a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother s womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling that s a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can t afford to give up his position and he
and it s interesting turn of events and appears to be toxic to have been a member during the middle and end bush years. when they were thrown out of congress in 2006 and an incredible feeling among voters out there that they had lost their vision for why they d gone to washington. forgot about reforming and all about earmarks and spending and why mr. santorum is so vulnerable on this issue. and it was because of a lot of the tea party s angst and the rise of the tea party is actually cleaning house within the g.o.p. so you don t want to be saeshd in that regard. and you re making a judgment on santorum versus the alternative. so, to make the judgment that santorum is unacceptable, you have to say that if mitt romney had been in the congress at that time, he would have been the hard core tea party guy and i think his record in massachusetts doesn t lead to you that conclusion. all right, let s look at another exchange on that record in massachusetts. arlen specker, the pro choic
fore, in national politics, with the vietnam war and cultural revolution, all of that. the republicans have done much better. seven of 11 presidential races they ve won where they lost most of them before that in the pre-cultural issues era. and doesn t he have a point? he has a point. but all presidential elections are not alike. this presidential election is about barack obama s stewardship of the american economy. it s not about this stuff. and the republican candidate who can best criticize obama s stewardship for the economy and alternative alternative is the one who s going to win. you think beyond that, i think you realize when you look at santorum, if he s saying parents ought to spend more time with their kids and he said this with moms and dads spend more time with their kids, he s not regulating it. at the end of the day, you ve got to ask yourself. what allows you more freedom to live the life you want to leave. the barack obama plan or santorum at 18%?
of events and appears to be toxic to have been a member during the middle and end bush years. when they were thrown out of congress in 2006 and an incredible feeling among voters out there that they had lost their vision for why they d gone to washington. forgot about reforming and all about earmarks and spending and why mr. santorum is so vulnerable on this issue. and it was because of a lot of the tea party s angst and the rise of the tea party is actually cleaning house within the g.o.p. so you don t want to be saeshd in that regard. and you re making a judgment on santorum versus the alternative. so, to make the judgment that santorum is unacceptable, you have to say that if mitt romney had been in the congress at that time, he would have been the hard core tea party guy and i think his record in massachusetts doesn t lead to you that conclusion. all right, let s look at another exchange on that record in massachusetts. arlen specker, the pro choice senator of pennsylvania
with the vietnam war and cultural revolution, all of that. the republicans have done much better. seven of 11 presidential races they ve won where they lost most of them before that in the pre-cultural issues era. and doesn t he have a point? he has a point. but all presidential elections are not alike. this presidential election is about barack obama s stewardship of the american economy. it s not about this stuff. and the republican candidate who can best criticize obama s stewardship for the economy and alternative alternative is the one who s going to win. you think beyond that, i think you realize when you look at santorum, if he s saying parents ought to spend more time with their kids and he said this with moms and dads spend more time with their kids, he s not regulating it. at the end of the day, you ve got to ask yourself. what allows you more freedom to live the life you want to leave. the barack obama plan or santorum at 18%? and i think people who aren t