but bob teeter, the late bob teeter who was george herbert walker bush's pollster and campaign manage never 1992 when president bush lost re-election to president clinton in large part because of the economy told me that, and everything else we learned since has confirmed it, that it takes a full quarter of good news, three months before people start to perceive a change in their economic outlook. and in other words, the economy was improving enough in 1992 but voters didn't feel it that way. if it's going to be good news, this is the time for the obama campaign for it to begin is in early 2012 and to continue through the election. otherwise if the economy is going to be a real political liability for the white house. >> woodruff: david, what b let's tuck about the fallout from iowa. how much of one is there? how much are new hampshire voters paying attention? we heard gwen talk to that group of voters about it. but how much does it matter that romney came in first by 8 votes, santorum right behind? >> well, friday has been a very good day for mitt romney. the poll in new hampshire ha

>> guest: bob teeter, the chairman of the president's re-election campaign. c-span: "who has the spine of jell-o when it comes to his own political prognostications." >> guest: bob teeter constantly shifted his own opinion of what issues were and were not playing with the public. one week he would tell people that education was very important; the next week he would tell them that a reform agenda was important. when speech writers tried to then reconcile his directive of the week, he would then announce that, no, in fact thus and such was more important. every single poll that came out changed his mind. it was very frustrating for these guys because they did not know exactly what line was going to be taken by the re-election campaign and, therefore, by their own. they as the speech writers were, aside from the people who were making the television commercials, the people who were putting words into the mouth of the president that were supposed to get him re-elected. they were not getting a kind of direction from the campaign or from the upper echelons of the

bobbing on the campaign trail, republican candidates trying to win over south carolina lie south carolina voters in the run for the white house. with the first from the south primary exactly one week away. and teetering on the edge of the 101 freeway new reaction to this california cliffhanger. we can hear her scream and the only thing she let everyone know there was a baby in the vehicle. >> how fate put navy sailors at the scene. >> thousands off the coast of italy. darkness setting in and divers are forced to call off their search for any more survivors. the luck ry cruise liner crippled on its side partially submerged near the small island in italy. we are told the ship ran aground late last night. 160 foot long gash along it's hull allowing rushing water in. survivors say it was exactly like the scene of titanic. here's what we know. the ship had been sailing three hours after leaving a port north of rome a first course of dinner was being served a magic show a private theater in another part of the ship. suddenly dishes began crashing in the dining room. those fleeing the theater, they crawled in the dark on their hands and knees for escape. we have amateur video taken from the life boat. you c