i think he did well enough. i don t know if he really significantly improved his chances here in new hampshire but he certainly didn t hurt himself. what you saw there with ron paul, there is a very unusual divide right now between ron paul and almost everybody else in this race. ron paul on tv is going after these candidates and he s accused newt gingrich, for example, of serial hypocrisy. ron paul has also accused rick santorum of being a serial hypocrite as well. what you see on the stage is some of the latent anger that s going on between these candidates, hitting each other really, really hard. it is a huge pitched battle for second and third. gingrich is in the race for second and third and we ll see how he does on thursday. behind you, by the way, it looks like a norman rockwell painting. such a great picture of you standing there. we re actually sitting in a u haul truck so what s behind me
dramatic video shows a cargo ship split in two. authorities say the result is a disaster. and a texas pastor calls on married couples in his congregation to engage in a week of sex. seven straight days of sex. he and his wife are going to join me this hour to talk about the results of this sex-periment. we don t start with sex, we start with politics. that debate in new hampshire. you may have missed it while out for a late dinner last night or o while watching the nfl playoffs so we have got the highlights, the hits, the misses, the punches not thrown. here s cnn s political editor paul steinhauser. good morning, gary. round one of this doubleheader of debates this weekend up here in new hampshire is over. guess what? front-runner mitt romney is still the front-runner. the former massachusetts governor who s way ahead in polls here in new hampshire really remain unscathed as this debate as a lot of the rivals didn t really attack him but rather went after each other. l
our latest polls on the republican race, they are just coming out this minute andy sho stunning change in fortune for two of the republican hopefuls. mitt romney still plead leads in iowa with 21%. ron paul is right behind at 22%. but look at this. rick santorum has jumped into third place with 16%. tripling his shows just three weeks ago. meantime, newt gingrich has fallen off a cliff. at least it seems like it now. he s at only 14% down from 33% in our last poll. rick perry is at 11%. michele bachmann, still in single digits, followed by jon huntsm huntsman, who has written off campaigning here in iowa. there s less drama in romney s backyard of new hampshire. he s at 44% there, followed by paul at 17%, gingrich at 16%. the rest of the poll in single digits. joining us now from des moines, candy crowley. candy, i guess the headline here is not necessarily that mitt romney is number one in iowa, although he is even though he really hasn t spent a lot of time here. but all of
house democrats tried to bring up the tax extension on capitol hill. the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday mr. speaker, mr. speaker. mr. speaker! that was a democrat there trying to get the attention. he failed. less than a half hour later, after cutting off the democrats the house republican leader was asking, where are they? we re here, ready to work. looking for our counterparts to sit down with us. so when will the games be set aside and both sides actually start working together to save you money? dana bash working her sources on capitol hill. republicans seem to be on the defensive now. i want to read you from the wall street journal editorial today. the wall street journal generally a conservative editorial page. they call this a fiasco. quote, the gop leaders have somehow managed the remarkable feat of being blamed for opposing a one-year extension of a tax holiday they are surely going to pass. this is no easy double play. so the wall
romney is steady at 22. romney attacking on multiple fronts to bring gingrich down and he called him [ inaudible ] he watched the web blast about the former speaker collaboration on nancy pelosi. it ends saying with friends like newt, who needs the left and called gingrich unreliable leader. ron paul is tied with romney for second in several iowa polls and he accused gingrich of serial hypocrisy and political profiteering. perry used the recent debate to attack them in a video of his own. that is the problem. the question has been stand on the stage and look obama in the eye and say obamacare is an abomination for this country. all the candidates have two main priorities for the last 19 day of iowa caucus debate. first, game-changing debate in sioux city tomorrow night. and secondly put together a