a week of twists and turns in the race for the republican presidential nomination. with two of the candidates in a very hot spotlight. herman cain facing accusations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling badly if the latest gop debate and now struggling to recover. cnn s jim acosta is watching awe of this unfold. so what s going on right now? there are certain there is certainly a lot at play. certainly. there is an unromney and his name is newt gingrich. take a look at new polls that came out, first the let s look at the first poll first. mitt romney on top 23% and then newt gingrich at 19%. he has moved into that unromy position. he is sliding it with herman cain. and then you see ron paul and rick perry. this poll, we should note, is interesting in that it was taken in part after the gop debate on wednesday night when rick perry had that big oops moment. so that potentially has hurt him in this race for the gop nomination. now to the cbs poll which also confirm
he had basically won on the cuts and now he s given a fair bit back by turning this into a debate about abortion. well, i certainly agree with you that the i think the democrats have been very clever in the way they have been so united at making the argument that this has come down to the abortion issue. and planned parenthood is extremely important and popular with a great number of women. jessica yellin has been saying as many as one out of five american women have turned to planned parenthood for help along the way with a variety of issues. not just about abortion, but a whole variety of health issues and the amount of money that is involved here, according to cnn reporting, if you look at the total amount of money will be saved if you zeroed out planned parenthood, because a chunk of what goes to planned parenthood goes for medicaid, that the amount of money would actually be saved is $100 million a year. that s irrelevant, as you know, within the scope of things. i think that