to go could there be a disagreement on the issue between obama and the military then it was mike huckabee is the latest remark considered an apology after misspeaking about president obama's trial heard a fox news host made news statements today that they weren't much better so i have to ask if huckabee should really consider running for president when he comes off as such a bigot a new charges for p.f.c. bradley manning after being held in solitary confinement for ten months the army has laid out twenty two new charges for the private including aiding the enemy but who exactly is that enemy and then it was almost d.-day for the n.f.l. a twenty four hour extension has been made before a lockout will take place so how do we compare this labor disputes with what's happening across the country a look at and to all of that and more but now let's move on to our top story. secretary of state hillary clinton has been talking about another war recently a war of words and according to her the u.s. is losing losing to al jazeera international media outlets even our team and it's a far cry from the

i think you saw huckabee pandering to that crowd with this kenya talk. >> then huckabee saying, oh, i meant to say indonesia. none of that adds up. what's interesting about the tea party, you have the economists that are focused on the deficit and on taxation and there is no one representing the financial wing of the tea party. so you have the social conservatives who are not running but i'm surprised we have not had somebody come from the tea party side capitalizing on what we saw in the midterm elections. chris: george will says this will skunk the republican party next year, all this talk about kenya and ethnic stuff that's clearly nasty, intended to be nasty, has nothing do with fixing this country's economy. >> what we've seen in presidential politics always is that pragmatism trumps purity. these guys are trying to be too pure. chris: what do you mean? >> huckabee, all these folks are trying to be ideologically aligned with the tea party. at some point the republican candidate will have his or her sister soldier moment with the tea party. >> the tea party people are interested i

some wondering why huckabee hadn't singled out bristol palin's unwed motherhood. in fact, two years ago, he called it shameful for the media to criticize palin saying, we saw a mother who gave her unconditional love to her daughter. that embodies what christianity means. we all mess up. the issue is how we respond to it. huckabee's latest comments stirred memories of dan quayle and his attack on tv's fictional character murphy brown. >> i know it's not fashionable to talk about moral values, but we need to do it. >> reporter: today huckabee defended his remarks about portman as a caution for less affluent women. >> when you have unwed mothers, you have a high propensity toward lack of education, lack of ability to get a job, and their children are going to live their entire lives in poverty. >> reporter: white house strategists consider huckabee a strong potential rival. he leads the latest nbc news/wall street journal poll of republican presidential candidates. but the poll also shows primary voters want to hear about economic rather than social issues. >> he's t

i do not think that mike huckabee, that a country will lose something valuable that mike huckabee decides not to run for president. >> a little variation of that. i think they would. i don't have a complex to think i'm the only person who could possibly be president and if i don't the whole country and the future of the world will crumble. i think that we ought to be afraid of megalo maniacs who want to be president of the united states. certainly we ought to have a person who thinks he can do the job and frankly i think i can. i think i can run against president obama more effectively than any republican i see. >> charlie: why do you think that? >> because i do think i can articulate the message. first of all i think there's clarity of my own convictions. i think if people read my book, they're not going to say mm-mm, i wonder what huckabee really thinks about the situation in the middle east, border security and debt. they're going to get it. >> charlie: do you think issues are different in 2012 a year from now that are different from 2008. >> it's always different. they were different

waters, too mike huckabee, sara palin, and tim pawlenty showing they may throw their hat in the ring, but no republican has been willing to declare, i'm running for president. >> how are you? >> reporter: what's everybody waiting for? >> as soon as you start raising money, you start spending it, and as soon as you declare, you have the democratic machinery that is going to come and attack you. >> reporter: this week, gingrich took a small step, launching a web site and exploratory committee. don't hold your breath for anything more anytime soon. >> i think it's going to take a fair amount of time. at least a number of weeks, maybe six or seven. >> reporter: if there's a front runner, it's mike huckabee. the former arkansas governor lead monday most major polls but the race is wide occupy. all of the top democratic and republican candidates had career -- declared for the race by this time in 2007, and that

