the new hampshire gop has been fantastic, very supportive. tary of state who has the end say in this situation. but we reached out to him and he did not return our calls. we did have the governor reach out to him, as well. during that time, he said he did not have his date picked and he said he was going to wait on us. we did exactly that, picked the date. >> you had to have known what your date wag goes to set off. you're familiar with the new hampshire law. why can you all not go three days later which will allow them to take the 10th and still be within their law? >> we want to have ours on a saturday because it's a caucus, it's not a primary. it's a state meeting, if you will, not an actual full blown election. we picked that date. they knew in advance. and it's set. >> didn't you also know in advance that that was going to be problematic for new hampshire? >> no, absolutely we didn't. we had several conversations with them and they didn't inform us until it was too late. >> are you telling me this is all because of a miscommunication and

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just how much has the tea party defined the gop? and the bottom line on the economy, it's the biggest issue in the nation right now. each of the candidates think their tax plan is the right one and we'll take a closer look as the bells ring, let's go out front. hello, everyone. out front live in las vegas. feels good to say that. we're just an hour away. we have seven republican candidates squaring off for their party's nomination to challenge president barack obama next november. >> herman cain surging in the polls to defend his front of runner status. rick perry could be dropping and that could be the comeback story of the night and mitt romney, slow, but steady. in a poll released this morning and lagging behind cain in likability, can he pull more gop voters to the side? we have a lot lined up for you. we want to begin with two of our special guests, john avalon, senior economist for "news week" and the daily beast, cnn chief political analyst and all of this action was buzzing around as the show began. >> a lot of people over th

>> i think that the gop any contentiousness in the primary even the gop or a democratic primary certainly his campaign moving forward. i think the bigger issue for mitt romney, though, is going to be the flipflopping. he's going to be hammered on that. most of the base of the republican party don't have a problem with his religion. what they have a problem with is the trust factor. mitt romney was previously pro choice. he supported healthcare reform and now he's campaigning about the very things that he championed in the past. that's where the discontent with mitt romney really comes from. and that's where there's an opportunity for president obama, as well as his economic record. >> here's the take away -- when you look at the straw poll, ron paul winning again. 37% of the folks voting for him there. the two presumed frontrunners, rick perry, romney, not faring so well. what is the take away, anne? >> forgive me if i'm skeptical. it's a straw poll. it's not a real poll. this is not going to be determinative of who the nominee is. in the long run. but it doesn't give either one of them t

. >> with governor chris christie out, there may be a new front runner in the gop race. e are learning which candidates are pulling in top dollar. nikole killion is at the white house with more in our commitment 2012 report. >> now that the gop race is settling down, a new poll shows mitt romney stands the best chance against president obama. mitt romney campaigning in florida, and still the front runner with a 21% lead among republican voters. >> that is the good news. the challenges for him to move on, especially with chris christie at of the race. >> he still has plenty of competition. herman cain is in second place, but a cbs news poll shows them tight. asn's climbed aboard comes rick perry plunges to third. he still managed to bring in plenty of campaign cash since getting into the race. >> it could very well be that perry, even though he is having more trouble lately, might be able to come back into the race. >> ron paul hopes to stick it out. >> we are very pleased and believe we will have the energy to keep the campaign moving right along. >> none of the gop candi

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the gop opposes tax increases. they will support entitlement cuts if they're raised on the wealthy. >> it's not fare to say to a senior you're going to pay more for social security and we're not going touch the hair of the wealthiest people in the country. >> reporter: the stakes are high. the recommend as, if not approved by both houses of congress, that will trigger automatic spending cuts, affecting federal programmings that -- programs that appeal to both parties. >>> as for the presidential race, rick perry might be skipping some of the debates and admits he's not a strong debater. the evidence is in the polls. meantime, rival herman cain was campaigning in his backyard. president obama will hold a fund raiser here and even though the election is a year away, hard to believe we're talking about it, some wonder if the electoral college is a viable way to choose a president. most americans want to dump the system and rely on popular votes. joining us now is american university professor lenny steinhorn. always go

