now leading in a new "usa today" gallup poll, putting him aed hae of mitt romney. gingrich is the sixth different republican to lead in the polls. over this past weekend, gingrich had a few choice words for the occupy wall street protesters. >> they take over a public park they didn't pay for to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn't pay for to beg for food they don't want to pay for to obstruct those who go to work to pay taxes to sustain bathrooms and the parks so they can explain that they are the paragons of virtue to which we owe everything. >> the most explosive quote from that gathering he said the protesters need to get a job and take a bath. >>> the nascar season is over. veteran driver tony stewart captured the cup after a thrilling race at homestead speedway down in florida but before the race there was controversy. there were boos when first lady michele obama was introduced as honorary grand marshal along with dr. jill biden. and a military veteran and his family. while nascar nation tends to be politically conservative and while the boos were louder i

he's now the sixth candidate to lead the "usa today" gallup poll this year.go it was herman cain. he's fallen big-time. gingrich has picked up support among older voters and highly educated voters and he's the latest guy at the top of the field. >> in your recent column you had a great line from an iowa voter that said newt gingrich went to 1-800-way-too old to 1-800-he's-so-great. how did that happen? >> a number of people at the top at one point were disappointing to the iowa voters, and the second is the debates. there's no question that newt gingrich has used these debates very effectively. these group of voters i talked to last week i talked to in february. at that time they said basically newt gingrich, smart guy, too much baggage, not electable. now they say he's got baggage, but you know what? he knows what he's talking about, and we're impressed how he handled himself in the debate. he has momentum right now. we'll see whether he can sustain that. >> michael had a great line in a column a few days ago. you said there's a scandal of sanity that falls

a "usa today" gallup poll looked at 12 swing states, all won by barack obama in 2008, and found that they are now essentially toss-ups, including the state of pennsylvania. mitt romney and president obama are essentially tied in these states overall. this is where the election will be won or lost, of course, in these 12 states, and we're going to look at where things stand as of right now, a year before the election. >>> plus, look who's cozying up to the tea party for the second day in a row. mitt romney has courted the republican right wing. it looks like mitt has decided to accept the tea party. big question, will the tea party ever, ever accept him? >>> and take a look at this moment from a senate candidate fellow -- it was a gathering of a senate candidate elizabeth warren had with volunteers this week. >> well, you're the intellectual creator of that so-called -- >> well, that was a tea party supporter, and it's just the latest example of how the matchup between warren and scott brown may wind up being the most emotional and intensely fought of next year's senate races. >>> let

nine percent of america to me and i think the polls bear that out just yesterday there was a usa today gallup poll that came out with support of just at least thirteen percent support and so i thirty percent against the fact is that it was a great piece in new york yesterday that brought out what are the origins of the movement and it's essentially you know not a rebel movement believes in this but it's essentially an archaic anti-capitalist movement and while many americans are unhappy with our economic situation i don't think that they blame that on the nature of capitalism i think that's a pretty pretty rare sentiment in america today and so in that sense it was argument against capitalism so i'm not sure they're really i mean that's fair enough james if i can go to you i mean a lot of people would say capitalism isn't working for them. that's right i think that's exactly right i think there are two questions here one is the nature of politics. register in vote and vote for what happens in congress if you vote for whomever nothing to say that this movement has to get political is to me jus

there was a new poll out by "usa today" gallup.ne of the things they did was to match up potential republican nominee with president obama. and so if you put together obama and romney in a matchup, 47 to 47%. obama and perry was 49% to 45%. obama and cain, let's see, 48% to 46%. actually cain it would go romney, perry, cain, if you're a we know, looking who could do the best. in addition to that, what they looked at in the poll, because we have that electoral college, is the swing states, states that can go either way. if bob were here, i'm sure he could give us a better explanation of what that means and i would stay blushing. in that, romney beats out obama by 1%, but obama would beat perry and cain. my home state, colorado, and very florida, iowa, michigan, nevada, new hampshire, new mexico, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, wisconsin, we'll see him visit those states a lot more. do you think he's on the right track? >> all the numbers you just read, two things jump out. number one, obama doesn't get over 50% in any

there was a new poll out by "usa today" gallup.ne of the things they did was to match up potential republican nominee with president obama. and so if you put together obama and romney in a matchup, 47 to 47%. obama and perry was 49% to 45%. obama and cain, let's see, 48% to 46%. actually cain it would go romney, perry, cain, if you're a we know, looking who could do the best. in addition to that, what they looked at in the poll, because we have that electoral college, is the swing states, states that can go either way. if bob were here, i'm sure he could give us a better explanation of what that means and i would stay blushing. in that, romney beats out obama by 1%, but obama would beat perry and cain. my home state, colorado, and very florida, iowa, michigan, nevada, new hampshire, new mexico, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, wisconsin, we'll see him visit those states a lot more. do you think he's on the right track? >> all the numbers you just read, two things jump out. number one, obama doesn't get over 50% in any

