of her presidential campaign? by most accounts, bachmann did well in the republican debate taking rick perry to task on his order to girls to get the hpv vaccine, suggesting he was catering to pharmaceutical manufacturer, merck. then she did this. i ll tell you this, i had a mother last night come up to me here in tampa, florida, after the debate. she told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. it can have very dangerous side effects. the mother was crying when she came up to me last night. i didn t know who she was before the debate. this is the very real concern. and people have to draw their own conclusions. that was bachmann on the today show accounting what some stranger said to her. now, we have no reason to doubt someone says this to mrs. bachmann, but it s incredibly irresponsible for her to repeat this as part of her argument against the hpv vaccine and then throw up her hands and say,
about his advice for perry and the state of the race right now. also, we re learning the back story behind ron paul s drama. he s getting flak for an answer to a health care question. turns out the scenario is similar to a real life death in his political family. and president obama s attempt to promote green jobs turns into a bigger embarrassment. first, the company he visited went bankrupt, now, it s been raided by the fbi and u.s. taxpayers may be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com right now, republican, rick perry, is trying to cover a lot of bases and burr niche his status as the front-runner. he s been reaching out to voters in a battleground state. a sign of confidence that his rivals are trying hard to tear down. jim acosta is covering perry s campaign in depth. he s joining us from richmond, virginia with the latest. wolf, the texas governor is not just running as
good evening, en. we begin tonight keeping them honest. one of the most contentious issues that came up in the debate. an issue that had all the makings of a political firestorm. kids, sexually transmitted disease, the government telling them how to protect their kids. at issue is rick perry s 2007 executive order requiring girls to get vaccinated against human papilloma virus, a virus that can cause cervical answer. that executive order never saw the light of day. perry signed it. two months later the state legislature turned it over and it died on the vine. despite that fact in the debate michele bachmann tried to paint rick perry is someone who wanted innocent little girls to be held down by the arm of big government and forcibly stuck with needles in their arms. now after the debate she s even trying to raise fears that the hpv vaccine can cause mental retardation. something she s repeated on television at least twice already. that is by all accounts, just flat-out wron
issues that came up last night in last night s cnn debate, issues this had the making offing of a political fire storm, kids, sexually transmitted disease and government telling parents how they should protect their own children. the issue, of course is texas governor rick perry s 2007 executive order requiring girls to get vaccinated against human paploma virus, hpv, a virus that can cause cervical answer. that executive order never saw the light of day. perry signed it. two months later, the state legislature turned it over and it died on the vine. despite that fact in the debate michele bachmann tried to paint rick perry as someone who wanted innocent little girls to be held down by the arm of big government and forcibly stuck with needles in their arms. now, after the debate, she s even trying to raise fears that the hpv vaccine can cause mental retardation, something she s repeated on television at least twice already. that is, by all accounts, just flat-out wrong. more
public. is this a referendum on the obama presidency? there had been polling done ahead of this election and it showed that the economic recovery was the number one theme. the fact that bob turner, who was a former cable tv executive, has never been a politician before, although he s run in some other races. the fact that he could beat a democrat in this district where the democrat was really expected to win this race easily until the past few weeks. democrats became increasingly nervous. this is a district where democrats outnumber republicans 3-1. it s not as liberal as many people might think. there are a lot of conservative democrats, that is, and the republican candidate here seized on their frustrations. been asked by the people of this district to send the message to washington and i hope they hear it loud and clear. we have been told this is a referendum and we re ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. you know, kyra, the democrat in this race t