, and recognizable leadership within the gop. done nothing during this primary, it's that he has brought forth the conversation that it's not just democrats who are looking to present diverse candidates to the general population. i think that is a very, very good thing. >> will? >> yeah, and i love lz's feedback on this, kyra. but it's not just showing that the gop is cool with black people, but that black people can be cool with the gop as well. as is stands right now, 80% to 90% of the black population votes democrat. now, there are many historical reasons why that might be, and many of them are legitimate. but it doesn't reflect a strong diversity of opinion within the black community. and what's concerning to me is the 10% of black people that do come out as conservative are branded often as clowns or uncle toms. cornel west saying he needs to get off the crack pipe. i hope that herman cain can change this perspective. >> i don't think he will. i don't think that herman cain changes that. >> will he attract black voters? what

. >>> two days before the cnn western republican debate in las vegas, one gop candidate is swearing off the entire state of nevada. not stepping a foot inside at all straight ahead. we'll tell you who that is and why he's staying away. >>> and it wouldn't be the campaign season without the late night comics having a little fun at the candidates' expense. here is jimmy fallon channeling a certain former massachusetts governor. >> hello. i'm mitt romney. no, i'm not. and i'm ready to fight for america. no. i have a job plan to help deal with our nation's soaring unemployment and this plan will bring jobs back to our country. that jobs plan won't work. i'm a patriot. and i love the red, white and blue. i also love the colors orange and purple. of course, magenta is the best. send me to washington so we can finally put regular hard working people above these greedy corporations. corporations are people. ♪ kingdoms and queens ♪ they all bow down to you ♪ ♪ branches and ranch hands ♪ are bowin', too ♪ and i've taken off... [ man ] we could have gone a more traditional route... but it wouldn't

what did you think here for the gop? for the republican party? is that what they want to be showing america, the way their leadership is acting right now? >> a couple points. i think care he is not exactly right in the sense that, we don't really know how these things are going to play. so for example, i think when rick lazio invaded hillary clinton's space in that famous debate, his team thought he did great. they were like, excited. but in fact what happened, is that the bottom dropped out. a lot of women watching that debate felt like rick lazio was bullying her. something else happened last night, by the way. mitt romney put his hand on rick perry. i don't know how that will play out. but that picture, is on the cover of a lot of papers. one last element though, i will add, is republicans want a fighter. so i don't necessarily think this bickering is bad as long as it eventually ends because this shows that rick perry for example, for the first time, can fight. >> yeah, you know, critics have been saying karen, and you are well aware, there w

cain mania has taken over the gop. r front-runner. >> the i want of -- ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america >> the pizza man, the guy who puts out hilariously bizarre ads with random campaign managers smoking cigarettes, the guy with no knowledge of foreign countries. wow. so how did he get here? mr. front-runner, meet mr. microscope, an explosive peet in "new york times" today takes us inside the chaos of the campaign. former staffers spill the dirt on campaign, being m.i.a., not planning conference calls, staff meetings, calling off appearances at the last minute. and mr. nice guy routine, not with the folks in his campaign. a memo was sent out to the staff that said, quote -- do not speak to cain unless you are spoken to. and some former staffers couldn't believe he focused on a book tour smack in the middle of the campaign. inch they can go to this is herman cain.com. that happens to be the name of the book. >> folks, we're getting a look at the real herman cain. joining me now is chris hays, ho

> reporter: her decision a day after new jersey governor chris christie decided not to run leaves the gopld largely set. a cbs news/"the new york times" shoal shows mitt romney and herm anne cain tied with the lead, with rick perry slipping to third. because palin isn't running for office doesn't mean you won't see her on the campaign trail. she plans to use her strong tea party backing to help other elective conservatives to congress and the white house. >> not being a candidate, really you're unshackled and you're allowed to be even more active and i look forward to helping coordinate the strategies that will assist in replacing our president. >> reporter: she may have answered one big question, but now palin has to decide who she will endorse. now, palin says she and her husband devote themselves to god, family, and country, and that this decision maintains that order. betty? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. >>> arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is back in washington. today for the second time since she was shot last january. her last trip was in august when congress

