provided he doesn t step on his own message, which he has a history of doing. we ll see what happens. david, same question to you. would president obama and the democrats be gleeful to see newt rise to the top? well, actually yes. i think that he represents an even more stark contrast to the policies of inclusion and middle class growth that the democrats are pursuing. personal character matters. if you look carefully at the polling of president obama,let start with him. the personal a o profl, do you trust this man, like this man. still very high. by contrast, newt gingrich scores very low. overall, approval is one thing. personal in a presidential race really matters. is it somebody i like, trust, relate to. obama would beat him hands down. i would welcome that fight. we have a ways to go. stamina, gentlemen. david good friend, michael steele. thank you. appreciate it. here s a look at other stories topping the news. the holiday cards may come slower than expected.
acquaintance but white said they were much more than that, beginning in the late 1990s when cain headed the national restaurant association. unlike the women who accused cain of sexual harassment, white says her relationship with pretty simple and very inappropriate. cain told cnn s wolf blitzer he had no plans to exit the race but today he said he is quote, reassessing. wolf joins me live just moments from now. and moments ago in los angeles, conrad murray was sentenced to four years behind bars for the death of michael jackson, the maximum term and exactly what prosecutors war asking for. convicted of involuntary manslaughter forgiving jackson a anesthetic to sleep. the judge said murray is dangerous and completely without remorse. vice president biden in baghdad this hour. it s his eighth trip to iraq since taking office and almost certainly his last before u.s. forces pull out at the end of the month. he s due to meet with iraq s prime minister and president and commemo
won the debate on monday night. i think that he got away from his negatives on romney. and he talked about chinese dissidents not being like osama bin laden and he talked about his red meat is how it was characterized,ed food stamp president was a wonderful shot and accurate and people loved it. i thought santorum did not do well on monday. last night i thought santorum won and newt didn t do well. and i think that you watched romney fall, newt rise and santorum fall during the week. and now i think you may see a reversal of those trends. i do not think that newt s attacks on romney are helping him. i think that he s making mitt romney the poster child for american capitalism because what romney did is what all of us believe in, which is to take voluntary investment funds and turn private sector companies around. it s not predatory capitalism, it s successful capitalism. it s what we want to have