everyone hammered herman cain s tax-raising 9-9-9 plan. well, the big question after all that republican intramural bickering is what have they got, and is this all they have got, and that leads to this. could it be that the winner of last night s debate wasn t even on the stage, and the winner was perhaps president obama? he must have loved what he heard last night. it plays right into his reelection strategy, which is, i m better than that crowd. then, it s time for big ideas. those those occupy wall street protests are a reminder that we re not going to solve our big problems by doing little things, but will the public do big stuff to deal with new problems and a new study finds laws requiring voters in south carolina to show photo i.d. cards. would that disproportionately affect minorities? why do you think prepare republicans are doing it? that s the story that we re
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dan wheldon, leaving racing fans in shock and grief. i m wolf blitzer in las vegas, you re in the situation room. we are now in las vegas with the republican hopefuls will face off tomorrow night in the western presidential debate. it comes at a pivotal point in the contest with herman cain now near or at the top of the various polls. but he sparked an uproar over the weekend about a controversial remark about immigration. a very sensitive issue here if nevada. cnn s jim acosta is with us. this is a big one here and in a lot of other states as well herman cain said he made these comments before when he hosted his radio show in atlanta. he is finding out that those remarks can bring in viewers and listeners but may not work as well on a presidential campaign. herm yan cane insists these comments did not cross the line. it ll be 20 feet high. barb wire on the top. it will be electrified. and there is going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. warnin
the room which is that barack obama is doing very, very, very badly, badly in the polls, the economy is doing extremely bad, so democrats like most voters are saying gosh, i wish we had someone in there who could do the job. it s not because democrats are such, you know, free wheeling folks who let their flag fly, it s because obama is screwing it up. bill: you re saying they want a winner and right now he s not a winner. i think that s right. gallup has a poll which sort of confirms what we see on the fox poll, gallup found that if you have democrats whether they re looking forward to a vote in 2012, only about half of democrats are looking forward to vote. the republicans, the numbers are much, much higher. you ve got a problem there. bill: you re likely to see 2012, it put the other way. is the reelection strategy in behalf of the president, is it designed to bring people together or drive them apart, one third say drive apart with
fine. when we talk about middle class and poor people being treated in a fairway, all of a sudden it s class warfare, but look at this poll. american people are basically not agreeing with this class warfare charge. when a recent poll says that president obama s reelection strategy is designed to bring people together, 56% say it brings people together. 32% say it drives people apart. so most people don t feel it s practices class warfare. well, they don t. what they really know is their own pocketbooks. they know that their wages aren t going nearly as far as they used to. they know that their children, who have done all that they need to go to college are coming out and don t have jobs. they know our small businesses are struggling. so the the republican party really needs to do a reality check. most people agree with the president, that we have to