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A senior campaign adviser for mitt romney sits down with jon scott coming up. martha: we look forward to that. michelle bachmann says that don't settle is her new motto for 2012, she was rallying a group of supporters in iowa, and she is urging them not to vote for what she calls a mainstream candidate. >> we can't settle on a candidate, because every four years conservatives are told that we have to just stand next to the wall, sit in the back of the room, and we have to get around a candidate that we're told is electable, right? we're told the conservative is the candidate who is not electab...

biggest impact on the gop campaign for president may be felt a long way from there in south carolina. that is where texas governor rick perry is expected to announce he, too, is jumping in the race. also, dozens of people arrested in philadelphia. we'll tell you why they were all between the ages of 14 and 17. but here at the top of the hour, let's start with that breaking story out of pakistan. and i want to turn right to our reza sayah, who is live for us there in the capital of islamabad. reza, hello to you once again. what do we know? are we learning more about what happened ...

I think she's got a wonderful life and there's no reason for her to run. >> let's talk about michele bachmann. do you think she could be a force in iowa? >> i think, look, you got four people in iowa who i don't think will be the nominee, frankly, but who can play a meaningful role in that context. rick santorum is probably the leader there. herman cane, rand paul and michele bachmann. they are all significant people with a lot to say. out of iowa will be a mainstream candidate who will be a principal candidate for the nomination, along with mitt romney and mitch daniels. >> how bad of a rollo...

I would say she's lucky she's not running against -- >> i don't want to make a direct comparison, but the voters of the united states of america two years ago elected a 47-year-old african m-american who had beenn the senate only a short time. >> who was a mainstream candidate -- >> on the issues you mean -- >> -- it's not about experience, you've got a guy in ken buck who questions the counselling newsali newsality, constitutionality of social security. who says a u.s. senator's job isn't to make jobs. you have mcmahon in -- i don't even have to say it, that commercial sort of writes itself -...

Control of the senate. we've got charlie cook right now who says they're going to lose between four and six. stu rothenberg between five and seven, larry sabato says seven. now let's look at the states where the tea partiers, i want you to focus on this five states where i said the tea party candidates having won the nomination or headed toward winning them could screw it up in an otherwise easy win. sharron angle up against harry reid is the nominee. rand paul is in connecticut kentucky. he has won the primary. marco rubio is the candidate of the republican party in florida. and pat toomey in...