Page 8 - Hard Slog News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Field staff. and building up in all the states, all the future states, we feel very, very good that we're in this race for the long haul. as i mentioned, last night, we're the best clear alternative to president obama. we're the guy that as you know, blue collar roots, can attract the votes that we need to win. i think eventually as people go through this race, they're going to see that the other two candidates have some severe flaws that would make them the issue in the campaign, instead of someone who is going to make obama the issue in the campaign. >> so rick, it's going to be a long, hard...

Less than 2%, like 1.5%, this is the beginning of a long, hard slog. [cheers and applause]. >> eric: and, congressman paul will stay in the race through it and is now back home in texas for the day. but, tomorrow, he and the rest of the candidates are scheduled to attend a debate in florida, and mitt romney's campaign has announced, yes, mitt romney will also participate in the debate. jamie? >> jamie: is it a head-scratcher or make complete sense? how did he pull off the major win yesterday? and what does it say about the race moving forward? joining me now, washington times columnist charlie...

This obviously happened under your watch, the consumer protection bureau. it was a long, hard slog. how do you think he's going to do? it had to be done through a recess appointment because there was apparently no other way. >> well, i regret that. this is -- in fact, a lot of the ideas in the consumer financial protection bureau were ones done in a bipartisan basis. the idea of putting it in the federal reserve as a republican idea. unfortunately the bill has two names on it, mine and barney frank's. it's the only bill that has my name on it in 37 years and i didn't want this one on it. when ...

Come. this is the family of michele bachmann. who is fillering in now. children and loved ones coming up to the podium. and we understand that she has just stepped off the bus. again, this has been a tough time from the jubilation back in june where she had huge crowds and excitement of running. a long, hard slog. some good debate performances, some claims she would get facts wrong and she wasn't on point and now today a chance to reshape some of her public image, take to the next level, describe what she will do next. it's a very significant moment. you see her parent there's. i'm going to ju...

This is the family of michele bachmann. who is fillering in now. children and loved ones coming up to the podium. and we understand that she has just stepped off the bus. again, this has been a tough time from the jubilation back in june where she had huge crowds and excitement of running. a long, hard slog. some good debate performances, some claims she would get facts wrong and she wasn't on point and now today a chance to reshape some of her public image, take to the next level, describe what she will do next. it's a very significant moment. you see her parent there's. i'm going to just pau...