there was a new poll out by "usa today" gallup.gs they did was to match up potential republican nominee with president obama. and so if you put together obama and romney in a matchup, 47 to 47%. obama and perry was 49% to 45%. obama and cain, let's see, 48% to 46%. actually cain it would go romney, perry, cain, if you're a we know, looking who could do the best. in addition to that, what they looked at in the poll, because we have that electoral college, is the swing states, states that can go either way. if bob were here, i'm sure he could give us a better explanation of what that means and i would stay blushing. in that, romney beats out obama by 1%, but obama would beat perry and cain. my home state, colorado, and very florida, iowa, michigan, nevada, new hampshire, new mexico, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia, wisconsin, we'll see him visit those states a lot more. do you think he's on the right track? >> all the numbers you just read, two things jump out. number one, obama doesn't get over 50% in any of them. >> go

a usa today gallup survey, out today, had cain tied with mitt romney for the lead in the republican field. for more on these latest allegations and the impact on the presidential campaign, we're joined by jonathan martin, senior political reporter for politico. he was on the team that broke the original story last week. jonathan martin, thank you for being here. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: what more is known about this woman, sharon bialek who brought these charges today? >> we know she worked for the organization for about a year in chicago. how it works is this is based in d.c. but their foundation is actually out in chicago. so they have a close tie to that city and they actually have their annual conventions there each may. she worked for that wing of the organization for about one year back in the late '90s. so this is not somebody that is just appearing out of the ether. this is somebody that the nra did confirm that did work there for this organization back in the late '90s. she's making what are the first allegations against mr. cain to have two things we have not seen yet. f

well, now, a new "usa today" gallup poll taken after the first accusations but before the latest one herman cain now tied with mitt romney in the g.o.p. run. the scandal does appear to be having some type of negative effect on the cain campaign. at least anecdotally. the latest poll shows 35% of republican voters now say they have a negative feeling about cain and that's up from 18% from last month. mike? >> thank you, surae. surae is live in front of the national restaurant headquarters. an invasion of privacy or good police work. that's what the u.s. supreme court will hear some arguments on today. at issue, whether police can track a car through gps without a warrant. this stems from a case here in d.c. where a nightclub owner, antoine jones, was arrested and convicted on drug charges after police secretly attached a gps device to his car. last year, the u.s. court of appeals overturned the conviction ruling that the gps violated jones' right to privacy. they're appealing saying people have no expectation of privacy when it comes to traveling on public roads. >>> today, voters in

a "usa today"/gallup poll showed a group of these swing states in a dead heat today.d there in 2008, but romney leads the president in fund-raising in this state. a trend found in our swing states as well. then florida. tight for obama in 2008. the hispanic vote as we both well know here, tohomas, could e a challenge. florida overall, 10.6%. a whopping number of votes and virginia is interesting. in 2008, went democrat for the first time since 1964. its state senate, with today's vote, could flip control to the gop. we'll see if that happens, and a popular republican gather and a factor of these three, if they get two, could take the white house. out of these 11 toss-up states, nine have republican governors right now today. big influence on the election ground gained in their states. take you back to 2008. look at that change. it was the opposite. nine were led by democrats. 8,700 hour, thomas, to go until the election, but as it stands, 2012 could be a squeaker. >> we need a countdown clock. >> i'll count for you. >> richard, thanks. appreciate it. >>> our new nbc n

"usa today" gallup poll, newt gingrich up top, mitt romney second and herman cain third. over the weekend the gingrich campaign launched a web explain to "explain" his feelings on issues. he says his words were too harsh and he thinks mandates are "wrong on principle." the 2007 political ad with nancy pelosi to argue for climate change, does that still work? he refers to the interview recently where he called it "probably the single dumbest thing i've ever done." so he's switching all over the place. for the latest on newt gingrich and whether conservative also buy his explanations, if you will, let's bring in mother jones' washington bureau chief david cornyn and tony parkins. of the research council. this is where he explains his position on impeachment, the gingrich answers website has this to say about newt's tenure during the clinton impeachment, he was speaker back then. actually this is a group of people described as newt, his wife and his campaign, a group of people explaining in the third person newt gingrich's behavior. even though newt co-wrote this or drafted

here's a new "usa today" gallup poll taken after the first accusations but before the latest accusationws herman cain now tied with mitt romney in the g.o.p. run. the scandal does appear to be having some type of negative impact at least anecdotally for the cain campaign. it says that 35% of republican voters now have a negative feeling about cain and that is up from 18% a month ago. some political analysts really wondering if he can bounce back from the scandal. back to you, andrea and mike. >> thank you, surae. of course, "the early show" will have much more on the controversy coming up at the top of the hour. >>> the student accused of killing a fellow classmate denies the charge. court records show 23-year-old liggins of waldorf, maryland, told investigators someone else did it. however, four witnesses say they saw liggins with a knife in her hand. documents say liggins followed 19-year-old courtney mccoy of baltimore from the off-campus house party sunday morning. mccoy died from stab wounds shortly after that. liggins is being held without bond. >>> mobile homes destroyed when tro

