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rick perry and mitt romney taking off the gloves and turning up the volume. the gop heavy weights going toe to toe in the republican debate. sparring over social security and who is better qualified to create jobs. jim a costas live in los angeles. the sparks were were flying between romney and rick perry. >> yes, they certainly were. you can say that for sure. last nitric perot o-- owe rick perry showed he can hit back. rick perry and mitt romney stood side by side last night. first on the question of which governor created more jobs. >> michael dukakis created jobs faster than you ...

Veto a specific bill the speaker's put forward, should it get to his desk, but that's a moot point. that bill will not get through the senate. we believe senator reid, the majority leader said it will not pat pass the senate. it's irrelevant. we are in a stalemate. that's the fact. that's why the president spoke to the american people last night to explain where we are and why we need to break that stalemate. break the log jam and willingness on both sides to reach compromise. accept you're not going to get your maximalist and do it for the american people. >> right now it looks you've lost on...

From the conversation about the budget and the deficit. and i think he did show leadership and frankly if you look at what he's put forward, there is a plan, there is a vision, there is a strategy that says we've got to make cuts, absolutely. we agree on that. but we've got to do it in a way that makes sense that also means like most corporations do, by the way, when making cuts, they're investing in future business growth. the president saying let's invest in the future. again, as part of that, that's that conversation. then medicare, medicaid, we absolutely have to deal with that. >> right. ...

Collapse. in november, people will vote for the person they think will protect their job, care about health care, care about whether they can pay for food and educate their children. when it comes down to making the decision, it will be very clear who they believe will care about them and the middle-class in this country. that's going to be president barack obama. >> eric: and he's bankrupting the future of this country -- >> he has a program that is going to address the budget deficit. -- >> really? when? >> it's been put forward -- he's also creating jobs. he has create audio look at what he...

He wants to do, laugh at it afterwards, and that's supposed to take the heat off him. what's he doing here in this presidential campaign, this guy? >> i think he's making it up as he goes along, every day, from news conference to the news conference. there doesn't seem to be a particular rhyme and reason to it, but i do think that's going to start to change. because, chris, he is going to get the scrutiny that the front-runner in the race deserves to get from the journalists, but, also, from his competitors. because, if you're rick perry, if you're newt gingrich, if you're rick santorum, you'r...