will it be michele bauchmann? i mean, will it be mitt romney? rick perry? those the individuals who are going to feel so much more deeply about how african-american people are impacted. it's time to start having a conversation when we compare the policies of president obama to the alternative. we've been comparing this president to the almighty for long enough. and just for a little while during this election, we're going to have an alternative. >> you brought up this communication issue. you believe the white house just hasn't had the conversation -- have they not be, for instance, with the congressional black caucus what i hear is not having enough meetings with them, frankly, in the same way you would have meetings with other key leadership groups in congress. >> chuck, i think that's a fair criticism. and i do believe that the white house is going to have to have a number of tough conversations and really lay out in detail why the president made the decisions that he has made. but i do agree and believe that's a fair criticism. but on the facts, i would

let's start with michele bauchmann. this was when she was asked about her husband's clinic.atch this and see how she reacted. >> what is your opinion on the therapy? and is it something that is conducted at that center? >> well, i'm running for the presidency of the united states. and i'm here today to talk about job creation and also the fact that we do have a business that deals with job creation. we're very proud of the business that we've created. >> i mean, todd, that was marvelous there. she completely rolled the question and said something completely different. >> right. so the research that i've been doing with my corroborator mike norton, we've done a series of these experiments where we have speakers offer answers to questions that are objectively different than the question they're asked. but feel similar. and what we found is that viewers watching this exchange often, most of the time, fail to realize that the speaker didn't answer the question and rate the speaker just as likable, honest, and trustworthy as if they had answered the question. but that's not true

republican presidential candidate michelle bauchmann was quick to last president obama today for the downgrade in the credit rating. >> not once did any president ever lose our triple a credit rating, not once despite all of this adversity have we ever lost that rating and now for the first time since 1917 the united states, last night, lost that credit rating. >>> bauchmann predicted that interest rates will rise as a result. it's not known yet whether they actually will. >> in his weekly address to the nation, president obama focused on improving the economy by finding jobs for the unemployed. >> our job has to be doing whatever we can to help folks find work and help create the climate where business can put up the job listing. we've got to rebuild this economy in the sense of security that middle class families have felt slipping away for years. >> he went on to say politics need to be pushed aside to allow the economy to grow. he also called on congress to extent tax cuts for the middle class. >> you can find continuing coverage on our website. just click on the wall street tab

rick perry can probably take a chip out of michele bauchmann as well as rick santorum, and especiallythere is another competition here. who is the best looking? mitt romney or rick perry? clark kent and bruce wayne. they're both handsome. >> oh, i love you. 20 seconds now. >> it may come down to better hair. >> this is the buzzer-beater for the day. talking about mike huckabee. he's going to join gospel singer and presidential candidate herman cain on stage this weekend. if you had your choice and could recommend to them, what song should they play? >> the very first concert i ever went to was the reverend al green, and i would say let's stay together. i went to that before guns and roses. i would say "let's stay together." let's play that. >> what do you say they should play? >> i have two suggestions. one is "coming in on a wing and a prayer" and the second one is that he should whip out his bass guitar, which he loves to jam to, huckabee does, and play bon jovi's "on a prayer," as well because that's exactly what herman cain's going to need to make it anywhere in the gop primary. >

michele bauchmann's got to have a win in iowa.ike a rubber match between bauchman and perry to see who gets to round two. romney's got to expand the board, though, because if somebody in iowa, like rick perry wins iowa, gets momentum, and then goes to new hampshire, loses by a little bit, goes to south carolina and wins, it's game over for everybody, and perry's the nominee. >> more chess as this all plays out. it's fun, kind of complicated, but it's why we're here. >>> he's back home in israel tonight, he'll talk to us about the deadliest attack in more than two years in israel and the other big changes in the region. [ male announcer ] if you're in a ford f-150 and you see this... it's the end of the road. the last hurrah. it's when ford's powertrain warranty ends. but in this ram truck, you've still got 39,999 miles to go. ♪ guts. glory. ram. ♪ man on tv: ...rbis and 36 homers. swings at the first pitch and fouls it deep back into the stands. [ding] [fans whirring] announcer: chill raw and prepared foods promptly. one in 6 amer