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and with us from florida tonight is john dickerson. what is it about florida where we end up having all these political moments in that state? >> what happened is the race, basically on the republican side, came down to a two-man race between mitt romney and newt gingrich. of course ron paul and rick santorum wouldn't like this characterization. but this battle we've always seen is between romney and the non-mitt romney and finally there was a person to fill that slot and that was newt gingrich. what was amazing is basically they flipped positions. in south carolina gingrich was hard charging. now after two debates, it's romney who has been on the offensive in a way we've not seen him before and gingrich is a little bit lost and at sea. florida mearments of course in the republican race but also it's 29 electoral votes in the general election. so this is a -- an important proving ground. >> did romney make a deliberate shift? was this calculated? >> as gwynn said in the opening, he saw his political life flash before him over the weeke

flaws that make it impossible for him to be president. >> watching it all our political director john dickerson, john, thanks. >> so this is the first time now that three different candidates have won the first three contests on the republican side. the latest cbs news estimates put mitt romney atop the delegate count but those totals are far below more than the 1100 necessary to claim the gop nomination. more politics, president obama delivers his third state of the union address to congress on tuesday. then he hits the road. bill plante is at the white house tonight. bill, good evening to you. >> good evening, jeff, well first, they wouldn't admit it here but they couldn't be more delighted that gingrich upended the south carolina primary by winning, and that mitt romney lost the middle class voters. because those are the voters that the president is targeting in his state of the union address. president obama is still working on tuesday's state of the union address. but it will sound a lot like speeches he's been making, particularly one he made last month in kansas. a call for economic fair

we're joined now by john dickerson, also in des moines. john, good evening to you. jan mentioned that more voters seem to be okay with mitt romney, but there still continues to be this significant santorum surge. we wanted to ask you, is it conceivable that santorum wins iowa? >> if you look at the "des moines register" poll, which is respected because anne seltzer who runs it has a good track record of predicting the final out com, the poll suggests real momentum for santorum. when they first started polling last tuesday, he got 10% of the vote. by friday he got 22% of the vote. if that surge continues, he could become the candidate for those voters who want anybody but romney. the challenge for santorum is whether that group of voters is big enough. >> jeff: which could end up meaning more good news for romney. >> romney could come out on top if other voters are spread out among his other challengers. one additional reason evangelical voters have not coalesced around a romney alternative is that while he may not be their first choice, he's not objectionable. in th

and for more perspective on the republican race we're joined by cbs news political director john dickerson. john, good evening to you. so, this conservative support for santorum tonight, how much does it really help him going forward? >> well, it's a nice shot in the arm for santorum. he's been third in some of the polls, so it gives him some attention now that he need it. but the question is how much does it really help him? this group got together. they said he's the one, but they didn't call for any of the other candidates to drop out and that's been the problem with those candidates running against mitt romney. they're all splitting the vote. so this group of conservative elites didn't call for anybody to drop out. they didn't say that mitt romney was absolutely unacceptable. although, that's, of course, the energy behind why this meeting was put together. so santorum needs a big boost. this gave him a little one. we'll see if in the coming days he can make more of it. >> i think i hear you saying this is still romney's race in south carolina and beyond, right? >> that's the way it loo

and this year, anthony they have a very strong motivation and they all want to beat obama. >> john dickerson in new hampshire, thanks, john. >> new hampshire's unemployment rate is just 5.2 percent, more than three points below the national average, but the economy is still the number one issue in the granite state and republican voters are sharply divided over which candidate is best able to turn things around. chip reid reports. >> hi, how are you? >> mitt romney's business background and record governing massachusetts has home builder fully in his camp. >> he took over that governorship and balanced a $3 billion deficit in four years while he was governor. >> he did it with bipartisanship, crossing party lines and finding compromise that everybody could live with. >> he has built 3,500 homes over the past 30 years is looking for more common sense and less partisanship in government. and he sees those qualities in romney. >> i would say he is a pragmatic republican. >> here on main street in downtown nashua, not every republican is sold on mitt romney, some small business owners say if you

