lead over bernie sanders. let s look at the matchup. we got first here in some of the major states, we got here trump vs. clinton in iowa. she trails him. trump versus sanders in iowa. he s beating trump 52-42. there are similar numbers with the other top republicans. should she be wern concerned here? no, absolutely not. what she should be concerned with is first getting the nomination. those numbers i think look really good for her. let s remember at this time in 2012, mitt romney was beating barack obama. so in all honestly, general election at this point in time don t mean a lot. what will matter, frankly, i believe this whoever gets the democratic flom nation, they will be able contrast their policies, their views, their plans for the future of america
i m gloria borger. john king is off today. thanks for joining us on what turns out to be a very significant day on the campaign trail. mitt romney who has been taking a rather low-key approach to his republican opponents so far today decided to take some jabs at the man who s replaced him as the official frontrunner, texas governor rick perry. and he did it in perry s home state. thank you. during a speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention in san antonio, romney pointed to his own business resume and then took a shot at people he called career politicians. i m a conservative businessman. i spent most of my life outside politics, dealing with real problems in the real economy. career politicians got us into this mess, and they simply don t know how to get us out. get ready for even more romney versus perry. late this afternoon we learned romney has changed his mind and now has decided to attend a candidate forum on monday in south carolina. rick perry, of cou
and he did it in perry s home state. thank you. thank you. during a speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention in san antonio, romney pointed to his own business resume and then took a shot at people he called career politicians. i m a conservative businessman. i spent most of my life outside politics. dealing with real problems in the real economy. career politicians got us into this mess, and they simply don t know how to get us out. get ready for even more romney versus perry. late this afternoon we learned romney has changed his mind, and now has decided to attend a candidate forum on monday in south carolina. rick perry, of course, has already announced he ll be there. and here to talk over the latest developments, cnn political contributor and republican consultant alex castellanos who advised the romney campaign in 2007 and 2008. democratic pollster cornell belcher who worked for the obama campaign in 2008 and david frum, a former speechwriter for pres