romney has begun a two-day swing through south carolina. that is the first primary in the south. state party officials this week agree to hold voting on january 21. newt gingrich was also in south carolina today. he said tuesday he would not say no if asked to consider vice presidential spot on the ticket. also tuesday, sarah palin said she would not run in 2012 as as we reported last night. "center seat" our new segment begins shortly. we start with michele bachmann. we're giving all the candidates the opportunity to sit in and take questions from me and the panelists. tonight because of the heavy news load with president news conference, we will also extent our center seat segment to a special edition of "special report" online. live at 7:00 eastern. you have opportunity to submit your comments to michele bachmann. logged on participate after "special report." senate banking committee