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,
jason chapin. he has recruits dozens of members of congress to the republican campaign. this is going to come down to jobs in the economy. we need somebody from the outside who s going to turn around the economy. we have to beat barack obama and mitt romney is clearly in the best position to do that. meanwhile, senator john mccain, who won this state last time around and is now supporting romney, is actually traveling the state as well as reaching out to some of his own contacts in the state. not so much pitching them we re told, saying hello because this is an election year. back to you. that s the way it happens. thank you. newt gingrich left iowa with a chip on his shoulder, stunned by all the negative ads. he s made it clear he ll go after mitt romney. he s keeping up the pressure today. we have a difference of opinion, you know, about which will be the last conservative standing. but i think eventually, you ll get down to one conservative in
captions by vitac www.vitac.com it could get lonely being the front-runner especially if you re way out front in new hampshire as romney is now. the first in the nation primary is only five days away. that makes him the prime target of his rivals, but they re also squabbling among themselves and while romney can afford to look ahead to south carolina, some candidates can t afford to fall further behind. let s go to john king in new hampshire. john, you re on the scene for us. give us the lay of the land right now. the big picture. what s going on? five days out, wolf, you would have to say new hampshire is romney country. just like in iowa, you have the campaigns now gearing up for their final push. we see more lawn signs than we did in iowa, but nowhere near the level of past campaigns. the reason, people here are pretty well considered to believe that romney will win. he won by eight votes in iowa. he s up by 30 points here. 48% for romney. 28% for ron paul. the que
its own brutal crackdown, that s it s running out of money. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com it could get lonely being the front-runner especially if you re way out front in new hampshire as romney is now. the first in the nation primary is only five days away. that makes him the prime target of his rivals, but they re also squabbling among themselves and while romney can afford to look ahead to south carolina, some candidates can t afford to fall further behind. let s go to john king in new hampshire. john, you re on the scene for us. give us the lay of the land right now. the big picture. what s going on? five days out, wolf, you would have to say new hampshire is romney country. just like in iowa, you have the campaigns now gearing up for their final push. we see more lawn signs than we did in iowa, but nowhere near the level of past campaigns. the reason, people here are pretty well considered to b
issue one, tsa labor pains! come fly with me. let s fly, let s fly away! unfortunately, we have to be right all the time. terrorists only have to get lucky once. a lot of this has been security theater and is not done the job to support the air we need to. republican congressman jason chapin is the chairman of the house subcommittee on national security homeland security, and foreign operations. he is no fan of the transportation security administration, the tsa. that s because a number of airport security breaches over the last decade adds up to 25,000. that s about seven breaches per day in the last 10 years, ranging from improperly screened passengers to unscreened passengers. travelers boarding planes without being inspected at all. yet, the annual budget for the tsa is, get this, $8.1 billion. critics say that with 25,000 security breaches in 10 years, it s hard to believe the tsa s budget is making passengers safe. rather, the tsa s patdowns and invasive full body