jan crawford and john dickerson are covering. the government launches a new attack on alzehimer's disease. dr. jon lapook has the battle plan. and he risked his life to save his shipmates. john blackstone on why it's taken 66 years to honor his war- time heroism. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. divers pulled five bodies from the partially sunken "costa concordia" today, bringing the dead in the italian ship disaster to at least 11. the captain has been placed under house arrest with dramatic few evidence tonight that he left the ship before his passengers. we now have these remarkable pictures of the friday night evacuation. this is black and white infrared video taken from a helicopter and those dark figures are hundreds of passengers standing on the side of the ship and lowering themselves in a long line down a rope ladder into the sea. 24 are still missing, including jerry and barbara heil of white bear lake, minnesota. the "costa concordia" nearly a thousan

reports from dean reynolds, jan crawford and john dickerson. allen pizzey at the italian cruise ship disaster. new audio tape raises more questions about the captain. new guidelines for heart patients-- dr. john lapook with everything they need to know about sex, but may be afraid to ask. and did the rules of war cost a wounded soldier his life? >> my husband laid there, wondering why nobody is coming to get him. >> pelley: david martin on whether changing those rules could save lives. captioning sponsored captioning sponsored by cbs elles is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. >> pelley: good evening. mitt romney has just found out that you can't count on anything in politics, not even the elections you win. today iowa republicans took away his victory in the caucuses, and his lead heading into saturday's disary in south carolina has thinenly disappeared. look at how quickly things have changed. in a poll taken the day after se iowa caucuses, romney was far ahead in south carolina, 31% to newt gingrich's 24%. but

our cbs news political director john dickerson has been traveling the byways of florida talking to republican voters. john, what are you hearing? >> what you hear from voters, scott, is that mitt romney has sewn the seeds of doubt about newt gingrich. they worry that gingrich is too unpredictable and he'll botch the chance republicans have to beat barack obama. voters also tell you something in ma what they're not saying. last week in south carolina, voters talked about gingrich almost like a preacher in that he spoke to their conservative passion. you don't hear that as widely here in part because romney has forced gingrich to spend so much time defending himself. even when voters feel more passionate about another candidate, they pick romney. a woman i talked to said she really wanted to vote for rick santorum but in the end she picked romney because she believed he could beat barack obama. i wanted to go with my heart, she told me, but in the end i went with my head. >> pelley: john, they will take their hearts and their heads to the polls tomorrow morning. thank you very much. federal inv

cbs news political director john dickerson is on the campaign trail in miami. okay, john, three days to go. romney's got the momentum, gingrich seems way off balance. the exact opposite of what happened in south carolina. i mean, who could have predicted this? >> reporter: that's right. mitt romney is the one with the spring in his step now, unlike a week ago in south carolina. and gingrich is off his game. with no more debates to allow him to remind people what they liked about him-- which was that he could be a forceful advocate for their conservative cause-- he's left a complaint about romney. as a gingrich adviser put to me, what gingrich needs to do is remind people why they want to vote for newt gingrich, not why romney is bad and that message doesn't look like it's getting through. >> for gingrich, going forward, the establishment is against gaens him. he hasn't got the money. he hasn't got the organization. he has to be worried tonight, don't you think? >> reporter: they are worried. those establishment attacks, the attacks from his peers, have hurt him

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out in des moines in the law library at the iowa state capital political director john dickerson who is up early joined by the legendary political reporter david yepson so many years at the des moines register and politico's chief white house correspondent mike allen. how many of these caucuses have you actually written about and covered? >> well, all of them since 1976. more than i sometimes care to remember. >> schieffer: i was right there with you. i haven't seen, in all those years, any of them quite like this one. we've had some weird ones down through the years. what about this one, we're seeing? it just seems every week somebody else is at the top and somebody goes right straight to the bottom. >> i think one of the big differences-- and you've already mentioned it in the show-- is the citizens united decision and all this attack media that is sloshing around. it is really incredible. it's had an impact. it explains a lot of this ebb and flow of the race. the candidate jumps out ahead and then he's hit or she's hit by a wave of this attack television. rick santorum is lucky be

our cbs news political director john dickerson has been freezing on the campaign trail with santorum for the last few days. john? >> reporter: well, rick santorum has done 370 events. he closed it out today and i caught up with him at his last one before the vote. he said he's more conservative than mitt romney, which means he's the better candidate to beat barack obama. >> what we've seen in past elections is that when we have bright contrast, that's worked out well for conservatives and republicans. if you say "we're willing to settle for something less than what america needs" then you haven't done your job of being bold at a time that our country needs big changes. >> reporter: if santorum can convince voters to be bold and he hopes to translate a win tonight or doing very well in iowa into a jolt of money and into a bigger organization, scott, so that he can go into the next stage of the campaign in new hampshire where he races tomorrow. >> pelley: john, thanks very much. one of the most controversial candidates is making his third try at the republican nomination, texas congress

