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Against newt gingrich. certainly, the white house believes that, and the expectation is still that romney will be the nominee and that romney is a more difficult candidate to beat. so it makes more sense for the president to be spending time on romney, in my opinion. jon: well, and romney for his part originally ignored all of the other challengers in the field, but now, judy, he seems to be taking on newt gingrich pretty directly. >> well, he finally has to. i mean, he was completely disappearing act, a no-show from a lot of the normal to and fro of this campaign. i mean, ben smith of politic...

Some joking, i think politico coined the phrase, the mittness protection program. i think mitt romney is the default choice. you know, no one really seems to love him. but he has a strong lead in new hampshire. he's a close second or tide for first in iowa, with herman cain, whose candidacy is in some doubt. he is doing very well in the national polls and i think that romney is hoping he can be the last man standing, that the candidates rise up and fall back. so michele bachmann came and went. rick perry came and went. maybe he will come back, maybe not. cain is having his moment, but maybe cr...

Joking, politico coined the phrase, the mittness protection program. he is happy to lay low and fly in under the radar. i think he is the default choice. you know, no one seems to love him, but he has a strong lead in new hampshire. he is a close second or tied for first in iowa with herman cain, whose candidacy is in some doubt. he's doing very well in the national polls and i think that romney is hoping to be the last man standing, that the candidates rise up and fall back. so michele bachmann came and went. rick perry came and went. maybe he will come back, maybe want. cain is having his mo...

>> mittness protection program. >> what happens when america says where were you in the war, daddy? >> at 12:30 eastern today, august 2, the senate passed the largest deficit reduction bill in history. the only reason the bill could pass the senate is that it happened to include one sentence that raises the nation's debt ceiling. shortly after, president obama signed the bill into law, thus avoiding a debt default that would have been catastrophic for an already fragile economy. with an immediate disaster averted, the president looked ahead to what's next, reaching an agreement for an addition...

hey, kiera. >> good morning, guys. great to see you. here's some of the stories that have us talking this morning. nervous investors awaiting this hour's opening bell on wall street. the doll plunged 266 points yesterday for its eighth consecutive loss. trial under way for former egyptian president hosni mubarak. the ailing hue mark could face execution if convicted in the deaths of anti-government protesters. florida watching tropical storm emily as it approaches the northern caribbean. warnings up in haiti and the dominican republic. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com well...