frank luntz asked his focus group of south carolina republicans about the president, bin laden and moread. the most hated man in america is dead. my question to 29 south carolina voters, do you give barack obama credit for this, yes or no? >> no! >> not at all. >> who says no? >> no way >> you don't even give him credit? it has been two years, under his administration. >> didn't he campaign against all the policies that the prior administration put into place? >> you give him no credit. >> the strategies, policies, procedures, tackle capabilities all came from george bush. >> thank you. >> you give him some degree of credit. he acted -- he gave the order. it was against his principles. >> he was the man that was behind the desk at the time the trigger was pulled, i have to give him credit for that a lot of people overlooking george bush for this which they should not. >> he rode on the coattails of something that was already started. >> all you give him credit for is coattails? >> i disagree. i appreciate that he had to give the command and and i appreciate that. >> he gave the command.

we check in with frank luntz.standing by with a group of south carolina gop primary voters. >> sean, we got 29 of the most important people in america sitting behind me. who won the debate? how many of you think herman cain won the debate? we can stop right there. sean, a word or to describe herman cain. >> he answers the questions most direct. >> breath of fresh air. >> common sense. >> talking points. >> clear and concise. >> very aggressive. >> the godfather of business sense he can attack obama well. >> clear-cut plan on which way to take america. >> how many of you walked in with herman cain as your number one choice, raise your hands? >> one. how many walking out with herman cain as your number one choice? unprecedented. he was not a real candidate before tonight, what happened? >> he talked correctly on taxation, free markets and leadership. >> he has a plan. he's articulate and he knows what we need. >> he won us over. i think he can win america over. >> how? >> he's likeable. >> he understood about defini

we go on this frank luntz thing last night and everybody calling obama a socialist. this for america. roosevelt, johnson did this, but it's mine now, my america, and then every one of those people in the focus group say he's a socialist. what is it? are they socialists? are they republican socialists? >> i think we expect there's logic to everyone's thought. if i'm for social security and medicare. >> it's not socialism. >> right. but there isn't, chris. the trust of the matter, we've seen this over the last couple of elections, people have a patchwork electoral approach, philosophy. independents go for democrats by 18 points in 2006. they go for republicans by 19 points in 2010. not that much changed in those four years. >> what do they mean when they say socialism -- >> they are picking up on the buzzwords i would say. >> one person's weed is another person's flower. >> speaking of weed, did you hear that the republican party last night is the dope party? what do you make of that? >> it's heroin. >> legalize heroin, horse? >> libertarians just don't care what gener

eleanor was there, of course, to stand by frank luntz side and smile when he gave speeches. role of political life. well, he cack realize that our was not happy in this role. in paris, years later he wrote a book called reluctant first lady which is part of why we know how much she did not want to the first lady. anyway, the two of them found themselves soulmates. now, hitchcock is a lesbian. she and alan r. became very attached. to what degree they had a physical relationship no one knows for sure. the indisputable evidence is that there was a close emotional relationship and that she was helped in transforming the role of the first lady. now, they drove together in that car. it took private vacations together. six weeks in 1933 and 1934. the press left them alone. i cannot imagine that happening today. here they are and a tourist town in massachusetts. now, he'd talk went with our roosevelt on the first trip made by first lady outside the continental u.s. states while her husband was in office. this is a trip that elenore made to pr. i want to call your attention in partic

the guy who clearly won the debate according to frank luntz's focus group, it was herman cain.n jeff duncan was obviously frustrated with the direction of the debate and said if i had to advise them, i would say get back to the issues at hand, energy independence, and our nation's national debt. translation, this group did not do the job. joining me now is dana mill bank columnest for "the washington post," and msnbc political analyst richard wolffe. dana, let me start with you. herman cain, only one person out of i believe 29 was in favor of him going in. >> full disclosure, cenk, i'm completely in the tank for herman cain. that was an astounding performance. do you remember the old movie don't tell mom the baby-sitter is dead? first the mom leaves, then the baby-sitter dies and the children are left to fend for themselves. that's what it was. we all make jokes about herman cain, who is he? well, who are are any of these guys. even the mortgageally wounded mitt romney, the is really in practice a viable candidate. so who's to say that herman cain cannot become the front-runner

those are fascinating from frank luntz. it's such a great cross-section of what people are talking about with regard to donald trump. if you missed last night's gop debate you can go to foxnews.com for video highlights. it was quite interesting. you should check that out. we also have some breaking news from the coast guard concerning flooding all along the mississippi. three minute from now we'll take you to that. >> we haven't had nothing like this for some years. it's been i know about 30 years since we have had this kind of water. but i'm not going any place. we have just been here. t delicig that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fiber bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds. martha: an hour ago the coast guard shut parts of the mississippi river down where it's threatening to flood. they went door to door telling residents to leave the nearly 1,000 homes that are expected to be inundated by a near record floo