in. he s running because he believes he has a unique set of skills that will allow him to lead during some very challenging times with jobs and the economy. at the same time, are you frustrated by the latest cnn poll? nobody nobody gave rick perry a good review out of that debate. yet he is still polling 20%, newt gingrich at 11%. herman cain at 9%, and ron paul 7% and michele bachmann only 6% in today s cnn poll. well, i agree that rick perry s performance at last week s debate was a disaster and i think it was a disaster because of his position in support of tuition benefits for illegal immigrants. and there are more than 16,000 illegal immigrants receiving a public college education and receiving that tuition benefit in the state of texas and that s a pretty good sized university,
reporter: that s right, we had a new debate to a new bell to quiet the candidates, but there s a new bell at the political action conference taking place essentially in the same facility as the debate last night and last night s comments from texas governor rick perry, that people who disagree with his support for providing illegal aliens in-state tuition benefits from texas suggest that those people have no heart, this morning, mitt romney, michele bachmann, newt gingrich, and others have taken issue with rick p.y s position and mitt romney went right after him for suggesting illegal immigrants, immigration foes, or at least who are moore conservative than rick perry, are partyless. my friend governor perry said if you don t agree with his position on giving that in-state tuition to illegals, that you don t have a heart. i think if you re opposed to illegal immigration, it doesn t mean that you don t
president obama in the polls as he warms to a jobs fight with republicans, the new numbers show big support nationwide when the president says this if you want construction workers back on the work site, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this jobs bill. but there s bad news for the president, too, and lots of it. for starters, democrats lose a new york congressional seat the party has held it for 90 years. and the republican winner predicts it s just a down payment. i am telling you, i am the messenger. heed us. this message will resound for a full year. it will resound into 2012. that s hardly the only headache for the obama re-election team. also of note, your collective answer to the question that doomed the last one-term democratic incumbent. are you better off than you were four years ago? we begin, though, on capitol hill with the congressional investigation in to a big government loan award to a clean energy company that is
debate pinata have on texas governor rick perry s front runner status? there s no government purpose served for having little girls inoculated at the force and compulsion of the government. this is big government run amok. it is bad policy. and it should not have been done. and can the tea party deliver on this bold promise? look, we are going to choose the next republican nominee. right. we are not going to accept what the republican party hands us. but up first tonight, stunning evidence of why the stakes of that republican civil war are so consequential. new lows for president obama on just about all of the tests you use when an incumbent asks for four more years. the president s overall approval rating, at a new low. his grades on leadership, worst ever. and nearly 6 in 10 americans now doubt the president has what it takes to manage the government effectively. yet, another low point. on the road today in ohio, the president suggested republicans know he s on
and it should not have been done. and can the tea party deliver on this bold promise? look, we are going to choose the next republican nominee. right. we are not going to accept what the republican party hands us. but up first tonight, stunning evidence of why the stakes of that republican civil war are so consequential. new lows for president obama on just about all of the tests you use when an incumbent asks for four more years. the president s overall approval rating, at a new low. his grades on leadership, worst ever. and nearly 6 in 10 americans now doubt the president has what it takes to manage the government effectively. yet, another low point. on the road today in ohio, the president suggested republicans know he s on the ropes and are now willing to punish unemployed americans to keep his numbers down. already yesterday there were some republicans quoted in washington saying that even if they agree with the proposals in the american jobs act, they should