we re more conservative. we re take iing a deeper look a the constitution. we re more focused on smaller government and fiscal responsibility and we don t think mitt romney brings those values to the table. of course, that s not good news for romney since 57% of south carolina respondents in the last cnn poll said they were spoert supporter of the tea party movement. by the way, romney has said that tea partiers nationwide would eventually come around when they got to know him better. as they get to know me better and understand how it is, i m devoted to shrinking the size of government and encouraging the growth of the free economy. i think i get great support from the tea party. according to entrance polls of people on their way swoo is into the iowa caucuses, he got decent support. santorum had the best showing with 29%. and romney has a strong organization. backing from people like republican utah congressman,
the president promised to increase its military presence in asia. budget reductions will not come at the expense of that critical region. the cuts come elsewhere. sources say an entire brigade could be brought home from europe. there could be fewer, minimum, with more reductions likely. the obama administration and congress are cutting the pentagon s budget by half a trillion to potentially a full trillion. fiscal crisis could face the strategic shift that s taking place now. perhaps most controversial, the military will no longer prepare to fight two ground wars at once. critics say that could alarm u.s. allieallies. iran recently ordered us navy ships out of the region. there s been rise iing tension h pakistan, which has nuclear weapons and an increasingly
terrible situation. arwa damon watching it all unfold. thanks very much. and we re going to get a lot more on syria and iraq and iran and north korea. phillip hamid is here in washington and will join us. and what is rick perry doing back in texas? today and tomorrow, critical days, instead of out there on the campaign trail? donna brazile and mary matalin are stand iing by live. what makes the sleep number store different?