president obama in the polls as he warms to a jobs fight with republicans, the new numbers show big support nationwide when the president says this if you want construction workers back on the work site, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this jobs bill. but there s bad news for the president, too, and lots of it. for starters, democrats lose a new york congressional seat the party has held it for 90 years. and the republican winner predicts it s just a down payment. i am telling you, i am the messenger. heed us. this message will resound for a full year. it will resound into 2012. that s hardly the only headache for the obama re-election team. also of note, your collective answer to the question that doomed the last one-term democratic incumbent. are you better off than you were four years ago? we begin, though, on capitol hill with the congressional investigation in to a big government loan award to a clean energy company that is
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about his advice for perry and the state of the race right now. also, we re learning the back story behind ron paul s drama. he s getting flak for an answer to a health care question. turns out the scenario is similar to a real life death in his political family. and president obama s attempt to promote green jobs turns into a bigger embarrassment. first, the company he visited went bankrupt, now, it s been raided by the fbi and u.s. taxpayers may be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com right now, republican, rick perry, is trying to cover a lot of bases and burr niche his status as the front-runner. he s been reaching out to voters in a battleground state. a sign of confidence that his rivals are trying hard to tear down. jim acosta is covering perry s campaign in depth. he s joining us from richmond, virginia with the latest. wolf, the texas governor is not just running as
i m sorry. i will take it from here. have yourself a great day. hello, everyone. the battle ground state is different. the pitch is the same. right now, president obama is trying to pump up support for his jobs bill at north carolina state university in raleigh. since he unveiled the plan in a speech to congress last thursday, he s traveled to virginia, ohio, and now north carolina, promoting its mix of tax cuts, cuts on the wealthy to pay for it. those are fighting words to republicans. but look at this a brand-new cnn/orc poll, show more americans like the jobs act than not. the president also leads in the trust contest. asked whom may trust more to handle our troubled economy? 46 .say mr. obama. 37 .say republicans in congress. more than 7 americans say they re angry about the way things are going. and that could explain, at least one of the outcomes of yesterday s special elections. vacant house seats were up in nevada and new york. the new york seat is in heavily d
i would have to tell you, rick perry walked in here as a front-runner tonight. and i imagine he walked out as the front-runner. it s 10:00 eastern time, we re live with this special edition of ac 360. the tea party republican debate just wrapped up in tampa, florida. a lot to talk about. all the usual suspects, but some surprising moments as well, and a very pointed and contentious moments. we have analysis of all the candidates and key issues. we ll replay some key moments from the debate in case you missed it, and the facts thrown out in the heated it debate, to see whether there was truth to them, or there was stretching going on in tampa tonight. a look at some memorable moments from tonight s debate. take a look. it has been called a ponzi scheme by many people long before me. but no one s had the courage to stand up and say, here s how we re going to reform it. the term ponzi scheme, i think is over the top and unnecessary, and frightful to many people. the questi