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could that be because republicans are simply unhappy with tonight's debate lineup? the big question, it's not winning the debate, when will the party emerge as dominant? traditional, whose turn is it? guys like romney and pawlenty or the tea party will triumph? the bachmann ring, surrender or treason? a bad showing tonight could spell the end of a couple of the candidacies. also, put together an unpopular dead deal, 30 american deaths in afghanistan, a terrible run on wall street and declining poll number, and what do you get? a bunch of democrats getting very nervous about president...

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in every presidential election people talk about how the iowa straw poll can't be taken seriously-- and then they take it seriously. the poll, to be taken tomorrow, is in a sense the first test of the republican field. last night as a you are the cane-raiser, the major declared candidates held a debate. there are two republicans who can't afford to lose the iowa caucuses six months from now and they went at each other last night. norah o'donnell is in iowa. >> reporter: good evening, scott. and saturday's stra...

>> we're back with a late addition of the blast word tonight. the top eight declared republican presidential candidates participated in a presidential debate in iowa, the last debate before saturday's ames straw poll. not in attendance was a rick perry, whose spokesman said today that he will announce that he is running for president on saturday. early in the debate, fox news asked ms. ronny about being missing in action. >> you mentioned leadership on the economy, you are the front runner in this field. when it came to weighing in on the debt ceiling in congress, something that had ...

reelected? not on a bet. >> reporter: bachmann easily excites social and fiscal conservatives in this state, something tim pawlenty has struggled with. >> tell barack obama he had his chance, it ain't working. >> reporter: the former minnesota governor has campaigned in iowa for over a year and admits he's got a lot riding on tomorrow's contest. what if you don't meet your goal? >> i think we will but obviously if we come in last or some ridiculous result we'll re-evaluate. but i don't think that's going to happen. >> reporter: looking to ignite supporters, pawlenty directly challeng...

network. we're going to so the audience what it looked like on wall street. this is the first time in history that we've seen the dow close with a net change of 400 points or more for a few days. you can see the volatility on the screen there. taking a step back, what stands out most to you about this week? >> reporter: how many were participating in it, jenna. volume, which is an indication of how many people are buying and selling shares will almost assuredly hit a record or close to a record that goes back to the october 2008 meltdown. that shows you the volatility and just the sk...