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Two others were murdered as they were trying to leave with a group of defectors who wanted to escape the cult. a sad day for nbc and everyone else. back to politics now, herman cain is in the midst of a war of words with new hampshire's paper of record. he was a no show at the union leaders editorial board yesterday but did manage to make time to make an appearance with david letterman in an interview that will air tonight. >> you put in an economic growth plan called 9-9-9. have you heard of it? >> i have heard of it. i don't know what it means. >> 9-9-9. it's bold. you don't even know what i...

Primary process, but if he ends up being the eventual nominee, he is going to count on this base to do all the hard work, the door knocking, the phone calling, the things that he depend on. and if that base is not motivated, you know, ask a candidate like john mccain how well that turns out for you. >> well, let me ask you, bloomberg had a poll out earlier this week in iowa that essentially showed a four way tie in the state including mitt romney right there with 18%. slightly behind herman cain and ron paul at 19% and 20%. is there a spot for mitt romney? he seems to think perhaps not. they a...

The other countries in the region have their territorial claims and the u.s. has broad interests there as well. so i think he did a nice job. >> let me slip into raw domestic politics. many people of the former bush administrations particularly george h.w. bush have expressed some concern about the republican field, the gaffes mccain has made, allegations against herman cain, rick perry's gaffes. do you share that level of concern that people like the former chief of staff have voiced publicly? >> yes. >> is what we're seeing right now, you see some people describing a clown show. that these p...

Person. we're not even talking about the president. not sure he reads the newspapers. he doesn't have a basic working knowledge of the world, of america. i think he is virtually done. >> how concerning is it -- you talk to lots of republicans. how concerning is it, we had frank lavin on and he said, well this is a process. how concerning is it for republicans that this is -- looking at -- herman cain is still a top tier candidate. >> i don't think it's going to last very long. i think it's on its way down and they've been artificially pumped up because of this phenomenon they spoke about. i ac...

Schooled in foreign policy but it doesn't mean they're not intellectually up to it or can't provide leadership. >> can herman cain or rick perry or newt gingrich beat barack obama in 2012? >> yeah, look. i think all of them are plausible contenders but i think i would say all of them need message discipline. they're getting greater scrutiny now. they're in the major leagues. what might be a minor gaffe for a business executive or a public figure is a major gaffe when you're running for president. so they just need strong message discipline to get their game up. they've got a year to go to get ...