huckabee predecessor his conservative credentials were under fire so he said the following. in recent in the funds for implementation for implementation of repeal. it's not only to think the don't ask don't tell is very very bad but if you elect in hell even defund if implementation that is really super conservative get to vote for progress or wait or go to go back in time much like the entire republican platform which now brings us to mike huckabee who you're an interview with one news now said the following he said there's been some talk of the military is fine with having same sex orientation people but if you really surveyed the combat troops that is not at all the case i don't think of these are decisions the politicians should make these are decisions that soldiers should make and the soldiers in the fox holes make the decisions they choose something different and we should listen to that. right how could be so when the pentagon it did a study asking troops and found that upwards of seventy percent of those troops didn't believe that gay troops would undermine unit in

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this is about mike huckabee making money. >> in his statement, huckabee says natalie is an extraordinaryt oscar and i'm glad she will marry her baby's father. so the debate continues. >> all right, a lot more to come. a baby with an infectious laugh taking the internet by storm. >> what's so funny? well, maybe kes up. u kes . he'll be here live along with his parents. but first these messages. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your arthritis pain, you and your doctor need to balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, including celebrex, may increase the chance of heart attack or stroke, which can lead to death. this chance increases if yo

. >>> huckabee versus hollywood. pundit and possible presidential candidate, mike huckabee, takes on natalie portman. accusing the oscar winner of glorifying single motherhood. now, he is facing serious blowback. this morning, he responds. >>> and the royal impersonators. what's one of the most lucrative new jobs in britain? playing william and kate. and the money they're making? well, you could say it's fit for a future king and queen. >>> good morning, everybody. i want to welcome back bianna golodryga, who spent the week over in london. i want to know, do you think those impersonators actually look like the people they're impersonating? >> i don't know what you're talking about. i actually interviewed the kate and will. >> that's a pretty big get. >> funny enough, i didn't see dan harris impersonators there. >> well, yeah. that's impossible to pull that off. >> love to know how much he makes. >> doughnut hole, i can guarantee you that. >>> also coming up this morning, it's been quite a spectacle. out in a courtroo

if you have palin or huckabee with crazy talk, would that ruin if for the ones that could win? with us today, michael duffy with "time magazine," the bbc's katty kay, nbc's norah o'donnell and the "atlantic"'s" andrew sullivan. there was little president obama could do to help japan with the catastrophe of biblical proportions. he's been under pressure to go first on social security and also to lead the charge on libya. we'll take them one at a time. first libya, the u.n.'s action calmed the week's-long drum beat for a no-fly zone over libya. obama waited for europe and the arab league, aware that americans are reluctant to take on another fight in the arab world. and as a consequence to 2012, perhaps a political upside to backing the freedom fighters but on the downside, there's always a risk of getting blamed. the president said, i'm not going to be point man on libya. he said i'm going to stay back and get the pack ahead of me. >> he did. the problem looking irresolute has gone away for the moment. he got the u.n. security council which does not move like a s.w.a.t. team nor

said he grew up in kenya not indonesia's huckabee ron yeah he's wrong on that and i use one ok so was his mother in on the conspiracy. i don't think it was a conspiracy i mean there's no conspiracy because there is an article in the hawaiian papers about that without a conspiracy because my children live in different states i recently had a grandson born i couldn't announcement in the paper here in pennsylvania that doesn't mean he used born in pennsylvania lose a moments when because he doesn't know one of the know us i don't have any way to do it to denounce and say that he was born where he was actually born. now now that you know answer just said the baby was born so you think you think that rock obama's mother in kenya called two different newspapers in hawaii and asked them to place an ad wired them some money or something or some or maybe his grandparents to some relatives or friends not at all i think what happened was after she delivered she went back to hawaii and then registered him which you can do hers and of the out of hawaii you can register up here when you're here to

