if that man and his wife had lived in massachusetts instead of indiana, they would benefit from a health care plan. this is a ridiculous declaration. bob shrum, sometimes the day-to-day tactics get confused with the strategy. isn t this guy running against health care, trying to deny his own past with health care that you were involved fighting him on, and now his spokesman out there saying, yeah, but let s not forget, he had health care, the same health care plan, by the way, he wanted the whole country to model itself after. here we go. bob shrum. well, he doesn t have any strategy or any particular vision. they wanted this to be a one-dimensional referendum. if you re kind of unhappy with the economy, then give me a try. so you re going to get all sorts of things like this. they re not ready. they had 18 years to get ready for the bain attacks that crushed romney when he ran against ted kennedy. they could have straightened out his finances, made sure i paid tax taxes. closed sw
so far he has not, and as you will see in a moment when dana bash joins us, he is not backing down a bit, and offering no facts, but allegations an insen sinewations. before we go further on the story, you should know we are not being partisan here, because for weeks we have reported on michele bachmann and the colleagues who are making unfounded allegations about islamic radicals infiltrating the american government, and making connections with hillary clinton. extraordinary allegations require extraordinary proof or frankly any kind of proof. michele bachmann and company don t have any proof, and neither does harry reid. this began earlier in the week when mr. reid told the huffington post, he didn t pay any taxes for ten years. he went on, do i know that is ue? well, i m not certain. that is harry reid saying i m not certain. so you would think that not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation you would keep it to yourself? well, instead, harry reid w
plinterred and uprooted. the damage is widespread. dallas county sheriff lupe valdez tells cnn her ofrszs are going house to house, checking on casualties until warnings that more severe storms were on the way. the emergency lasted for hours. this call came into cnn over two hours ago. if you go north, there s warnings all over the place. it s raining. people are scrambling to try to get out of the offices just to get home, and now it s caused a big problem, a big problem on the streets. the sirens going on. even if you re not even in the tornado warning places. you don t know which way to go. you really can t decide if you want to make a run home or stay where you are. cnn s ed lavendera is on the phone right now from lancaster. what are you seeing where you are right now? we have made our way into hit hard by the storm that rushed through just a few hours ago. a neighborhood in lancaster, from what we have bib able to see, and it s difficult to navigate with the e
mitt romney is coming off his second place win in south carolina with nonstop attacks on the rival who beat him. newt gingrich. with the biggest contest to date just eight days away, even his temperment are talking points for mitt romney. he s gone from pillar to post like a pinball machine, from item to item in a way that is highly erratic and does not suggest a stable, thoughtful course which is normally associated with leadership. so far three republican contests have picked three different winners ron paul will take part in another debate in tampa. a state of emergency is in effect in alabama after storms in late january. two people are known dead in the birmingham area. dozens of people are hurt in what appears to be one or two tornadoes. many homes are damaged or destroyed and many thousands don t have power. a possible tornado touchdown in arkansas as well. overseas now, europe tightening the jus on iran. eu foreign ministers say they won t sign any more contra
tax taxes our taxes were as high as they could be. much higher than most of the country. he reduced corporate taxes 35-25 percent. reduced individual taxes. bring in the private sector. they will do a better job. unions hate it. of course they felt threatened. they were threatened. cuts 17,000 jobs. some wanted to work with us and lower the expenses some did. others refused. one fired employee did. they will try to push back because a lot of people would rather stay comfortable in the