. >>> now to the race for the gop presidential nomination. chris christie plans to continue as the governor of new jersey. following weeks of speculation and pressure from some republicans, christie said he will not seek the republican presidential nomination. a just released cbs news poll finds the gop field has shifted. mitt romney and herman cain is in the lead. favored by 17% republican primary voters. texas governor rick perry has slipped to third. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on christie's decisions and the complications for the gop contenders. good morning, susan. >> hi, good morning, betty. >> reporter: christie says no, likely a big relief for the romney campaign. that poll still shows romney with the best odds of defeating president bill plante, but there is no denying the gains being made by herman cain. >> in the end, what i have always felt was the right decision, remains the right decision today. now is not my time. >> reporter: and with that, governor christie slammed the door on a 2012 run for the white house, tell

there is a not of approval for this on the gop side. ill pass, but they are not beating the drum in a pro rights manner. they realize the country is very much focused on unemployment right now. that being said, this causes very em passioned debate on the house floor. republicans saying there should in no way have any type of federal imprint on anything that can go towards abortion. democrats are making a plea and calling republicans me soj niftic because of their viewpoints on this. there is this idea that those who do not perform abortions will be given the right to continue that under any circumstances and the idea behind that is in the case of rape or incest or a mother who should carry it out and there will be no prosecution they did not. that's why you let women die. in theory, women want to go to a hospital and they could let them die. most likely that would not occur. >> let me transition you to what's going on in the senate. leaders are presenting their alternative jobs bill. senator john mccain and rand paul among others. what c

these next eight weeks and they may be agreeing with those who saying the debates are not doing rick perry any favors. rick perry's next gop debate could be one of his last. >> rick, i'm speaking. i'm speaking. i'm speaking! >> reporter: following several weak performances and a slip in the polls, the texas governor is considering skipping some upcoming debates to reignite his campaign. he will face off with his rivals in michigan november 9th, but he hasn't committed to any other debates. >> i would never skip a debate. >> reporter: the rest of the gop field was quick to criticize him. >> i don't see how somebody can say that they can't debate rick santorum or newt gingrich or ron paul, but they will be ready to debate barack obama. >> reporter: perry has long admitted he is not a strong debater. believing he is better at one-on-one interaction with voters. all of the gop candidates have their work cut out for them. a new time magazine shows he still leads every single republican rival. at an education forum on thursday, michele bachmann attack the president's latest executive order helping student grads to pay off studen

but did he make the right decision to not run for the gop nomination? pollster frank luntz has the new dials with that answer. with big moves in the gop presidential field, what should republicans be looking for in their next candidate? bill bennett is here to break it all down. plus a new book alleges a racial agenda at the department of justice, former doj official jay christian adam social security here with a shocking new book. we're on the road to 2012 and hannity starts right here, right now. >> after months of speculation, rumors today, new jersey governor chris christie, he made it official. he is out for 2012. he announced his big decision at a press conference in trenton, new jersey, this afternoon. let's take a look. >> over the last few weeks, i thought long and hard about this decision. i've explored the options. i've listened to so many people and considered whether this was something that i needed to take on. but in the end, what i've always felt was the right decision remains the right decision today. now is not my time. i have a commitme

