good evening, i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett outfront tonight. newt sinking and santorum surging a brand-new poll out of iowa and it has stunning, new numbers. the former front-runner, newt gingrich, plunging from his top slot, down to fourth place. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum doing the opposite, he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25%, and there s another new poll out of new hampshire where the nation s second contest in the race for the gop nominee will be held one week later on january the 10th. mitt romney dominating his opposition there. he s at 44%. rivals ron paul and newt gingrich trailing 17% and 16%, respectively. let s go right to political correspondent joe johns. he s on the ground in iowa. joe, this is a bit of a shocker. santorum rising as much as he has. he was out there with representative steve king on the hunting trip. king did not endorse him on that trip. it made people wonder, we
People quit smoking, day get angry. and i like my president angry, because, you know, considering how much in this country people are poisoned, ripped off and lala lied to, we should all be angry, but especially that guy, who has to deal with congress every day in trying to get this health care bill through and all that. and you know, i like him when he s out on the stump in sort of a partisan mode. i think his biggest mistake, that he has made, in his first year, was to out put bipartisanship ahead of fixing the country. he spent all his political capital on getting three damned vote for that stimulus bill instead of coming in with all the energy from the election and saying, you know what, we re in a crisis mode, i won this election by a sizable mandate, here s what we re going to do. if you don t like it, republicans, you can suck on it. he was back on the road today, bill, in st. louis. it was his 52nd, or maybe 53rd, speech on health care. what more can he do? i mean, no preside
But they didn t even start with the public option. he didn t even defend that. so what you have here is probably more of a republican plan than the one that was on the table in 93 that the republicans were defending. bill maher, right again. that was my interview with legislative policy analyst bill maher of realtime on hbo. stand by, there s more from eric massa. the best of the former congressman s media tour. every politician s worst nightmare is a dream come true for countdown. [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion dollars to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america. growing stronger.
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the time for talk is over. it s time to vote. as next week s white house-imposed deadline to pass reform draws near, will the president s 11th hour sales pitch work? and will the house meet the looming deadline? that s our objective. the co-chair of the progressive caucus, congressman lynn woolsey joins us. are you gay? well, here s that answer. i m not going to answer that. in year 2010, why don t you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors i served with in the navy. turns out someone did. eric massa s naval colleagues go on the record. they claim massa groped, harassed, and made unwanted advances during his time in the service. we ll talk to the man who broke the story, josh green of the atlantic. spending time with realtimes bill maher. we ll talk massa, tickle fights, and a sex term that bill maher has never heard of. i ve never heard this term, snorkeling. tell me what snorkeling is.