his tax rate, mitt romney reveals his tax rate. fair or unfair? and fact or not? are the congress members back in session refresh and ready to change the world or not? let s go outfront. well, good ooevening, everyone. i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, and welcome back, congress. we missed you. we really did. after well, that may have been a bizarre and appropriate slip of the tongue. but members are back in the house today to make up for frankly an abysmal 2011. the track record. full of failures. they didn t raise the debt ceiling which caused america s credit rating to be cut which hurts all of us. and they didn t agree on a budg budget. and they didn t have a super committee deal. and no tax cuts. so it is no surprise that the cnn poll shows that 11% of americans approve of the way that congress is handling the job. that is an all-time low. more people approved of how bp handled the gulf coast oil spill. while members were off, some took trips abroad. maj
raising the debt ceiling and more spending. i don t buy this bill, i don t like this at all. bill: you don t buy what? it s a dog and pony show. it s republicans standing up voicing outrage over something they should have fought back in august. house republicans dropped the ball on that super committee deal. they had an opportunity to really put democrats in a corner and push for big cuts and they didn t do it. now you have the president is going to put a budget forward, finally, in the next couple of weeks, bill, i think now republicans have to put forth and alternative and they ve got to argue for more cuts even though they are unlikely to get them. this symbolic stuff, it s sickening. they ve got to stop that. bill: are you take that republicans have lost this debate already? or are you suggesting a strategy where they can regain their footing. i don t see how they can regain their footing, they have to put out their claim that they are for lower spending.
he could have gotten elected over and over again in illinois. here said he didn t want to run for president and he has tough damage there. i don t like to use the word hit man, but is he going to be the bulldog for mitt romney? in a lot of ways i think that was in a way how chris christie could be effective for his party and his tough language. what he said ends up getting attention. in fairness on that one charge, republicans did walk away from his offer on tax increases and also entitlement in july. president obama met with republicans time and time again and this super committee deal was an entirely different matter. for chris christie made that point, what he was saying would have been proven wrong and no sense of him being at microphone.
flaring and deadly political upheaval. we re learning more about who these young men are and why their families are so frightened. i m wolf blitzer ayou re in th situation room. we re coming to you from washington s historic constitution hall, the scene of tonight s cnn republican presidential debate in which we ll focus on national security and foreign policy. in just under four hours, the candidates will walk on stage. it s been ten days since their last face-off an in that time, there have been some dramatic changes in the race. newt gingrich is now at the front of the pack according to our new poll. in this statistical dead heat with mitt romney. and while his new top tier status puts gingrich in the spotlight, romney is always getting a lot of attention for his first television campaign commercial. an ad that s misleading at best. democrats are calling it quote, dishonest. and deceitful. cnn s joe johns is working the story for us. what is this all about? this is a
he likes romney than everyone elses gives to romney. neil: that would be a big deal. next is a big thing and it looks like he is by virtue of the silence toward obama and behind the scenes it looks like he will push in favor of romney. a lot of thing could happen. romney might not win. neil: or the president s numbers look better. guest: right, right, but if it stays as they are, where unemployment is imagine naturally better, they will support romney. i think . neil: if you are romney you are not breaking about that tha? guest: i don t know. the public isn t crazy about wall street, but, i read the editorial pages left and right and people are thinking that we need wall street around. we need banks to finance deals and to bring companies public. neil: the failed super committee deal or looked like failure, we will get the exact