important and we will be happy to be there. the top 10 is a good place to be but this is a long game. i spent a lot of time in new hampshire and iowa. one debate is not going to make or break a candidate. i don t know about that rick perry in the last presidential debate perry didn t do well. i think it is critical to be in the top 10 at this stage. especially because the ratings are going to be huge to quote donald trump ha! i talk today a lot of people when are not political, friends of mine tuning in. we want to see these guys together. fox always has good ratings. but seeing how donald trump is going to interact with the rest of the field there is a tune in
so he is the front runner i think for inside of the beltway probably. john this is not about throwing anyone under the bus and it is not about scott walker s comments as vile as they are, being the issue. scott walker s rhetoric which was well received yesterday is in the great tradition of cpac underscores why the republican party has been virtually ineffective, losing five of the last votes in the last six presidential elections. robert let me get in here it is about throwing someone under the bus, governor perry didn t have to pounce. he could have left it to the media and others. that s what the point is john is trying to make. he said governor walker s words were inappropriate. inappropriate is when you use a salad fork for main course and not the dinner fork. this is not inappropriate. his words among mainstream america, comparing public school teachers and workers to isis is vile at its core. in the republican base which defines the nominee, he was well received. that s th
captions by vitac www.vitac.com an historic and stunning showdown is under way right now between the obama administration and federal judges. a three-member appeals panel all republican appointees has taken issue with the president s jawboning of the u.s. supreme court over the health care reform law. now an unusual demand from those judges is putting a lot of heat from the justice department in washington. brian todd is following this battle for us. brian, what s going on? reporter: one seasoned court analyst says federal judges almost never do this kind of thing. whether he intended to or not an appeals court judge has publicly taken on president obama and walked into the political fire. reporter: a barometer of how high the political stakes are for the president and his opponents on the health care law. a public sparring match between president obama and the courts. on monday, mr. obama says this about the supreme court s review of health care. ultimately, i m
what you have is what we had at the beginning. essentially a tie. i think it alters nothing. santorum has to make sure he doesn t finish last. if he does behind paul he has to step away. bret: quickly as we do a popotperi of topics. santorum was leading romney by double digits, bumpy road at the beginning. some say if he had delivered the speech today and had debate performances that he had at the beginning it would have been a different race. he showed why it s important to start out in the minor leagues. normally the candidates spend six months out before the debate and before he goes national where he works out all the kinks and develops a speech and knows how to answer stuff. perry didn t. he started major league level in the all-star game and had
what you have is what we had at the beginning. essentially a tie. i think it alters nothing. santorum has to make sure he doesn t finish last. if he does behind paul he has to step away. bret: quickly as we do a popotperi of topics. santorum was leading romney by double digits, bumpy road at the beginning. some say if he had delivered the speech today and had debate performances that he had at the beginning it would have been a different race. he showed why it s important to start out in the minor leagues. normally the candidates spend six months out before the debate and before he goes national where he works out all the kinks and develops a speech and knows how to answer stuff. perry didn t. he started major league level in the all-star game and had