war on religion. you re in the situation room. but first, this just coming in right now at this moment, our brand new poll shows newt gingrich leading the pack in three of the first four states to hold republican presidential contests. with less than a month to go before republicans start voting, newt gingrich has double digit leads in iowa, south carolina, and florida. he trails mitt romney in new hampshire but they still have some competition. ron paul essentially tied with romney in iowa and double digit support in new hampshire. let s discuss these numbers. they spell it exactly the same but they pronounce their names differently. he pronounces it incorrectly. we won t discuss the history right now. iowa is coming up january 3. here is what we have in our cnn time magazine poll numbers. gingrich, 33%. romney 20, ron paul 17, perry 9, bachmann 7, santorum 5 and huntsman 1. it s a rather dramatic lead in iowa for newt gingrich. and a rather difficult state to ap
but feels disappointment. this is the 50th anniversary of the kennedy nixon debate. eric has a look back. it simply changed the way we elect presidents. 70 million americans watched as john f. kennedy and richard m. nixon sparred in the first live televised debate. which party do we want to lead the united states. i know what it means to be poor and see people unemployed. the 7th game of the world series becomes those die baits, particularly the first one. david is the author of the new book, 960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon which examines the race and the debate s legacy. two men stripping down and going into the ring one on one and each one hoping to bloody the other one. what does the cut mean that s it. in 1960, there were four debates but it is the first history remembers.