our political director john dickerson is with the paul campaign tonight. jo john? >> reporter: ron paul campaigning in nashua, new hampshire, today, predicted a real nice second-place finish. though surveys have shown that he is regularly come in in second place behind mitt romney. his pitch has been consistent: a libertarian message of individual liberty, adherence to the constitution, and free market. that economic philosophy is so consistent he was the only candidate to defend mitt romney's career as a venture capitalist. his antiwar stance and his unmatched candor have made him popular to a wide variety of voters-- college students, disaffected democrats and even evangelical republicans. if he does well tonight as he expects, ron paul may get the largest share of a presidential primary vote that he's ever gotten before. but the question, scott, as you mentioned, is whether the jon huntsman surge may upend that real nice second-place finish that ron paul expects. >> pelley: thank you very much, john. newt gingrich was once a national front-runner but he told us

more on the hunt for votes in the hawkeye state we are joined by cbs news political director john dickerson, also in des moines. rick santorum was counted out not to go ago by a lot of people. now he's on a roll. what does that mean. >> every republican candidate has had a chance to be the surge candidate in the polls for republican looking for an alternative to mitt romney. for rick santorum, there are two challenges. he has to be better than newt gingrich who has been dropping but still has support, and he's got to challenge ron paul who is tied near the top of the polls with romney and has a very strong ground organization. the other challenge for santorum if he emerges strong from iowa how he, with his legislative experience, argues that he's a better challenger for barack obama than mitt romney who is running on his executive experience as a business man and governor. >> mitchell: earlier, mitt romney seemed to blow off iowa, didn't participate in the straw polls, didn't acontinued a couple of differences there. was all of this part of his strategy, do you think? >> it's a strategic bl

john dickerson is our cbs news political director. he's been traveling all over south carolina in these last many days, talking to the folks there. and, jon, let me ask you, what are you seeing tonight? >> reporter: well, scott, i talked to a republican strategist today, and they say voters in south carolina like to back whoever they think is the winner, and in recent days, people have been talking about newt gingrich in that way. he appeals-- even the romney campaign is conceding now it looks like it's going to be gingrich's night. he appeals to the passion. voters nod their heads, they slap their knees when he talks. if the republican race has been a contest between mitt romney and the reasonable candidate and the others who appeal to the heart, that's what gingrich does, and it looks like the heart is having a good night tonight in south carolina. >> pelley: yes, john, but gingrich has been running on a shoe string. assuming he does well tonight, how does he go on? >> reporter: he'll have 10 days to capture this momentum in florida

will hear from dave berry, the humorist, florida congressman mario by as and allen plus our own john dickerson and miami herald -- >> this is face the nation in florida. captioning sponsored by cbs and now, from miami, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> good morning, again, and we begin with a little news today, donald trump told me last night that if republicans nominate a candidate who he thinks can't win he may run himself as an independent. >> our interview with him will come in a little while. first it is a big day here. the marathon got underway this morning, 25,000 people are running. and the miami herald poll is out this morning and says newt gingrich has lost the lead he once held in the polls here. mitt romney is now ahead by double digits. rick santorum and ron paul are far behind. >> last week we invited romney and gingrich for a one-on-one conversation on face the nation. romney wanted no part of that, but gingrich agreed and in an interview on his campaign bus, he told us why he now says romney is too dishonest to be president. >> here is the interview. >> let me ask you th

i'm here with bob schieffer and now joined by our political director john dickerson.ood morning. >> good morning. >> this mystery to me, where did the evangelical christians go. we see in the des moines register poll and i asked michele bachmann about them if she thought they might have become democrats and she said she was sure that was not the case. in 2008, 60% of the turnout here was the evangelical christian vote. the register poll is now projecting that -- the poll now only 30% of the vote this time will be evangelical christian. where are they? what happened? >> here is the speculation so far. which is in 2008, mike huckabee was a special case. he was an evangelical christian and spoke and lived the life that these evangelical christians lived so they came out from all corners. he appealed to homeschoolers a whole cast of people who hadn't been involved in the caucus before. what happened on caucus night the republicans involved in the caucuses before said who are these people who are here? they were all of the huckabee voters. he grew the number of voters out