politicians through the holy land a stance of leaders boost their foreign policy credentials huckabee romney giuliani barbour and most recently of course he went who is known for her uncompromising support for the state of israel but who is known in the u.s. when it comes to international aptitude by her infamous lack of it you can actually see russia from land here in alaska and if candidates like. pailin are hoping to gain insight into the middle east it doesn't take a political analyst to see a major part of the picture is missing someone asked sarah palin what she thought about the west bank she says should all use wells fargo but critics argue an accurate view of the issues is just not really the point it just grows from the tourism. genes. from her presidential for a. reason and a broader perspective might not matter much to the future of u.s. foreign policy anyway the people of the united states job sure representation when it comes to their value versus how you pro israel lobby so all of this helps to explain why first stop on the international tour is that say china with its

said he grew up in kenya not indonesia's huckabee wrong yeah he's wrong on that and i've used one ok so was his mother in on the conspiracy. i don't think it was a conspiracy i mean there's no conspiracy because i think it was a good article in the hawaiian papers about it without a conspiracy because my children live in different states i recently had a grandson born i put in announcement in the paper here in pennsylvania that doesn't mean he he was born in pennsylvania listen to me because he doesn't want to be in the us i don't have any way to get to the announcement say that he was born where he was actually born. now you know answer just said oh you baby was born so you think you think that barack obama's mother in kenya called two different newspapers in hawaii and asked them to place an ad wired them some money or something or some or maybe has her and her instead of some relatives or friends now you know i think what happened was after she delivered she went back to hawaii and then registered him which you can do burst out of the out of why you can register up to that one yea

. >> four years ago we were talking about mccain and mike huckabee, and all of a sudden rudy giuliani jump out there. you look at his numbers in iowa, and%, new hampshire, 10%, and he said, "i will wait until florida." he was never heard from again until the national convention. >> it is important for people like michelle bachmann to get in early. e's a very attractive that figure now she's a celebrity in the republican party. she generates a lot of enthusiasm. she does not have the baggage that sarah palin has -- >> she will. >> the battle of their it revolutionary war in concord, new hampshire? >> she does not have the high negatives. at she has problems, but not a high negatives that palin has. >> there are the ones where she asserted big -- >> bachmann at huckabee had the most intense followings among republicans. >> huckabee is having a good time, a successful show on fox, building a house in florida. he does not need this. he would be nuts to do it. mitch daniels is a strong candidate. i don't think he is going to run. i think he will be left with people -- i did you will be lef

. >> four years ago we were talking about mccain and mike huckabee, and all of a sudden rudy giuliani jump out there. you look at his numbers in iowa, and%, new hampshire, 10%, and he said, "i will wait until florida." he was never heard from again until the national convention. >> it is important for people like michelle bachmann to get in early. she's a very attractive that figure now she's a celebrity in the republican party. she generates a lot of enthusiasm. she does not have the baggage that sarah palin has -- >> she will. >> the battle of their it revolutionary war in concord, new hampshire? >> she does not have the high negatives. at she has problems, but not a high negatives that palin has. >> there are the ones where she asserted big -- >> bachmann at huckabee had the most intense followings among republicans. >> huckabee is having a good time, a successful show on fox, building a house in florida. he does not need this. he would be nuts to do it. mitch daniels is a strong candidate. i don't think he is going to run. i think he will be left with people -- i did you will be l

course the left sinister plan to conduct background checks in order for you to get guns and mike huckabee has dive head first into this war he's decided to join the very cool ranks the republicans including simple indeed who wish that they could go back in time who desperately wish they could take back the progress that was achieved by the repeal of don't ask don't tell that's right huckabee like before and has decided to take a grave at stand against an issue that has brought support from the american people i think we all remember when paul lindsay the predecessor his conservative credentials were under fire so he said the following. in recent in the funds for implementation for implementation of repeal. it's not only does keep popping the don't ask don't tell is very very bad but if you elect him he'll even defund if implementation that is really super conservative you have to vote for progress or wait a vote you go back in time much like the entire republican platform which now brings us to mike huckabee who in interview with one news now said the following he said there's been some t

