i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, showdown ant camp david. the world s heavyweights are in the ring. the g-8 leaders arriving today. president obama having them all at guests as camp david. a fancy din play a bunch of games and hang out, and literally, that s what it s like. but it s also going to be a little bit like, like a boxing fight. like the fight where tyson took off the ear of evander holyfield. they re going to take it all off and fight. [ bell rings ] reporter: francois hollande the challenger, wants to borrow a boat load of money and say sayonara to the money cuts. and telling angela merkel her austere ways of over. the ref, the guy with the smile hoping not to get hit with body blows or parts is barack obama. a big decision to make. side with more cuts or risk his presidency say heg wants to borrow more money now to save the economy? all smiles aside, this choice may decide whether america remains the world s biggest and best. one person fighting since day
us, the presentations that will happen at cpac, nice to have you joining us. first and foremost this is the all star event, rick santorum will make a presentation, mitt romney will make a presentation, newt gingrich will be here making presentation, michele bachmann, sarah palin will wrap-up the entire night. what does it tell you about sort of the role of conservatives in this year s election? well, obviously, this has become an election that in my opinion will be decided by turnout, and whoever gets their base more passionately involved and out there to vote will win this election. the country divided 50-50 now, in terms of philosophical terms, conservatives are the base of the movement and the right, and progressives are the base of the other side and whoever thinks it s more at stake will get more enthusiastic will allow that candidate to win the election. when you look at statistics on turnout, ron and i talked about this yesterday, doesn t that bode badly for you, t