party's nomination running the middle. 47% of the vote thanks to two challengers splitting the more conservative vote down the ballot. filling john...