. >> herman cain is holding onto his narrow lead in the gop presidential field. a new poll shows herman cain and mitt romney separated by a thin margin. this is not good news for the other presidential hopefuls. >> herman cain is clinging to a slim lead over mitt romney in the latest des moines register poll. >> people connected with me and the specific solutions i am putting on the table. >> michele bachmann is pulling fourth. >> we are focusing on the primary dates. >> rick perry is who needs to be leading this country to get us out of this mess that washington, d.c. has got us in. >> ron paul says he will not consider a third-party run. the obama campaign is already warming up with a poke a mitt romney. -- at mitt romney. the fight for iowa and the gop nomination -- 64 days and counting. >> 8 hail of t -- a tail of two halves. jerry joins us live downtown with the highlights. >> how about the score in this game? the ravens trailed the arizona cardinals by 21 points in the second quarter. they catch the cardinals on the final play of the game. pick it up in the

this will be an unwelcome development to the center of the gop who are trying to blunt the charge from the tea party and others on the right and unite somehow behind a future nominee like mitt romney who the governor of new jersey endorsed yesterday. but as we learn tonight the numbers are still very much on the move and we begin with our white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. look, the republican establishment may believe they know who the republican challenger to president obama will be but republican voters have not gotten the memo. >> my top priority is nine, nine, nine. >> reporter: at tuesday night's new hampshire debate, businessman herman cain and his economic plan were center stage. in the new nbc wall street journal poll, cain is on top. he's never held elective office and now leads the republican field by 27%, followed by the establishment frontrunner mitt romney at 23%. rick perry, the leader of the gop pack a month ago saw his support fall by more than 20 points down to 16%. cain is the latest in

nevada is the next stop on the gop road to the white house. cnn and the western republican leadership conference are sponsoring a presidential debate in las vegas. that debate will take place tuesday at the venetian resort hotel casino and preparations are under way but not all the not presidential candidates will be there. jon huntsman is boycotting the debate saying nevada locked in a scheduling fight with new hampshire moved up the date of its primary. >> well, we call out all of the candidates to do similarly. they should be boycotting. unless there's a political interest in them being there, there's some political interest in being part of moving the schedule forward. you have to look in to that. >> instead of taking part in the debate, huntsman scheduled a town hall meeting in, you guessed it, new hampshire. herman kahne tells a crowd in tennessee his cam brought in $2.8 million between july and september. kahne's numbers are being closely followed as a gauge of whether he can keep up the recent momentum in the polls. he's krntly second.

all of the gop candidates have their work cut on foe mor them. he still leads every single republican rival. at an education forum on thursday, michele bachmann attacked aimed at helping -- >> it is unwise for the president to make the suggestion he did. >> reporter: but the president says he is not paying much attention to the gop pack. last night at a restaurant in washington he had dinner with four supporters. two retired teachers, a postal worker and a small business owner, all won a campaign contest to share a meal with the president. now the obama campaign flew in those four winners from four important states, alabama, minnesota, indiana, colorado, all states important to the re-election campaign. >> yep. it is up and going already for 2012. susan mcginnis in washington, thank you so much. >>> in washington, house of representatives is doing some skipping of its own. the house announced it will be in session for just 109 days next year, an election year. last year the house met 127 times. >>> the criminal case against john edwards is headed

we'll ask the sunday panel how it shakes up the battle for the gop nomination. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. on friday, president obama announced he will keep a campaign promise and bring all u.s. troops home from iraq by

which of the gop candidates economic plans that you heard so far makes the most sense to you?r answers. we'll reed some of your responds later in the show. >>> is there a marriage penalty built into president obama's health care law? according to some, yes. critics say it discourages marriage by making it easier for americans to get subsidies if single. joining us congressman co-chair of the house gop's doctor's caucus and a former california insuranctkpcommissio. gentlemen, welcome both. congressman, this information comes out today from analysis involving a joint committee on taxation says you do better if you are single once you get married and that income adds up less chance you are going to qualify for the subsidies. is there a marriage penalty in this health care law? >> not really. health care law does provide much better coverage for everybody married as well as single. it has to do with the tax credit that is available under the law. that tax credit is based upon the traditional poverty level that has been in the laws for 35 years. idç you look at that, if you are mar

