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now. rick santorum is joining us at this hour. you may be the winner. you're, by all accounts, the winner. it is a virtual tie. let me congratulations you, senator santorum. have you done an amazing job, as you well know. it was not that long ago, you were nowhere in iowa. but now it is a virtual tie. you may win or lose by one or two votes. but for all practical purposes, you're a winner. give us thought on how it feels. >> well, you know, this is the first step in the process and well be on to new hampshire. we will work hard and compete there. a little bit behind the curve in the ...

he has since recovered. time for your money. less than one year until the presidential election, where is the u.s. economy headed? i'm christine romans. less than half of americans believe things will be going well in this country one year from today. even that faint hope appears ton on decline. the number of americans thinking things will get better has been steady dropping. no surprise as unemployment remains high and housing prices are not recovery and there's fear of another global recession. alexus glick, experienced on wall street and covering and will cain is the cnn contrib...

And that sentiment is strong and when people say we can do that through cuts, included in that objection is cuts to corporations on tax breaks, cuts to individuals in the 1% not paying their fair share. when you generate revenue, you're also eliminating some of the niceties and tax breaks that very big corporations and very, very rich people have been receiving for the last 10 to 15 years in this country. >> congressman, very quickly, 100 members of congress, including democrats and republicans called on the super committee to go big, $4 trillion. do you think that's a possibility given the cu...

For the office very, very difficult. >> does it make any difference these words were caught on a tape ten, eleven years ago in 2005 when he was a private citizen, a show biz kind of guy. >> if these were words he said in the past year plus forget it it would be completely game over. i thought you were going with that is that we've heard of things he has said but not actually heard him say the words like we do on this audio tape and it is quite different to hear it come out of his mouth, vulgar words that we hear over and over again in that audio tape. to duck tail on what david was saying whet...

Contraception and a lot of issues. on a personal level he may be more likeable. the question is are his policies more pal atable than mitt romney. >> we haven't seen him at the center -- >> he said he has always been on the periphery. >> right. >> so the question is -- >> i will go to you anderson on policy quite a lot. his scrutiny may hurt him. but to go back it piers's point, there is something about the point that he seems fresh. this is the first time most americans have actually listened to him for more than 30 seconds. >> if you heard that speech tonight coming to him cold, you will lik...