challenger and he sure sounded like it yesterday. if we keep winning races, eventually people are going to figure out that governor romney isn t going to be the nominee. republican voters are overwhelmingly saying no. santorum has elm plambraced the candidate of evangelical voters. members of an evangelical church laid hands on him and asked him for prayers. one of my opponents recently said that it would take an act of god for me to win this primary. i agree with him. in the territory where 85% of the population shares santorum s catholic faith, he was put on the defensive about his statement that jfk s famous speech on catholicism made him want to throw up. listen to the change of tone when asked about it now. what john kennedy did 50 years ago was he had to do what kennedy did in that speech, he did a lot of things he needed to do and should ve done and did well, but he went far too far. santorum, of course, as you can tell has a new focus on delegates so he s
clever gambit? it is tuesday, february 14, 2012, happy valentine s day. this is a daily run down. i m chuck todd. get right to my first reads of the morning. we start with presidential race. rick santorum s surge hit the national stage f last night is any indication, he could easily go off track. apparently, all it took were wins in the nonbinding caucuses in minnesota to catapult him into a tie with mitt romney in three national polls. pew research center surveyed registered republicans have santorum slightly ahead 30-28. up 16 points from a month ago.d he is now statistically tied with in their poll as well. but santorum s organization, is it really ready to go national? if his rally last night in tacoma, washington, is any indication, the campaign has a lot to do to be ready for prime time a group of occupied protesters disrupted the event, drawing santorum into a back and forth. i think it is really important to understand what this radical element represents. because w
2012, happy valentine s day. this is a daily run down. i m chuck todd. get right to my first reads of the morning. we start with presidential race. rick santorum s surge hit the national stage f last night is any indication, he could easily go off track. apparently, all it took were wins in the nonbinding caucuses in minnesota to catapult him into a tie with mitt romney in three national polls. pew research center surveyed registered republicans have santorum slightly ahead 30-28. up 16 points from a month ago.d he is now statistically tied with in their poll as well. but santorum s organization, is it really ready to go national? if his rally last night in tacoma, washington, is any indication, the campaign has a lot to do to be ready for prime time a group of occupied protesters disrupted the event, drawing santorum into a back and forth. i think it is really important to understand what this radical element represents. because what they represent is true intolerance. tha
it s a coalition of groups. smaller action political action social action groups. a short time ago, a group trying to stop the wars, they left freedom plaza, walked up 15th street to the white house, and they chanted, stop the war now. police blocked traffic so that they could pass. they he looked on but did not intervene. no arrests were made. it was a very peaceful demonstration again with them stopping in front of the white house and chanted. this is day two of occupy b.d.c. they are talking about how to change your home from economy and foreclosure. those are big issues among those who are participating, many who come say that they are suffering yet corporate america keeps getting richer. every one i know has a personal story. i retired two years before the crash and my life savings was in real estate. people around the world deserve. reporter: and some of the demonstrators are literally sleeping in freedom plaza. a very chilly night and damp as well we re told by t
i m lynn berry. today, we begin with beyond egypt. this morning, bahrain is the newest and fiercest slash point of unrest in the middle east. inspired by egypt s revolt, police have squared off with protesters in a confrontation that s killed at least four people. with more on this, cnbc s jackie dian ge las joins us from the phone from bahrain. jackie, good morning. can you tell us how it is? it s afternoon here and it s been an intense morning in bahrain. the roads right now are blocked. we have major police force in pearl square. that s where last night s altercations occurred. there were reports that protesters were going to do another protest today, but it seems that there s nothing right now. some hospitals are overflowing with people who were injured in last night s attack. police came into the square and they fired shots as well as tear gas in the square at around 3:00 a.m. we know thousands of protest everies were camped out there. they ve been protesting for about