and sarah palin's done it huckabee romney and barbara to so does the road to twenty twelve always pass through israel. disaster images that make the world stand still was the case with japan but what if the media isn't there disasters still happen. it's thursday march twenty fourth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out there watching r.t. well today marks the twelfth anniversary of the nato bombings in yugoslavia it was a different time but with the recent military outburst of the west against libya it's hard not to draw some parallels between the two attacks on a saucer churkin analyzes the wars past and present. in march seasons change sunshine invites americans onto the streets american politicians invite themselves to foreign countries. and march ninety ninety nine the u.s. and its nato allies yugoslavia armed forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the kosovo march two thousand and eleven. next democratic president and a new coalition of the willing attacked libya the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that dem

presidential hopefuls like huckabee giuliani romney barbour am pailin have all been parked on a trip to the middle eastern country so how important is a photo op in tel aviv in the race for president artie's lauren lyster has the answer. the pilgrimage of presidential hopefuls. the western wall a photo walk with newton you. who all first starts ahead of a possible run for the u.s. top spot in some ways i think of his role as the new iowa you know it's like sort of the indicator that you're running for president is a trip to israel but why go all the way to tell of the in search of the holy grail that's a rite of passage for presidential term and it's. through is mostly it's about money jewish and pro israel money accounts for between one quarter and one third of all donations to the major political parties some estimate higher and one former congresswoman put it this way the executive branch the. legislative branch pro israel federal campaign contributions amounted to more than eleven point seven million dollars in two thousand and ten leaving other foreign and defense policy contrib

race and sarah palin's done it huckabee romney and barbara too so what does the road to twenty twelve always pass through israel. it's thursday march twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz now you're watching our team. well today marks the twelfth anniversary of the nato bombings in yugoslavia it was a different time than now with the recent military outburst of the west against libya it's hard to draw some parallels between the two attacks on a saucer charge in the analyzes the wars past and present. in march seasons change sunshine invites americans onto the streets american politicians invite themselves to foreign countries. march nine hundred ninety nine the u.s. and its nato allies yugoslavia our own forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo march two thousand and eleven america's next democratic president and a new coalition of the willing attack libya the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that demands and so the violence against. it authorizes the use of force libya were sancti

mike huckabee denies criticizing natalie portman's decision to get pregnant before she gets married.e said in an article it's hard to see portman and others glamorizing unwed pregnancies. now today, huckabee is accusing the media of distorting his comments and he now praises portman's decision to get married to the father of her baby. >>> having a coke and a smile will be pretty difficult for some people. coca-cola is pulling diet coke, coke classic and cherry coke off the shelves. the drinks have what's being called a slight off taste. they said it's due to minerals in the water and insists there are no health issues involved. >>> coming up, the countdown >> just >> just 511 days way and how some are already getting ready. >>> finally tonight, it's never too early to begin a countdown. >> that's what they're doing in london with the 2012 olympics. organizers today unveiled a giant set of olympic ring in one of the city's busiest train stations. they measure 66 feet wide and are suspended from the roof at the main train station. >> i have to say f anyone deserves a gold made dal for

not definitely in. >> what about mike huckabee? he's actually been doing well in the polls. >> huckabee's been doing very well in the polls and he's out promoting a book which has helped keep his name in the conversation, but again has not yet begun to seriously assemble an organization. you have to say the polls lead to suggest he's going to run but not definitely in yet. >> and he's been taking some flack for this natalie portman dust-up he got himself into recently. >> yeah. >> let's finally look at the tim pawlenty, the governor of minnesota. he'll be on the stage in iowa tomorrow with newt gingrich. is he running? >> he's serious. he has all but announced. he's been putting together a team and been preparing for this run for quite awhile. i think you've got to say that tim pawlenty is going to be in this race in 2012. >> finally, i want to ask you. i know you're no stranger for the republican party. you used to be the chief speech writer for rudy giuliani when he was the mayor of new york city. you've been pretty critical, i w