andrews is with ron paul and dean reynolds is following newt ging gingrich, but we begin with john dickerson who covering rick santorum's campaign. >> reporter: he has the momentum. he was expecting to be speaking to an empty ballroom but it's chaos here. he is the person mitt romney has to worry about now. he is sort of the alternative to mitt romney in the race. he, hopefully, will get some money and go into new hampshire where he has an organization and hope he can weather both the attacks from mitt romney and the other candidates but then also press scrutiny that will come with being co-front-runner are mitt romney. south carolina is stronger territory for santorum so you could see this go on for a few more contests. >> romney really kept expectations low here for months and then the campaign started to gradually increase them over the past week. so we saw a much more confident mitt romney coming out and saying he wanted to win iowa. he said he thought he could win, i think he was talking more about th general election, but no question they thought they would do well here. they did do we

rick santorum had a late surge in the pre-caucus polls and our cbs news political director john dickerson has been freezing on the campaign trail, with the former senator from pennsylvania over the last several days. john? >> rick santorum is doing well tonight because of his iron man campaign. almost 380 visits in the state of iowa. i caught up with him at his last event before the voting started. he said he's more conservative than mitt romney which makes him the candidate who can beat barack obama. >> what we've seen in past elections is that when we have great contrasts, that's worked out well for conservatives and republicans. if you say we're willing to settle for something less than what america needs and you haven't done your job of being bold at a time when our country needs big changes. >> reporter: santorum is hoping that voters will be bold. if they are and he does well, he can translate into into a jolt of money and make his organization bigger so that he can do well in states like new hampshire, scott, where he races tomorrow to start the next phase of the campaign. >> pelle

for some insight into that we turn to john dickerson, our cbs news political director who's been talking to voters in south carolina this week. john? >> reporter: in talking to voters at various events, i got two reactions. one was from people who thought, gee, they paid a little bit more than 15%. one man said given all of the money governor romney has, shouldn't he pay a little bit more. but the overwhelming reaction was from people who saw nothing wrong with them. governor romney didn't break any rules and they like lower capital gains. a woman from lexington, south carolina, explained in the textbook fashion. she said "lower capital gains allow people like governor romney to invest in companies. companies then hire workers and that keeps the economy going." voters are also skeptical of any republican who would use this against romney. sounds like the dems, said one voter, in what what he called class warfare talking points. >> pelley: john, those are republicans in south carolina. how will this play going forward into the general election? >> reporter: in the general election, it's a

our political director john dickerson is with the paul campaign tonight. john? >> campaigning in nashua, new hampshire today ron paul said he would like a nice second place finish. well, he's battling for that now. as you can hear behind me, the music is playing loud. chants of president paul erupt. what they like is his consistent pitch. that libertarian message of individual freedom, support for the constitution, and free markets. markets. paul's economic philosophy is so consistent he supported mitt romney against his rivals who were attacking his career as a venture capitalist. if ron paul's message goes across the board. he is trouncing his opponents tonight with 18- to 29-year-olds and also doing very well with those voters who wanted a true conservative. if paul does as well as he thinks he'll do tonight he will get the largest share he's ever gotten in a presidential primary. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. newt gingrich was once a national frontrunner, but he told us yesterday that he intended to, quote, survive new hampshire. dean reynolds is wit

john dickerson has been driving the by-ways of south carolina talking to folks, and john, why gingrich, why now? >> reporter: the reason gingrich has momentum is south carolina voters want to beat barack obama. it's the central thing that comes up in every conversation i have with voters and that's why these debates have worked so well to give gingrich momentum over rick santorum who is trying to consolidate those voters who don't like mitt romney. when happens when people think about the debate is they think about that time in the fall when the republican nominee will go up against barack obama, they want gingrich in there, as one vote put it to bloody the president's nose. >> pelley: thanks very much. later in the broadcast, we will take you back to south carolina for elaine quijano's look at a controversial new rule that requires the unemployed to take any work that's available. jobs are on the minds of 18,000 people who work for eastman kodak. the storied company based in rochester, new york since 1888, filed for bankruptcy today. it plans to reorganize to stay in business. that's