the iranian hostage crisis and the pueblo incident back in the 1960s with north korea. luckily, it s pretty clear we didn t go far given the brevity of this detention. but it was very concerning. it also showed, i believe, because there were reports conflicting with other reports that use slightly different language and considerable language. you had, you know, a deal, there were different views of what had transperiod within the iranian hierarchy. when you can dealing with a country that has action on either side of the issue, you never sure are exactly where you will ended up. not only can we breathe a sigh of he leaf, the government as a country, definitely not what happened back in 1979, 1980.
inheriter of trump support should he leaf leave the race. for him to get in you see him never interrupt in debates. he almost wants to float through. i m not looking at a big night for cruz. i m obviously looking at how rubio responds to sitting more closely to the frontrunner because he has moved up in the polls. jeb bush and carson and trump. you know, aaron, everyone talks about trump no longer number one in the national poll. just one national poll first of all. second of all he may be losing in iowa but has a commanding lead in all the other states. a poll today in north carolina. i mean, it s almost like we play the horse race but, you know, he is actually not doing badly. he is doing quite well. no, is still leading everywhere except for iowa and you are right, this is one national poll. at the same time, there was a period forever three months there where we did not see one of these polls in iowa or nationally that showed him trailing. he was in first place everywhere.
inheriter of trump support should he leaf leave the race. for him to get in you see him never interrupt in debates. he almost wants to float through. i m not looking at a big night for cruz. i m obviously looking at how rubio responds to sitting more closely to the frontrunner because he has moved up in the polls. jeb bush and carson and trump. you know, aaron, everyone talks about trump no longer number one in the national poll. just one national poll first of all. second of all he may be losing in iowa but has a commanding lead in all the other states. a poll today in north carolina. i mean, it s almost like we play the horse race but, you know, he is actually not doing badly. he is doing quite well. no, is still leading everywhere except for iowa and you are right, this is one national poll. at the same time, there was a period forever three months there where we did not see one of these polls in iowa or nationally that showed him trailing. he was in first place everywhere.
debater. george w. bush was a terrible one. still couldn t even up that race. david, final word to you. well, i ve talked to one top obama person who says that he, indeed, is worried about the debates for the same reasons that richard just put out there. you know, the president does get impatient when he doesn t think someone is giving him a smart, straight answer. the first debate they re going to have almost 15 minutes each to go around these issues. and if the president gets pandantic or disrespectful in terms of how he approaches mitt romney, it could be a problem for him. it s going to be very interesting to see. i do think the bar is really low. mitt romney did well in the republican debates. he may not do so bad in these. david corn, professor shrum, richard, thank you. mitt romney s amnesia when it comes to welfare and his own family. stay with us. would he leaf, welfare relief for the first years of his life, but this great country gave him opportunities.
for more than 20 years and who had just retired in january. he says the event happened over a decade ago and that he told maria after he leaf the governor s office. he has apparently taken financial care of the child and is continuing to provide support. in his statement to the l.a. times and the associated press the former california governor said quote, i understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family, there are no excuses and i take full responsibility for the hurt i have caused. i ve apologized to maria, my children and my family, i am truly sorry. now arnold has been seen a few times publicly since the couple announced their big split and at his first public event he had this to say. we both love each other very much. we are very fortunate that we have four extraordinary children, and we are taking one day at a time. reporter: now no comment on any of this yet from maria shriver, certainly this might explain the difficult transition