i think it mitch daniels will not run, certainly huckabee won't, palin won't. barbour was also a lobbyist, a tobacco lobbyist. it is not a good environment to run and if you are a former lobbyist. >> michelle bachmann was up in new hampshire over the weekend. >> don't forget, she told the people of new hampshire that it was great to be in the state that fired the first shot in concord. it was concord, massachusetts. >> thank you for setting the record straight. i thought i was misinformed. march madness. >> i pettitte with caroline and they lost -- i take north carolina and lost, and the next year they won for me. >> that is president obama on espn taken his n.c.a.a. tournament brackets. i don't want it talk about that. i want to talk about are deducted, secretary of education, and -- and op-ed -- about arne duncan, a secretary of education, and an op-ed he wrote in "the post" on wednesday. >> we love march madness, office pools, a bit about it, but some responsibility schools have to players, enrolled students, to make sure they graduate and put them on the ro

huckabee argued the president's childhood in kenya shaped his world view, despite the fact that obaman't even visit the country until he was in his 20s. >>> hundreds of residents in bolivia have been left homeless after heavy rains triggered a massive landslide yesterday. at least 400 homes were destroyed, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. 5r holt has scored a win for humanity after trouncing watson, the jeopardy super computer in an untelevised exhibition match earlier this week. holt, a former rocket scientist turned politician netted $2,400 more than watson. rocket scientist probably helped. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,058. the s&p dropped 20 points. the nasdaq sank 44. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei tumbled 261 points while in hong kong, the hang seng plunged 347. fears mideast unrest could undermine the economic recover rattled markets once genetic. oil uncertainty resurfaced by renewed counterattack forces in libya while reports iran was cracking down on anti-

sandra cantu was killed in 2009 by her neighbor malissa huckabee. last summer huckabee was sentenced to life in prison without parole for cantu's death. you'll find more details by going to ktvu.com, just click on web links. >>> homocide investigators in oakland hope some new artist renderings will help them solve a 30-year-old cold case. according to the contra costa times evidence experts have matched dna from a burned male torso found near a west oakland wrecking yard in 1981 with a human head found a year later in the oakland hills. police artist have created renderings of what the victim may have looked hike. investigators say if someone can identify him they may be able to make an arrest in the case. >>> at this hour, a sports company near the bay area is introducing a helmet for baseball pitchers. marin county high school baseball player gunnar sandburg is joining eastern bound sports in scott's valley to unveil a prototype of the new helmet. one year ago he was on the mound when he was hit by a line drive and seriously injured. he is back an

huckabee, romney and palin all ran national campaigns last time.as been a national figure for two decades. >> this is a contract with americans for america. >> reporter: there are personal considerations, as well. mike huckabee is making real money for the first time in his life, with a tv show and speeches. so is sarah palin. indiana governor mitch daniels is concerned about the impact on his family, and despite huge republican gains last fall, and a democratic incumbent with mediocre job approval ratings, president obama is seen as a formidable political figure who will be difficult to defeat. >> thank you. >> president obama, at worst, is even, or in many cases, is leading by as many as ten points. >> reporter: one factor that will eventually tempt many to announce, for the first time in decades, there's no clear republican front-runner. nobody can say who the favorite is. and in politics, nobody's usually right. jeff greenfield, cbs news, new york. >> interesting point there. well coming up a little bit later on "the early show," the big econom