different than -- you know, we went through a similar calendar issue that the gops had this time in the democratic party four years ago when we didn't think it was enough and we wanted more diversity, but yeah, i think for the gop primary voters, it is. >> karen, mark, matt, thank you so much for all your time this afternoon. do appreciate you. >>> a long road ahead in the northeast for nearly a million homes. a million homes are still without power from this weekend's historic snowstorm. it could be a week or more for some folks to get the power back on. trees and branches with icy leaves crashed to the ground, taking power lines with them. at least 12 deaths are being blamed on the storm so far. weather channel's mike seidel is in morris township, new jersey. mike, what do you see there this afternoon? >> you can see here, craig, we've got some serious issues all across new jersey. still a third of a million customers without power. you can hear the chain saw going in the background, more typical following a hurricane or an ice storm, not a snowstorm. but this is a whole different ani

can you win the gop nomination with that and if you did, will they turn out in the general election? >> well, let's start by remembering that this is a straw poll. there's a reason it's called that. this is not one of the more reliable polls. forgive me if i'm skeptical that this is determinant of the outcome of the race. he does need some kind of will symbolic win as does rick perry, quite frankly, if you look at these results. this doesn't give it to him. it sparks further the conversation that whether his mormonism is a liability. he may be able to turn this to his advantage. he's starting to do that with remarks about civil ilt. to make it about a broader values judgment. that's what he's going to try to do in the days ahead. you'll hear his people and others reminding us all that barack obama was able to win despite questions about his faith. it may not be determinant either. >> how about herman cain, he has been surging in the polls. he won another straw poll in minnesota this weekend. does he have a realistic chance of winning the nomination? >> i'm still dubious of that. but

he got into the race in july but has been shut out of every national gop debate. e republican candidate for president joins me now. he's also the former governor of louisiana and a four-term congressman and a democrat for most of time. thanks for joining me governor roemer. >> good alex. i've been enjoying watching you work. you have a tough job. >> i love my job. let get to the job that you want to get to. you've said that politics is corrupted. especially by dig donors. is this realistic to only accept small individual donations, a hundred bucks at a time rather than huge sums of cash? >> i need a million people. i need a million people who are looking for decent work who think trade with china is unfair the way it's practiced who want to grow america and who don't think wall street should own washington. i need a million people at a hundred dollars. you know, we have contributions from all 50 states, alex. we're the only guy running who has been a governor and a congressman. i grow jobs. that's what i do. small business, drilling for oil, safely and freely. we c

bob shrum and richard wolffe on the snarling gop. the tea party congressman who can't stop laughing at his constituents. >> you're a congressman, don't laugh at us. >> keep laughing, congressman. we'll see who gets the last laugh at year reelection time. >>> plus russell simmons on occupy wall street and the coming election. >> we want the politicians to work for the people. >> "politics nation" starts right now. >>> welcome to "politics nation." tonight's lead, america has a choice. it's a choice between a party that wants to get this country back to work and the one that doesn't. today the president and the first lady announced a series of initiatives aimed at getting jobs for the nation's veterans. >> everyone can do something. everyone can do something to honor and support the brave men and women who have served us all so well. >> getting jobs for our nation's veterans is something both sides have backed in the past, and the president isn't going to let the republicans forget that. >> when i first proposed this idea in a join sess

the congressional boundaries supported by the gop would created three minority-majority districts. the lines preserve the republican-leaning sixth district. >> it is compact, contiguous. it is a good map. >> republicans emphasized how their plan created more minority representation. your friend prompted a challenge from an african american delegate. >> you will see it and how concerned you are when other minority issues came up in the house. republicans questioned why the state attorney general office did not find that the plan in violation of the voting rights act. >> follow the spirit of the law. the letter will kill you. the spirit gives you life. >> one republican expressed concern that census figures included illegal immigrants, which would make the boundaries unfair and unlawful. >> was the subject of non- citizen non-voters brought to the attention of the committee? >> democrats supported the plan, dismissing concerns about mutual interest, which spurred debate. one republican said the map is a war against rural maryland. >> people in my community are hurting, asking not to b

