but even if they overcome these three, they ve got one more obstacle which is history. jenna: and what s that? it s hard to do this. jenna: it s hard to take back the house? to take the house it requires a 25-seat pick-up. and in the last ten presidential elections, that s happened one time, and in the last 20 elections, midterm and presidential elections, it s only happened six times. but in a presidential election year, particularly when you ve got somebody at the top of the ticket running for re-election who s as unpopular as president obama is, even if he were to win re-election, independents would like to have a check on him and their disposition in these districts means it s going to be awful hard for the democrats to pick up a net 25 seats. jenna: also in this article there was a suggestion that democrats are really hoping that rick perry becomes the republican nominee for president because they feel that rick perry will ail yen mate the independents, and they have a greater
reporter: well, without giving away too much, yeah. social security will certainly be mentioned. but, you know, there are some other issues as well. there s the hpv vaccine that president i m sure he s happy that i just made that mistake that governor perry mandated by executive order that all sixth graders in the texas be given. that s an issue where some conservatives think that s big government run amok. you ve also got immigration as perry tough enough on immigration. but, you know, romney is also vulnerable, and we ve kind of gotten away from it, but there s still romneycare and its similarities to obamacare. so, you know, that s something as well. i don t think this is going to be all of them piling on perry. as i say, i think he ll probably be the prime target for the other candidates, but the others have their own vulnerabilities as well. it s going to be a free-fire zone. jon: yeah. and one debate or, you know, a couple of debates can really
after both romney and perry, mostly probably perry, which gives romney an opportunity to capitalize if he can convince people that he s authentic, and there s always been a question with mitt romney because he s changed his positions over the years whether or not he could pull this off in this campaign, that s one of the things that perry was referring to in his interview with hannity. jon: that s why this debate will be so interesting to watch. 9:00pm eastern time. jenna: the car bombing in michigan. we found out indeed it was a car bomb. you ll hear the terrifying 911 call. we are live with more on that. jon: we are live at the united nation waiting a speech by there he is, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. why statements from this leader in the past could leave him
runners. rick perry, the newest candidate to jump into the race, he s taking direct aim at mitt romney. last night on hannity perry explained why. we need to nominate someone who will have a stark, clear difference between the republican nominee and president obama. and i think i am that person who can clearly delineate the differences. we don t need to nominate obama-light, we don t need to nominate someone who s going to blur the lines between president obama and our nominee. jon: chris wallace will be on tonight s panel, all right, so he says you ve got to take clear positions, delineate the differences among the candidates who are going on on stage tonight. how are you going to help him do that, chris? reporter: i don t think we re going to have a lot of problem with it, jon, and good afternoon here from orlando. first of all, we re going to have some questions, and these candidates are really, you can tell, romney and perry and a
after all, he was the governor of a neighboring state. yes, although he did lose the state to mccain which was mccain s, probably, strongest state last time around. but he s very strong there. it s his firewall. if he is seriously challenged there, he would have real problems. and i think, actually, given the course of the campaign in the last week or so, last couple weeks, it s probably strengthened him in new hampshire. so that s his base. his problem s going to be iowa, south carolina and florida be. jon: yeah, doug, no matter what happens in new hampshire, both of these candidates or any candidate who s going to go on to win the nomination has to do well in the states that follow. well, that s right. and since iowa comes before new hampshire, jon, and because rick perry s doing much better there, probably the nominal front runner, the new hampshire race will take place in the context of the primaries that come later and, most importantly, the caucus that comes before. this is,