huckabee, romney and palin all ran national campaigns last time.h has been a national figure for two decades. >> this is a contract with americans for america. >> reporter: there are personal considerations as well. mike huckabee is making real money for the first time in his life with a t.v. show and speeches. so is sarah palin. indiana governor mitch daniels is concerned about the impact on his family and, despite huge republican gains last fall and a democratic incumbent can mediocre job approval ratings, president obama is seen as a formidable political figure who will be difficult to defeat. >> thank you. >> president obama at worst is even or in many cases is leading by as many as ten points. >> reporter: one tempting factor is that for the first time in decades there's no clear g.o.p. front-runner and nobody can predict who the favorite will be and when it comes to legal predictions nobody's usually right. katie? >> couric: all right, jeff, should be interesting. thanks very much. and coming up next on the "cbs evening news," what's killing

same thing paling is the most recent politician to visit israel but visits from mitt romney mike huckabee and haley barbour have made many analysts wonder if this is the new path to the white house perhaps the neo-cons held some kind of a secret seminar telling any of the potential republican contenders the weapon you need to do to win the g.o.p. what they need to do to win the g.o.p. ticket and we don't know for sure but i think this is how we see the republican hopefuls traveling the first stop is israel our efforts to strengthen u.s. ties with the country obviously remain a top priority booster foreign policy chops all proving or lesions to israel then you had back to the united states where new hampshire usually ends up in the spotlight and sure this is looking ahead but it seems that a candidate if they can do well in the primaries in new hampshire and they've got a good chance for about iowa they could do well with new hampshire and iowa and you've got the primaries in the bag so first stop israel next stop the primaries it's the road to the white house straight through tell of the

but huckabee's comments came the same week as another head scratcher, where he wrongly asserted that president obama was raised in kenya. it's the kind of unforced error presidential candidates can't afford. another likely candidate, mitt romney, used a weekend appearance in new hampshire to attack a more traditional target -- president obama and his health care law. >> one thing i would never do is usurp the constitutional power of states with a one size fits all federal takeover. i would repeal obamacare. >> rick klein, as always, keeping watch in washington. it seems so early to talk about all this, but four years ago, where were we? >> reporter: 17 candidates four years ago at this stage. one of them had already dropped out. this time around, there are only two presidential exploratory committees that have been formed. hardly at the top of anyone's short list. >> but 17 this time four years ago. so, what's the differences? >> the conventional wisdom on how you pay for a campaign has really flipped on its head. it used to be, you got in early to raise as much as you could early on

huckabee >>catherine: >>this just in to the kron 4 news room albany police found a policmissing teenager. ammunition, and a gun were also missing. this is the albany school district they got word that the boy was missing. perhaps had a gun. a lockdown. there is the picture 16 year-old. concerns that he could show up to the school with that gun. however, he is in custody and looking for the gun. the bottom line is that he has been in found, safe. and his family has been notified. stay with us will be back after this break. (announcer) roundup extended control is no ordinary weed killer. because it does two jobs... at the same time. one: it kills the weeds you have - right down to the root. two: it forms a barrier, that prevents new weeds from growing for up to four months. roundup extended control - kills and prevents. >> kimberlee: in tech news, the ipad and the white iphone. according to the settlement, the device is poor quality photographs. and this white makes the proximity sensor less effective. and with the light reflected around the environment, impacting the quality of the photos

before former arkansas governor fox news host and possible twenty twelve presidential candidate mike huckabee and mike has a habit of saying. pretty comments when he's on the radio and we already showed you his obama grew up in kenya rant earlier this week but his latest target wasn't president obama nancy pelosi or harry reid no this time he has issues with actress natalie portman's portman this was not all her talk about her winning an oscar last sunday night and being pregnant and anway. since it's troubling people are naturally portman or some other hollywood starlet who broke hey look you know we're having children but i'm very good having these children are doing just fine but there aren't really a lot of moms out there who are making millions of dollars of your movie and i think it's a distorted image just on everybody are. most single moms are very poor uninsured it can't reach out and if it weren't for government assistance and starting a new version of health care and a story that we're not seeing and it's unfortunate that we war in iraq. out of children good luck. where do we even

now before we go it's time for our tweeted a possible presidential candidate mike huckabee said that president obama's world view is most certainly how they're by where he grew up how could he then said that he grew up in kenya i mean how many times is this issue true also obama was born in the u.s. only lived overseas for a few years a child and he was in kenya so tonight we think that obama should flee to huckabee please run in two thousand and twelve to be easy to run against somebody that's cute and they're pretty night still make sure you come back tomorrow and in the meantime the news is the aftermath of the latest headlines for us around. download the official policy of location to i phone the i pod touch from the i choose option. life on the go. video on demand keys minefield costs and this feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. today violence is one city.

