attempt, congresswoman gabrielle giffords i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, an apparent shake-up in the republican race for the white house after a turbulent week that saw herman cain finding new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling sadly in a debate. newt gingrich leaping towards the top of a pack in a stunni stunningcome back. jim acosta is watching the race for us as he always does. where do things stand right now? some candidates are stepping in it, newt gingrich is stepping it up. what s old is newt. he s back. it is a wide open race. consider campaign road kill over the summer, newt gingrich is peaking at just the right time. he is leaping ahead of herman cain in a new poll and falling within the margin of error for the lead in another poll from cbs. the former house speaker may be scoffing at his numbers. all of this effort to create a two-man race when it was perry and romney. reporter: he already has a new racer l
government, i.e., us the u.s. taxpayers, both gold man sacks and deutsche banc got it. teachers make too much money from the public, right? the privileged elite they are. absurd. all right. now with me is carrie kitle. he s a high paid teachers. he just got word he s laid off in wisconsin. he d been a teacher for 32 years. kerry, what happened here? how did you find out that you got laid off? when does it go into effect? tell me your story. you bet. thanks a lot for having me. pleasure to be here. we got layoff notices last thursday. our district employees 204 people, certified teacher that s districtwide, and every person received a layoff notice. that means that our contract will continue until the end. school year, and effective july 1st those layoffs would take place, take effect if they were permanent.
obviously has been toxic and it s clear some of the votes that i have cast have added to the toxic environment. gregg: it is toxic and maybe a better word is anger. there is a lot of anger at grassroots about spending and debt. bennett was weepy in part because he know there is no way out. his career is over. he does have the opportunity to run as a write-in candidate, but it s extremely difficult to win a race at a write-in statewide or districtwide. this is the end of this career. the deadline to file as an independent passed in march. utah has an unusual system. it s a tough system. and it can be tough on incumbents. bennett is not the first republican to be thrown out. congressman chris cannon was