politics now. some truly striking numbers out of south carolina. it s traditionally friendly to evangelicals. the numbers are from a new cnn/time/orc poll. they show mitt romney in the lead among likely voters describing themselves as born again as well as those who say they re not. governor romney leading social conservative rick santorum in south carolina. other polls show exactly the opposite. won t be long before we find out which is right. if this one is correct, it points to a romney cakewalk. if that s the case, the whole thing could be over by the end of south carolina for the republicans. joining me tonight, chief political analyst, gloria borgia and ralph reed. ralph, the latest poll shows romney the clear leader. 13 percentage points ahead of the closest competitor, rick santorum. it s fascinating to me. conventional wisdom is that romney is going to have a hard time with evangelicals because of his mormon faith or other reasons.
jobless numbers, all these candidates on the stump today in new hampshire and south carolina say they can do better on the the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job-creating records that don t stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. there are a lot of people still hurting out there after losing more thain 8 million jobs in the recession, obviously, we have a lot more work to do. state and local government workers hardest hit, nearly a quarter million public sector jobs eliminated last year, including more than 100,000 teachers. jon huntsman called today s job report good news but said we can be doing better. ron paul said the same but warped the financial crisis is no
say they can do better on the the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job-creating records that don t stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. there are a lot of people still hurting out there after losing more thain 8 million jobs in the recession, obviously, we have a lot more work to do. state and local government workers hardest hit, nearly a quarter million public sector jobs eliminated last year, including more than 100,000 teachers. jon huntsman called today s job report good news but said we can be doing better. ron paul said the same but warped the financial crisis is not over. rick santorum, the other gop candidates, were less generous. is great that the econ
some are making claims about their own job-creating records that don t stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. there are a lot of people still hurting out there after losing more thain 8 million jobs in the recession, obviously, we have a lot more work to do. state and local government workers hardest hit, nearly a quarter million public sector jobs eliminated last year, including more than 100,000 teachers. jon huntsman called today s job report good news but said we can be doing better. ron paul said the same but warped the financial crisis is not over. rick santorum, the other gop candidates, were less generous. is great that the economy is moving forward. but it has got a boot on the throat of the
greg: the new phone book? bob: no. it s your love letter to him. andrea: gingrich doesn t place well in iowa, that is tough for him. bob: money will dry up for people. santorum is moving on. we talk politics, santorum is andrea: third in the poll. bob: in this poll. kimberly: iowa surprise. bob: every time you have someone sneaking in, he may come in third and live again to go to new hampshire and south carolina. but the person who can t is newt gingrich. if he is beat in iowa, his strength in the south can t live. andrea: could santorum go to south carolina and new hampshire bob: couldn t be a better state. greg: talking about a santorum special sounds like something special at a green diner. kimberly: is that on the menu? andrea: i don t know if that is to compliment or not. eric: shows well in iowa,