it s got to be stopped and i know better than most. and that s it, the south carolina republican forum hosted by senator jim demint. we want to welcome our viewers. i wolf blitzer in the situation room. donna brazill is with us. let s get immediate reaction to what we heard from the five republican candidates over the past two hours. donna, let me start with you. you re a good democrat. you heard from the five republicans. they re pretty much on most of the issues on the same page. a page being very different than the page that the president of the united states is on. south carolina will hold the first primary in the deep south next february. it s a very important state for the republicans. what you saw today is michelle bachmann, mitt romney, newt gingrich, ron paul, of course, and her main cain present the ideas to jim demint. he s a heavyweight, he s a tea party favorite, and what they were running today for was not president of theite, but president of the tea part
going today probably is the weather. so many people in the upper midwest shivering right now. they re digging out. that will take place later. monster size winter storm dumping inches and inches of snow in a lot of places. minnesota seem like they may have gotten the worst of it. near record levels reported there. much of the same happening in wisconsin as well. authorities there telling people to stay off the roads. melissa mccrady did not listen to those warnings. she s from our affiliate there in wisconsin. just kind of teasing you there. out trying to do your job. looks like the wind is still whipping up for you guys. reporter: yes, absolutely. that s the biggest problem right now. i m 25 miles northwest of milwaukee in west bend, and you can tell this wind is coming on strong and whipping pretty fast. i want to show you the snow. we re dealing with wind and snow. it s about six inches of heavy snow. we ve already dealt with. it s real heavy and wet. and that always makes, you kn