going into his campaign, ultimately the affiliated group, i think that could have more legs and in the long run than the sexual harassment stuff. okay. we shall see. you re usually right. thank you. let s go now to strategy talk. speaker dennis is here, and martin frost a. former democratic congressional campaign. good morning. good morning the ten-day window to prepare for this. media blitz, it was all over the map. do you think there was any discussion of a strategy in the campaign before this broke? well, it s very unclear. if there was, they didn t resolve anything.
officials before making a final determination about how many troops should be withdrawn. there s a gop debate coming up on tuesday, alex, and you can bet that all of the candidates will be weighing in on this issue. president obama turns back to his domestic agenda this week when he hits the road for a three-day bus tour, but the administration will undoubtly be answering questions about this. thank you from the white house. ahead in today s strategy talk, a look at the winners and losers in campaign fund-raising. i m tired of shopping around. [ sigh ] too bad you re not buying car insurance. like that s easy. oh, it is. progressive direct showed me their rates and the rates of their competitors. i saved hundreds when switching. we could use hundreds. yeah. wake up and smell the savings. out there with a better way.
$20 to the american cancer society for each turtleneck sold. more on the explosive comments from a rick perry supporter who called mitt romney s religion a cult. perry s campaign says the texas governor does not agree with the reverend. contender rick santorum on hardball last night. mitt romney, even the he s a good, moral man. is he christian? he believes he s a christian. i m not an expert. you re hedging. is he a christian? you don t every mormon i know believes they are christian. i m not an expert in mormonism. if they say they re christian, as far as i m concerned they re christian. joining me on strategy talk, white house reporter for the washington post. good saturday morning. hey, alex. the president had to swat away religious questions during his white house run. what is the read from him and his campaign advisers? is there sympathy for romney s plot or happy to see a splintering gop here? last week the president s
it s not necessarily a quagmire but if we start engaging in talks with the taliban, we can make it into a quagmire. takes between the north vietnamese and u.s. started in 1967. they didn t end until 1973. they extended the problem. they compounded problem. they doesn t resolve it. jenna: let s talk about the talks. why do you see them as a tipping point in afghanistan? the way the taliban doesn t see the talks to resolve the war. not a compromise. no insurgency in history see a compromise. they see talks as method of warfare by other means. you heard people saying now we re finally getting offensive against the taliban. they re under pressure. we killed dozens of their commanders. so why then would the taliban want to engage in talks right now? as a way of forestalling further u.s. military action. same thing by the way happened in vietnam. we had the strategy talk and fight. we would talk a bit, fight a bit. when the fighting got hard for the north vietnamese they would be more seri
drug violence in mexico. both issues at the top of the agenda for secretary of state hillary clinton this coming week. monday she speaks to the apec conference here in washington. the american israel public affairs committee, also speaking at that conference, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. both speeches coming at a time of tension in the relationship between u.s. and israel. wednesday, trip to mexico. i m poppy harlow in new york. here s some of the big stories we ll bring your way on cnn money. closely following the all important health care vote and focus on economic recovery with reports on new and existing home sales expected. we ll get the latest reading on consumer sentiment. for coffee lovers out there, starbucks holds its annual meeting on wednesday. we sat down before that one-on-one with a strategy talk with the ceo. showbiz tonight s a.j. hammer. we re expecting big news