campaign on, an excellent governing partner and excellent campaign partner. so again, campaigns test everything but as the book itself says this was never considered by the president. obama s former senior adviser, david plouffe, also denies any serious intent. plouffe tweeted never any, any consideration of vice president of hillary rodham clinton switch. congress is ramping up its investigation into the terror attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, as you ll recall, four americans including the u.s. ambassador to libya tide in that ferocious attack. and republicans critical of the white house response on the night of september 11th have demanded access to witnesses. well now they ll get their chance in just a couple of weeks, cia operatives who were on the ground that night will share new detailness of the siege and a failed attempt to rescue those trapped americans. drew griffin of the cnn investigations unit is pushing forward on this story.
we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nation s voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. he s seven points ahead of mitt romney who s at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney s potential vice presidential picks. let s bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he s taking a closer look at all of these numbers. that s right. at least on the surface, should bring a smile to the obama campaign. and perhaps a warning to mitt romney and his campaign to go big in the vice presidential search with mitt romney heading out on a potential rollout of his running mate. the results on the veepstakes are even more fascinating. the two men that seem to be the safe
answering questions about her views on sexual orientation, sway bit strange, because the congresswoman has never been shy on the issue before. as a state senator, she sponsored an amendment to minnesota s constitution banning same-sex marriage. she spoke out sharply against homosexuality. she even spoke out about againsting the adjective gay in connection with same-sex orientation. that s how outspoken she was. it s part of satan i think to say it s gay. it s anything but gay. if you re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it is bondage. it is personal bondage, personal despair, and personal enslavement. claiming that millions of gays and lesbian americans are living in personal bondage or personal despair, personal enslavement, claiming that the very use of the word gay is satanic sounds like personal and judgment, certainly not a fact. she also refers to the gay and lesbian lifestyle by which one can only assume she means it s a choice. bachmann went on to descr
lesbians. that s all i can tell is that i m not judging. you re not judging i m running for the presidency of the united states. she s not answering questions about her views on sexual orientation. which is strange, because the congresswoman has never been shy on the issue before. she sponsored an amendment banning same sex marriage. she spoke out sharply against homosexuali homosexuality. it s part of satan, i think, to say this is gay. it s anything but gay. if you re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it s bondage. it s personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement. claiming that millions of gays and lesbian americans are living in personal bondage, personal despair, personal enslavement. she also refers to the gay and lesbian lifestyle by which one can only assume she means it s a choice. in the very same speech, ms. boch man went on to describe same sex attraction as a mental illness. we need to deal with sexual dysfunction in their
congresswoman has never been shy on the issue before. as a state senator, she sponsored an amendment to minnesota s constitution banning same-sex marriage. she spoke out sharply against homosexuality. she even spoke out about againsting the adjective gay in connection with same-sex orientation. that s how outspoken she was. it s part of satan i think to say it s gay. it s anything but gay. if you re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it is bondage. it is personal bondage, personal despair, and personal enslavement. claiming that millions of gays and lesbian americans are living in personal bondage or personal despair, personal enslavement, claiming that the very use of the word gay is satanic sounds like personal and judgment, certainly not a fact. she also refers to the gay and lesbian lifestyle by which one can only assume she means it s a choice. bachmann went on to describe it as a mental illness. we need to have profound compassion for people who dealing