the president s plan calls for an end to combat operations in afghanistan next year and a withdraw by the end of the 2014. the president says afghanistan s president hamid karzai is onboard. both oof us recognize that we still have a lot of work to do and there will be great challenges ahead. the loss of life continues in afghanistan. there will be hard days ahead, but we re confident that we re on the right track and what this summit reflects is the world is behind this strategy that we ve laid out. the big hurdle now to cross is the cost. the country doesn t have all the cash it needs. nato secretary general is optimistic that other countries will pitch in to help meet the roughly $4 billion price tag. the obama campaign headquarters, just outside the nato summit in chicago. look at this. protesters on one side, police on the other, pushing back and forth. this was on sunday. several officers were injured. today, the superintendent of police defends his officers action
but trending down, hence that arrow pointing down in red. one interesting point i find, with more than 10 million followers, president obama trails by almost 25 points in the ranking right now, but his followers are more focused and consistent, says klout. when we reported on this two weeks ago, as you talked about, cain was the big social media mover then and that hasn t changed. thank you. that s fascinatiing stuff. but there s still a lot of traditional media. we re ten weeks if the first blots being cast in the 2012 race. republicans are gearing up today for an ad blitz in those early voting states. remember these? these are some of our favorites from 2008. it s 3:00 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. but there s a phone in the white house and it s ringing. something s happening in the world. he s the biggest celebrity in the world, but is he ready to lead? i m not a witch.
local tavern, had the most impact. so who s winning the social media war right now? well, on twitter, romney leads with cain close behind, as you can see right here, 147,000 to 138 right now, below 100,000 are perry and paul. gingrich has 1.3 million followers. weapon department pidn t put hi because there s some questions, reportedly, as to whether 1.2 million of his followers just aren t real. there s more to it than quantity, says klout.com. it supposedly reflects your social media s identity ability to drive action. in the candidate s cases, that could mean donating and voting. here s how the field is scoring this hour for you. herman cain has the highest klout score at 81. mitt romney is second at 76. ron paul is scoring well at 75, but trending flat. and rick perry, he is lagging,