in the polls that you cited, jenna. if he gets up to 15 or certainly up to 20, people will say, you know what? he wasn t a one-trick pony in iowa. he was able to retain some of that momentum and that will fire him up going into south carolina. gingrich on the other hand faded badly in iowa. he is looking to resuscitate his chances here in new hampshire. again if he can get up to 15% of the vote, people would sway, you know, there is new life. he certainly has ads on here. was very come pat tiff with romney and some of his rivals during the two dedates. you come down the way huntsman and perry. huntsman has some numbers but doesn t look like there is much traction on the ground here in new hampshire. jenna: i m sorry, juan, you were mentioning the advertisements and debates and brings to a broader question about the race in 2012 in general. yeah. jenna: do you think all these candidates risk overexposure at this point? is it just maybe too much or is this good that there is so much on
hampshire. now he is running bayly 10% in the polls that you cited, jenna. if he gets up to 15 or certainly up to 20, people will say, you know what? he wasn t a one-trick pony in iowa. he was able to retain some of that momentum and that will fire him up going into south carolina. gingrich on the other hand faded badly in iowa. he is looking to resuscitate his chances here in new hampshire. again if he can get up to 15% of the vote, people would sway, you know, there is new life. he certainly has ads on here. was very come pat tiff with romney and some of his rivals during the two dedates. you come down the way huntsman and perry. huntsman has some numbers but doesn t look like there is much traction on the ground here in new hampshire. jenna: i m sorry, juan, you were mentioning the advertisements and debates and brings to a broader question about the race in 2012 in general. yeah. jenna: do you think all these candidates risk overexposure at this point? is it just maybe too much o
last few days. we had ray sullivan, spokesman for the perry team on friday, these reports were out there, brit and he would not deny they were considering skipping all. dedates or many of them after the one coming up on november 9th. on saturday they turn right around and go in a different direction. what do you think. i think he was considering it and apparently considered it and decided not to do that. look, these debates are frequently, typically coast sponsored by one of the state republican parties. so if you re going to say no to the state s republican party in whose primary or whose caucuses you re a candidate you can pretty well guess that won t go over very well and it is a mistake to do that. i don t think he has a lot of chance. i think he has to show up. he is trying to knock down expectations saying he isn t a great debater. unfortunately for him he knocked them down after his performances already knocked him down. so i m not sure, i m not sure that really helps him
and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france s president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few hours after the girl was born. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, october 20th, you re looking at live pictures of crowds gathering in athens, constitution square
you see him here with governor perry. in his introduction he did not use the word cult or specifically attack romney by name but there was no doubt he had the former massachusetts governor in mind when he drew there is contrast. do we want a candidate who is skilled in rhetoric or one skilled in leadership? do we want a candidate who is a conservative out of convenience or one who is a conservative out of deep conviction? do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person or do we want a candidate who is a born-again follower of the lord jesus christ? rick perry is a prompt leader. he is a true conservative. and he is a genuine follower of jesus christ. it was in a conversation with reporters after that dr. jeffers used the term cult. pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. he with us now. you re criticism of 0 the mormon church, you came today to a political event, an event very, very important to governor perry stumbling in the polls of late and you dropped this,