support precipitously with independents in the last couple of months that the primary contest has begun and been in full force, and those are the people that put him over the top. if both president obama and mitt romney start with their 47 percent, someone needs to win the middle, and that person becomes the next president. if mitt romney needs them, plus his faith, that becomes more challenging if this negative campaign in the primary goes on long, bleeds his money, bliedz hes support, and weakens him. he needs to fire up the base and he needs the middle. jon: a.b. stoddard from the hill newspaper and that quote, obviously, was hers, on the hill.cole, a.b.c. thank you. thank you. jen jon, it s going to be tough to get through this next story. it was the talk of the commercial and i bet it s the talk of you at home as well, the new report says the majority of ground beef sold at supermarkets across this country contains so-called pink slime. what is that? rick folbaum is here with th
let s go outfront. i m erin burnett, tonight, live from a seasonably chilly new hampshire. polls open less than 12 hours in the state s gop primary. the second contest in the race to the white house. it s romney s race to lose here tonight. we went to some l of the campaign headquarters today. we talked to volunteers, went into a cigar shop and i smell a little bit and some passion for a guy that a lot of people say doesn t spark passion. now, we got some good shots of the candidates calling supporters and asking for their vote tomorrow. we also got to talk to mitt romney s only brother and he revealed something interesting about his brother that i had never heard before i will virtually guarantee you have never heard. but the romney campaign has a reason to be confident. let s run through a couple of the latest polls. romney at the 33%. paul with 20% and jon huntsman, who has spent basically all his time in this state in third with about 13%. there s a second poll which gi
i m erin burnett, tonight, live from a seasonably chilly new hampshire. polls open less than 12 hours in the state s gop primary. the second contest in the race to the white house. it s romney s race to lose here tonight. we went to some of the campaign headquarters today. we talked to volunteers, went into a cigar shop and i smell a little bit, and we found a motivated elector and passion for a guy that a lot of people say doesn t spark passion. now, we got some good shots of the candidates calling supporters and asking for their vote tomorrow. we also got to talk to mitt romney s only brother and he revealed something interesting about his brother that i had never heard before. and i will virtually guarantee you have never heard before. i m going to share that with you in just a couple of moments. but the romney campaign has a reason to be confident tonight. let s run through a couple of the latest polls. romney at the 33%. paul with 20% and jon huntsman, who has spent basi
i m erin burnett, tonight, live from a seasonably chilly new hampshire. polls open less than 12 hours in the state s gop primary. the second contest in the race to the white house. it s romney s race to lose here tonight. we went to some l of the campaign headquarters today. we talked to volunteers, went into a cigar shop and i smell a little bit and some passion for a guy that a lot of people say doesn t spark passion. now, we got some good shots of the candidates calling supporters and asking for their vote tomorrow. we also got to talk to mitt romney s only brother and he revealed something interesting about his brother that i had never heard before i will virtually guarantee you have never heard. but the romney campaign has a reason to be confident. let s run through a couple of the latest polls. romney at the 33%. paul with 20% and jon huntsman, who has spent basically all his time in this state in third with about 13%. there s a second poll which gives romney a bigger l