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the payroll tax cut. it s set to expire at the end of this year. president obama called john boehner today and the white house has even put a counterdown clock on the home page of its website. it says if the house does not act, taxes on the middle class will increase starting the first of the year. let s go to the white house. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is standing by with the latest on this dramatic political showdown. what is the latest? the latest is that the white house believes there is only one way for the nation to avoid an increase in the payroll tax cut and that is for speaker john boehner to bring that senate pass two month extension to a vote. just this morning, speaker boehner said that s not going to happen. we re here, we re ready to work. we re looking for our counterparts to sit down with us so we can do what the president and leaders want and that s to extend the payroll tax cut for one year. now, midday today, the presid ....
we re picking up new information and he s also getting a nut ew endorse. . i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. he s not just the new republican presidential front-runner, newt gingrich is leading the republican pack by double digits in several brand-new polls. a gallop national survey of registered republicans shows him 15 points ahead of mitt romney. 37% to 22%. less than a month away from the iowa caucuses. a new cbs new york times poll has gingrich 14 points ahead of romney. as former front-runners know, top status meepz extra scrutiny and he was grilled about some of his past positions by conservatives. this is happening as we re meeting right now. jim acosta is watching all of this for us. what s the very latest? he s getting tough questions. his poll numbers have been good but it has been said his own worst enemy is newt gingrich. the two may have come face to face. glenn beck turns up the tea party heat on newt gingrich rubbing his nose in his p ....
Molinari is from new york. let s talk about the poll first of all. rick perry, 38, mitt romney, 23, ron paul, 3. among tea party supporters, which is what mitt romney was addressing. perry 45, romney 18. it depends let me be the typical politician. depends on how you look at it. depends on what happens this week. in a town that says this is the biggest hurricane and earthquake, this is going to be one of the biggest weeks as we near the 2012 election with the president giving his speech on jobs, how does he portray that, the way speaker boehner responds to it is going to have an awful lot to do with the future of the republican party. i think clearly this debate tomorrow night, when we see rick perry for the first time off script, under the demands of tough questioners, versus mitt romney, this is going to be about those two guys going head ....
Peter said they haven t given up, but the 54% saying this is a long term setback for the president, when bush hit that, it was as if his presidency ended. yeah, in the bush case, it was two months after hurricane katrina, to reset the stage. in our survey, over seven out of ten people say we re on the wrong track. that s only happened in 2008, 1992 and when economic pessimism is as difficult and confidence is that bad, it is very hard for a president to recover. takes a substantial event to try to change those kind of numbers. you can t beat somebody with nobody. although i think if the republicans could run nobody, they definitely would win as our poll shows. let s go to peter hart, we know rick perry has the big lead. we split it up with tea party supporters and nontea party supporters. perry at 45, romney 18. ....
Of flirting around on the sidelines that s definitely a possibility. she is making too much money. all these guys running you don t think it is late? it would have to happen in the next couple of months. i don t think it is too late now, no. she is making almost as much as jack on the road. wait a minute. millions, why should she leave. he was outside hanging out. [ talking over each other ] don t let the clothes fool you. i think it was rick perry on the front. i think it is neat having him in there. everybody is going to call him a cowboy and get all mad at that. i think perry and romney both have some good attributes. i hear he s a great guy. i think some of the others might too. would you do it again? no. next subject. ....