huckabee, palin, i say right now out and out. it will be tempting if the field doesn't get stronger. >> you're missing one. john huntsman is making signs toward a run. >> chris: who is he? i want you to explain. >> by the way, i also have to do my disclaimer. my husband is advisor to romney. hunts is president obama's embass -- huntsman is president obama's advisor and he is leaving and he might be running. popular governor of utah. >> i'll help you out. i know it. four years ago, you had eight republicans in the race at this time. today you have zero if you eliminate herman king who i don't think has much of a chance. >> why are you eliminating herman king? >> and the reason for this is people don't think obama is beatable. >> oh, c'mon! >> i think four -- >> chris: you think that romney isn't in the race because he's scared of obama? >> what? >> chris: you think mitt romney isn't in the race because he's scared of obama? >> he is in the race to raise his speaking fees and sell books. >> chris: thank you, panel. you know, this i

newt gingrich, mike huckabee, mitt romney, michele bachmann, cannot win in a general election.he idea should be to beat the current administration, to win and not to have our favorites unnecessarily nominated. if i had to pick one at this point, i would say tim pawlenty. governor christie has been adamant. i think he needs more experience under his belt. hopefully, the soon the recently former ambassador to china, the former governor of utah has done a spectacular job in utah. i used to live there. i think he is a winnable in a general election. if i could incured by fellow voters to do one thing it would be not to become so enamored with the first half of the demographic. it has to be said out loud that barack obama one of the main reasons he won is because he was the first winnable african- american. so many african-americans i know was so twitter pated about that. host: we will take our final call. dave in pittsburgh on the democrats' line. turn down your tv if you could dave. let's try again. dave in its prepaittsburgh. caller:

. >> reporter: mike huckabee, former and possible future republican candidate for president later said he never meant to attack portman. but huckabee's comments came the same week as another head-scratcher where he wrongly asserted that president obama was raised in kenya. it's the kind of unforced error presidential candidates can't afford. another likely candidate, mitt romney, used the weekend appearance in new hampshire to attack a more traditional target. president obama and his health care law. >> one thing i would never do is usurp the constitutional power of states with a one size fits all federal takeover. i would repeal obamacare. >> reporter: this time four years ago there were 17 presidential candidates and one had already dropped out. this time around, two candidates are all that are in the republican field. the field is late developing but lots of republicans will be in before it's over. rick klein, abc news, washington. >>> it was a frightening night for some people in north carolina who will wake up this morning to a trail of twisted debris. a tornado may have touched d

i mean you make the decision now, and i think the decision they are looking at, mike huckabee had aneresting thing to say. talked to him a couple of weeks ago. and he said look, he said barack obama is not going have a hillary this time. and he's already said, put out word, ot bama campaign which seems to have taken full form that they are goinging to raise a billion dollars. so he said you go through this long, costly, bloody battle and you win the nomination, david said could be extended, into april or may. and may of 2012, you say you facial an incumbent president who, with a billion dollars in his kicker and all the advantages of incumbency. but what that overlooks is that given the news of today and unrest in the middle east, the absolute unrest, that we could be looking at gasoline at $200 a bar em and $6 a gallon. and if that is the case, jim, your library board trustee in kankakee as an incumbent you will not be re-elected in 2012. >> lehrer: let's talk about president obama, the middle east and libia. he is catching heat from republicans and well as democrats about how he ha