republican leaders and presidential candidates taking a break from the economy to put focus on values. carl cameron is there with the latest. carl: there is a lot of talk about the economy and jobs and the talking is critical of president obama, the failed principles and values of the obama administration but talking social issues with 3,000 christian conservatives here in washington, dc, for the values and voter conference. today we heard from rick perry, and he made a spirited defense of his commitment to secure the border if elected president but did not talk in a great degree about the immigration position which he supported providing in-state tuition critics to illegal immigrants in texas. he then turned to his lifelong commitment to the culture of life, and suggested there were some candidates in the republican race who have not been pro life all their lives, a
i want to get back to obama in just a minu. congressman, i want to come back to you on an issue that s going to be very tough for republicans. you see it in this primary. jonathan martin of politico talking about the troubles this morning that rick perry s having in new hampshire over his moderate immigration position. in new hampshire he s having this problem. it means that the party, the core of the republican party, has changed on this. i spoke to former new mexico governor bill richardson this week on our press pass conversation which is available in its entirety on our blog press pass. and he sort of laid out where the problems are for republicans on this. watch. look what the republicans a saying. they re very hostile to immigration reform. look at governor perry. he has a sensible position on immigration as a border governor. and on the dream act, on education for kids of immigrants and he s getting pilloried. centrist voters are going to be turned off by that. it s a big
i want to get back to obama in just a minu. congressman, i want to come back to you on an issue that s going to be very tough for republicans. you see it in this primary. jonathan martin of politico talking about the troubles this morning that rick perry s having in new hampshire over his moderate immigration position. in new hampshire he s having this problem. it means that the party, the core of the republican party, has changed on this. i spoke to former new mexico governor bill richardson this week on our press pass conversation which is available in its entirety on our blog press pass. and he sort of laid out where the problems are for republicans on this. watch. look what the republicans a saying. they re very hostile to immigration reform. look at governor perry. he has a sensible position on immigration as a border governor. and on the dream act, on education for kids of immigrants and he s getting pilloried. centrist voters are going to be turned off by that. it s a big
problem for the whole year had been that in all of this deal-making, no one knew what he stood for. some people see what he s doing now as well, he s trying to rally the base. i actually think he s trying to make a bigger argument go what he stands before i want to get back to obama in just a minute. i want to come back to you on an issue that s going to be very tough for republicans. jonathan martin of politico talking about the troubles this morning that rick perry s having in new hampshire over his moderate immigration position. in new hampshire he s having this problem. it means that the party, the core of the republican party, has changed on this. i spoke to former new mexico governor bill richardson this week on our press pass conversation, which is available in its entirety on our blog press pass, and he sort of laid out where the problems are for republicans on this. watch. look what the republicans are saying. they re very hostile to immigration reform. look at governor
candidates? erin burnett makes the leap from cnbc to cnn. what s her take on coverage of the ailing economy and how will her new show compete in an opinionated landscape? and news outlets can t get enough of the trial of michael jackson s doctor and others can t care less. we ll have a diagnosis. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. maybe the governor of new jersey will jump in and completely shake up the presidential race, or maybe the chris christie flirtation will turn out to be just another brief comment across the media galaxy. move over, romney and perry and bachmann and cain and santorum, journalists have a new heartthrob. is this the man who can defeat the incumbent president? he could have ended all the talk about running, but he didn t. people who are down the middle, just everybody around here is talking about chris christie jumping in the race. no means no. or does it? another full-throated denial from governor chris christie, but does anyon