was part of our plan, this was a part of a couple of our plans. let s go regionally to the midwest, for a second. the past flthree years has been tough in terms of unemployment there. how much is that going to impact the president in his re-election campaign? well, i mean, the economy both nominees are going to have their own leg weights and their own albatrosses. the economy is going to be a big challenge for the president. that s no secret. frankly, in the polling we see, in almost every state, all around the country, whether it s the south or the midwest, the economy is a big issue. so he did perform pretty well in the midwest. particularly states in one of the plans like iowa and ohio. so i think there s a lot of hope that that plan could be one of their paths to victory. and so, you know, the republican nominees on the other hand, i mean, they re not so hot either. and there are a lot of questions that are going to be raised by who comes out of this nominating process. i mea
that doesn t necessarily mean they re out of hope or there s desperation. they can go back and say, this was part of our plan, this was a part of a couple of our plans. let s go regionally to the midwest, for a second. the past three years has been tough in terms of unemployment there. how much is that going to impact the president in his re-election campaign? well, i mean, the economy both nominees are going to have their own leg weights and their own albatrosses. the economy is going to be a big challenge for the president. that s no secret. frankly, in the polling we see, in almost every state, all around the country, whether it s the south or the midwest, the economy is a big issue. so he did perform pretty well in the midwest. particularly states in one of the plans like iowa and ohio. so i think there s a lot of hope that that plan could be one of their paths to victory. and so, you know, the republican nominees on the other hand, i mean, they re not so hot either. and ther
this will person, this argument is mitt romney, the most? well, it might benefit him in the short run, but mitt romney has his albatrosses, too. i was showing any students last week the capes from when mitt romney ran both for governor of massachusetts and for senator in massachusetts. and in both cases, he says unequivocally, i am pro choice. to those will come back, too. the republicans are kind of running out of candidates here. rick perry got caught up, herman cain got caught up. gingrich is now struggling with immigration. romney is certain to struggle with abortion, as well as wrongly, truthfully, many people s concerns about his religious faith. so anybody who is looking for the generic republican, who agrees with them on everything is not going to find him in this field. heather: everyone really has their albatross. mitt romney, religion, his take
be about protecting civilians from gadhafi and begins to be about prosecuting a war on behalf of libyan insurgents. notice united arab emirates, it goes on to say a more aggressive military strategy may not be what the international community had in mind. the longer colonel gadhafi stays put, however, this is a question that will be strenuously debated. gulf news with the headlines, clever brains, not smart bombs. the paper says the longer this goes on, the coalition s resolve is likely to crack. u.s. president barack obama with the albatrosses of iraq and afghanistan around his neck is an unwilling war president. you can find those articles and more of the top stories online at facebook.com/cnn1. at the end of the day it comes down to what the leaders of nato plan to do.
go. well, the world is certainly paying attention to this. let s head to london and zane vergei. i ll give you a flavor. there s a lot of talk. let s start in the united arab emirates. clever brains, not smart bombs. the paper says the longer this goes on, the coalition s resolve is likely to crack. u.s. president barack obama will be albatrosses of iraq and afghanistan around his neck is an unwilling war president. also in the united arab emirates, its headline, as libyan crisis deepens, west s role must grow. a more aggressive military strategy may not be what the international community had in mind. the longer gadhafi stays put, this is a question that will have to be debated.