him on the edges. that said, you also bring up another point about paul, he can change the make-up of this electora electorate. he can make it a lot different, a lot more nonconservative and nonrepublican, which is why he has ceiling might be 23%, 24%, rather than what it is in every primary state, somewhere between 12%, 13%. you re going to be talking to newt gingrich later on. we ve been watching a series of clips with him last night with wolf blitzer sounding a bit defensive to be generous. how was that campaign feeling six days ahead of the vote? well, they seem to be a little a lot nervous. i mean, i think they know their support s dropped dramatically. they re finally scrambling to get money on the air, more tv ads on the air. he doubled the amount of positive ads he s running. there s a super pack that s finally putting up ads on his behalf, a positive, and another
information. that was perfectly fair. look, he was going through his 999 plan. lots of elements going through it, vetting. and i thought he was clearly had depth in terms of that particular exchange with david gregory. i would have to push back. i thought he was showing quite well. we have said that he was done well in the polls but we should mention that in that other poll that really matters a lot he s raised less than $3 million. when you look harder at the numbers, wall street is doubling down on mitt romney, according to analysis in both t the new york times and the wall street journal. romney is pulling in a lot of money from the big banks, millions. three times more than wall street gave to rick perry. six times more than what they gave to president obama. does that mean bet on romney or trouble on him with the larger electora electorate? i think the message is poor because wall street is extremely unpopular. romney is a wall street guy, he may not want to be associated w
brand-new cnn/orc poll shows cain in a dead heat with mitt romney at the top of the gop field and cain s gain is rick perry s loss. the texas governor now a distant third. if you don t believe fortunes change in a heartbeat, take a look at this. just a month ago perry was riding high and cain polled a mere 9%. want to bring in my comrade in politics, paul stein houser, the venetian hotel at casino. hey, paul, can herman cain take these numbers to the bank or should we expect, you know, a bounce-back? yeah, i wouldn t take them to the bank yet, because, joe, this race has changed so much. listen, back in the summer we saw michele bachmann jump up in the polls, then go down. we saw the same thing with rick perry. will it happen to herman cain in maybe. other polling from our brand-new cnn polls, two-thirds of republicans say they re not 100% married yet to their candidate. they may change their mind. only about 1 in 3 republicans say i m definitely sticking with the candidate
the private sector. and then, of course, as governor, i found that 8% of the people in our state didn t have insurance. and 92% did. i want to get the 8% insured. you know, david, it is remarkable. the question was tough, right? he s coming in here. you re junior obama care and drops barney frank s name, you know, just throw it in there and, yet, romney was able to dodge it. you can t do it on paid television ads. you re not. there is something very interesting about where romney is in this race. we know everything that we need to know about him that we don t like and yet he still is where he is. whether it s rick perry or a few of the other candidates, maybe herman cain now, we don t know everything there is to know. they haven t said everything will is to say. and with romney, he still has a quarter of the electorate despite romney care and despite everything else that doesn t appeal to the republican primary
electora electorate. that tells me he s in a great position if he keeps focusing on the core strength, job, economy, health care, experience and his executive experience. if he gets to that point, one thung he cou thing he could run on is he s been a governor for four years. he s been in the private sector and he has the experience that maybe even a president doesn t have. that s all he has. now could it all fall apart? sure. rick perry can catch fire again. other candidates can eat into him. the last time i felt as if we saw a president get elected where the base fell in like, not in love, was richard nixon in 68. that is a hard thing to do when your base is only in like with you. it s a really hard thing to do. when you talk to the people at the white house, they expect that president obama will be running against mitt romney. they mitt romney. they think he will probably be the toughest opponent that they could possibly have, but there s a lot of glee right now when they look a