i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we re counting down to the results in maine and we could learn those results within minutes. our reporters are standing by, shannon travis is over at gop headquarters in maine, where we will see the results announced. mary snow is over at ron paul s headquarters in maine tonight. we also have members of the best political team, glornlgia borger, donna brazile, david frum and of course john king at the magic wall to map out all the numbers for us, where we re going from here. let s go to maine, shannon travis is over at gop headquarters. we will see the results announced fairly soon, shannon, walk us through what s going on right now. reporter: let me just tell you first off, wolf, it s getting pretty crowded where i am. this is the portland regency in portland, maine, where they are going to be announcing the results. i ll have my cameraman pan over and show
he s not posted that bail? that s right. his attorney said that because the arraignment wasn t until 3:00 today, that he probably wasn t going to be able to get $250,000 cash or in the form of a bail bondsman ortega-hernandez in the form of property posted so he would be spending night in jail. his attorney wasn t happy about it. he said if jerry sandusky was going to flee, he would have done it a long time ago. he s known he s been under investigation since late 2008 and he s been cooperative. es he offered to turn himself in. he did turn himself back in november when charges were accidentally posted to the state court website and everyone found out he was going to be charged before they planned it. the prosecutors asked for $1 million, they didn t get it psh it was a happy medium. the second wave of charges, a case that affects not only jerry sandusky but the penn state community, the college is in a way under investigation. what s the impact in the community of the sec
consequences if the panel failed to decrease the debit. he s one of most popular bloggers in cyber-space. can he still call himself a conservative? our conversation with andrew sullivan. especially during the iraq war to have made such a massive blunder and be forced to hold myself to account for it and have my readers do so and stick with me, that was a very maturing experience. plus, the huffington post expands to canada. so what s up with the canadian woman who s running it, eh? we ll meet her. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. in an increasingly shrill media environment, running for president means being attacked, assailed, mocked, ridiculed, bashed, and otherwise denigrated. rarely have we seen the harsh rhetoric unleashed except from a man who s been a political leader for the past two decades, the former speaker of the house. gingrich is an amazing efficient condition dc in that it candidacy in that it embodies everything about washington,
your first impression from what we learned from the eight republican candidates? i think there were a couple of really explosive parts of the debate for me. the first one was obviously iran. i thought that perry and gingrich led the way with strategy when it comes to iran. but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrich s face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. it s really going to impact him with grassroots conservatives. i can see both sides of the argument here. he was reaganesque, 84- 86, reagan signed a huge amnesty bill but i don t think he made that differential during the debate. this is one of the most substantive debates, we really were able to see a lot of different sides on the candidates on this side of the issue. ron paul did surprisingly well on a couple of different parts. perry talked more than normal. it was good. i think gingrich gingrich prob
but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrich s face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. it s really going to impact him with grassroots conservatives. i can see both sides of the argument here. he was reaganesque, 84- 86, reagan signed a huge amnesty bill but i don t think he made that differential during the debate. this is one of the most substantive debates, we really were able to see a lot of different sides on the candidates on this side of the issue. ron paul did surprisingly well on a couple of different parts. perry talked more than normal. it was good. i think gingrich gingrich probably looked one of the best. dana, stand by. we ll get more analysis. the pictures, conditions are shaking hands in the hall. strong debate performance overall, but did he get in trouble with conservatives, his answer on immigration, saying we re nerve ever going expel the