cain s catchy 9-9-9 tax reform plan. what 9-9-9 does, is he compromises in the worst way, he gives you a sales tax and a flat tax, and opens up the door to a value added tax. i think it s very, very dangerous. and even the front-runner, mitt romney, now gently taking aim, warning republicans who might like mr. cain s lack of political experience to think again. you know we have a guy who s president we didn t know very well as a country when he got elected and wondered what would happen if we elected someone who had no experience. now we know. now the perry challenge, to me, just as critical. tonight maybe even more so. his debate performances have been weak and views on immigration and other issues are giving some conservatives pause. a strong night for governor perry is mandatory if he s to stop a stunning slide from atop the pack to the crowded middle. i m looking in that camera talking to the young man or the lady out there without a job, somebody that s hanging
we are just acquaintances. so will jeffress be a liability for perry? or is he actually an asset? i think he s acting as a political asset. when he did that introduction for him at that event with the value voters, perry knew what he was going to say. and perry knows how reverend jeffress feels about these things. the pastor wasn t speaking extemporaneously. they knew he was going to be approached by reporters and going to be asked these questions. this isn t an accident. rick perry doesn t have to distance himself. perry doesn t have to say anything. he just lets pastor jeffress keep saying the same thing over and over again and it helps rick perry. candidate jon huntsman who s not doing well, he is also a mormon. he called jeffress a moron today. but other candidates like michele bachmann and herman cain, they pretty much are dodging the question. what do you make of that? i think that the problem is
we are just acquaintances. so will jeffress be a liability for perry? or is he actually an asset? i think he s acting as a political asset. when he did that introduction for him at that event with the value voters, perry knew what he was going to say. and perry knows how reverend jeffress feels about these things. the pastor wasn t speaking extemporaneously. they knew he was going to be approached by reporters and going to be asked these questions. this isn t an accident. rick perry doesn t have to distance himself. perry doesn t have to say anything. he just lets pastor jeffress keep saying the same thing over and over again and it helps rick perry. candidate jon huntsman who s not doing well, he is also a mormon. he called jeffress a moron today. but other candidates like michele bachmann and herman cain, they pretty much are dodging the question. what do you make of that? i think that the problem is
the violence erupted when a group of coptic christians and supporters of their cause were marching toward the egypt state-run television building. military trucks were set on fire. some of the protesters could be seen throwing rocks. the army says some in the crowd had guns and fired on them. yet witnesses say it was the army that fired on the protesters. the stories may be different but no one can deny this. dead bodies in the morgue. the victims of this weekend s clashes. too many victims to refrigerate, so they are kept on ice. this is the reality in the new egypt, again, too similar to the old. once again the government has imposed a curfew from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. the people of egypt still under emergency law, one of the main frustrations they protested eight months ago. the military is not turning the government over to civilians like it promised to do. back then people taking to the streets, climbing up on tanks joyous the mubarak regime was history. after weeks of
pro-coptic christian protesters turned deadly. 25 people killed, nearly 300 others wounded. coptic christians are an ancient sect that make up 9% of egypt s population. they ve faced a lot of violence in the recent months but unclear how the violence started sunday night or who is to blame. the violence erupted when a group of coptic christians and supporters of their cause were marching toward the egypt state-run television building. military trucks were set on fire. some of the protesters could be seen throwing rocks. the army says some in the crowd had guns and fired on them. yet witnesses say it was the army that fired on the protesters. the stories may be different but no one can deny this. dead bodies in the morgue. the victims of this weekend s clashes. too many victims to refrigerate, so they are kept on ice. this is the reality in the new egypt, again, too similar to the old. once again the government has imposed a curfew from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. the people of egy