i think you find that with a lot of the gop candidates. edibility to lodge attacks against this president on his foreign policy. he has done what he promised to do and has been the president he told us he would be. it's time for republicans to stand up and listen to americans and realize that it's time for us to move together and move together forward. i just don't understand some of the attacks that are coming. >> please stay with us. we will have more in a few moments. now to the end of the trading week, earlier stocks spiked on positive third quarter earnings from big u.s. companies. here is more with the cnbc market wrap. >> we will take a look at how stocks are doing right now. it is a green as good friday looking at the major averages. the dow up and the s&p up over 17 points and the nasdaq up about 25 points. how about a shot in the arm with promising news. unemployment rates fell in half of u.s. states last month. nationwide employers added about 103,000 jobs in september, nearly double the number created in august. first in busines

the gop every step of the way, they vote everything down. even bits and pieces that are gop friendly. what can we do? we are trying to get a handle on the economy and move things ahead. we are trying to put people back to work. we are trying to really get things going on the job and the economic front and we have so many opponents on the other side. the president has turned it back around with harry truman. >> we greatly appreciate it and will be talking with you both. much more ahead. thank you. coming up, we will get the latest from libya and the fight over gadhafi's body. and we are learning the is being kept in a commercial freezer. people are allowed to go in and get a glimpse of the man who was once their dictator. we will have much more on the situation on the ground in libya. tle emotional hetlretl?tl aren't you getting a little industrial? okay, there's enough energy right here in america. yeah, over 100 years worth. okay, so you mean you just ignore the environment. actually, it's cleaner. and, it provides jobs. and it helps our eco

they blame the gop to stopping them. icans on obama's economic policies, good idea, trouble getting them implemented, 52%. this is a fox poll, congresswoman. >> well, you know, they want on the first day of session that their number one goal was to make sure he was a one-term president, so even ideas that he has put forward that originated with them, when he puts them forward, they're again them. >> now, one of the things you and i were talking about at the martin luther king dedication is that the strength he has in communities of color, where they tried to say that it wasn't there. "new york times" did a story yesterday, black voters' support for obama is steady and strong. they have a poll showing overwhelming support among black voters, if there was a matchup between president obama and governor romney, 95% for obama, 3% for romney, which is more than what he got against mccain if these numbers hold. so i think whether it is -- what i've seen and what he came to our group, action network, or where you and i with were

we can make a list of why the gop voters have a potential problem with romney. can sum it up saying they are worried about his philosophy for creating government. he flirted with the carbon taxes, pro choice before pro life. there are many substantive reasons. i have a good exposure to that electorate and nod not once have i heard somebody say i have a problem with him being a mormon. >> that's because it is taboo to say that part outloud. of course you are not going to hear the taboo part of it. that's what we say behind closed doors to ourselves. that there's something not right about it. i agre with you. the policies, sure on paper there's a lot not to like but such a dislike for president obama you would think the party would get behind the guy that is most electable and they are hesitant and i think it is because half what is not being said opposed to what is being said. >> to count out that one part -- i think people to be honest that is probably one thing. it may not be the only thing but not to mention it i think would be disingenious to not to consider

the gop is now in the low 20 percentage points and the gop candidates themselves neither, none of them to be able to break 30% at this point. >> leslie, do you agree with what maria is saying? >> i think there's some aspects that are really important when it comes to the gop and hispanics. a lot of that has to do with tone, message, inclusion and really what the vision is for all americans. i think to look at latino as if they're only going to look at a few issues, like immigration, for example. or just a certain aspect of jobs is to be thinking like my parents' generation or going back to the '60s. we have to become more modern in understanding this is a very dynamic latino voting population. you're seeing independent voters. maria's point on the tone on immigration and the fence is critical and i think we have to be sure that republican candidates are sensitive to how they talk about immigration. it is not the number one issue, but it is a lens by which latinos look at the gop in general. >> back in 2004 when bush got about 40% of the latino vote, what did he do that the these republ