tell you is having leader that actually take time off to go learn something -- >> today the "usa today"/gallup poll has mitt romney and herman cain tied at 21%, you were the third most preferred candidate at 12%. let's start with herman cain. he's getting engulfed at the moment in the firestorm of scandal? >> sure. >> how credible is this scandal for him? how should he be dealing with it? what's your advice? >> i think we'll know in a few weebs. clearly herman has to answer the allegations and he has to answer them convincingly and compellingly. people have to conclude that whatever answer he gives -- and i'm not trying to prejudge it -- that he has leveled and told the country the truth. now, if that happens, two or three weebs from now he can still be the front-runner. >> you've known him for 16 years. >> i don't want to prejudge. he has to deal with the allegations. i don't. i like herman cain a lot. i think he's had enormous courage. he's clearly had a much better run than he thought he would. he's the front-runner in some polls or tied to be the front-runner in other polls. that's pretty

if we look the polling, the "usa today" gallup poll, go back to middle of august, rick perry at 29%. he's dropped to 11%. i suspect after last night, he's not going up. does he reach a point at which it's not just he has a problem, he has people in front of him with 54 days, it's hard if you imagine a horse track to get around ron paul, newt gingrich, herman cain and get your shot at mitt romney. >> absolutely. this was a moment john cleese would have enjoyed new york question about that. and you know, i come in with the whole monty python tradition. i think he's helped himself with the good sportsmanship. he's treating it with humor and whatever else happens in the cap page i don't think he'll leave the campaign with his head down. but his problem is, this is a hit below the water line because it plays into the most important narrative that would be used against him, and that is good governor, created a lot of jobs, seems very strong but is he up to the job? is he smart enough to be president? this job, after all, is a complex job, as mary knows so well, you need smart people in the

a "usa today" gallup poll looked at 12 swing states, all won by barack obama in 2008, and found that they are now essentially toss-ups, including the state of pennsylvania. mitt romney and president obama are essentially tied in these states overall. this is where the election will be won or lost, of course, in these 12 states, and we're going to look at where things stand as of right now, a year before the election. >>> plus, look who's cozying up to the tea party for the second day in a row. mitt romney has courted the republican right wing. it looks like mitt has decided to accept the tea party. big question, will the tea party ever, ever accept him? >>> and take a look at this moment from a senate candidate fellow -- it was a gathering of a senate candidate elizabeth warren had with volunteers this week. >> well, you're the intellectual creator of that so-called -- >> well, that was a tea party supporter, and it's just the latest example of how the matchup between warren and scott brown may wind up being the most emotional and intensely fought of next year's senate races. >>> let

now, according to the latest "usa today" gallup survey, herman cain is tied with mitt romney for the g.o.p. nomination. the two are trailed by newt gingrich who by the way will be my guest in the second segment of the program. joining me first with reaction to today's events, the co-author of the new children's book, dubs go toegoes to washington, dick . >> everyone is a comedian these days. joining us from san diego tonight is dick. let's starte start with this is5 years ago. the woman did not work for the restaurant association. she comes forward at this moment. there really isn't any corroboration into he said, she said. the other women won't come forward. i mean, what are people, voters, primary voters to think at this point? >> well, this is ridiculous. i mean, it's a marriage made in heaven. gloria allred is in search of headlines, and this woman is in search of money, and they're a perfect marriage. this woman has been unemployed for 13 years, and this is apparently payday. it's ridiculous. she's not accusing him of harassment. she's accusing him of assault. he should go to ja

but alex castellanos, look at the swing states, according to "usa today"/gallup that shows widening fieldhich to operate in and if you look at the approval rating for obama he's upside down in the key states that are going to matter. they say they've got numerous ways to win this thing, the white house does, but republicans are looking at some pickups here. >> i think right now in all the swing states, look, no president has ever won being 10% below the consumer confidence index. when presidents usually lose, obama is under that right now. but here's to good news for mitt romney if he's the nominee. he's running against a president who's also flipped flopped on a lot of stuff. whether it's the bush tax cuts, taking money from lobbyists. having lobbyists working at the white house. he attacked mccain and hillary clinton for health care mandates and taxes cadillac health care plans. it could be one flip against a flop. >> and on that. on that note, thank you all. before we go a quick programming note on wednesday you can watch the republican presidential candidates at eight again as they de

take a look at this u "usa today"/gallup poll. gingrich is tops. over the weekend, the gingrich campaign launched a website tows pl a right-wing social engineering. well, newt now says his words were too harsh. how about his past support for health care -- a health care mandate. now he see as the error of his ways. he thinks mandates are wrong on principle. the 2007 political ad with nancy pelosi that argues for climate change, does that still work? no, he refers to the interview recently where he calls it, quote, the single dumbest thing i've ever done. for the latest on newt gingrich and whether conservatives will buy his explanations, let's bring in mother jones' washington bureau chief, david corn. and tony parkinson is head of the family research counsel. tony, i want you to go to this one here. this is where he explains his position on impeachment. the gingrich answers website has this to say about newt's tenure during the clinton impeachment. of course. he was speaker back then. quote -- actually, this is a group of people designed as newt,