distant second with 13%. in iowa, the same poll shows romney leading with 23% support among likely caucus goers. herman cain a close second, 20%, followed by perry at 11%. and the latest gallup national poll has herman cain just about tied for the lead with mitt romney. the two points between those candidates within the margin of error. as cain surges in the polls he is also getting an upgraded seat at tonight s debate. a spokesman for dartmouth college says the candidates will be seated based on their recent bloomberg the washington post poll standings which put romney and cain side by side in the front. romney, though, does not appear threatened by cain even praising him at a town hall yesterday. let s go to governor pataki. fascinating poll numbers. we were told that this was going to be a battle between mitt romney and rick perry through new hampshire, maybe florida. that seems to have changed very quickly. why the precipitous drop by rick
after chris christie and sarah palin announced they weren t running it seems like republicans are trying hard to keep people excited. take a look at this promo for tomorrow s debate. eight presidential hopefuls will go head to head. rick sanitarium santorum! hot as an oven mitt romney. jon huntsman. rick the corn dog perry. michele i ll be backman. herman cain we ll make it rain. and ron paul. there will be slandering, arguing, and some of the most exciting political conversing you ve ever seen. it is what gives me the experience to put together a plan to help restructure the basis. tune in to the gop. tuesday night at dartmouth college. you got to do what you got to do. welcome back to morning joe.
central to the conversation. but the one republican actually who is still running who has moved back a little bit is jon huntsman who also had a foreign policy speech yesterday. absolutely. his speech did suggest that this is not the way forward. you re right. another one for huntsman. having a good day. all right. republican presidential hopefuls head to new hampshire tonight to square off in a debate at dartmouth college sponsored by bloomberg news and the washington post. it is the fifth debate for the candidates but the first to put a sole focus on the economy. it comes as the washington post this morning declares there is much at stake for perry in the debate. tonight s debate will be critical for texas governor rick perry as his recent poll numbers continue to decline. the post attributes perry s drop to a series of unsteady debate performances last month. the latest disappointing numbers for perry come in the new nbc news maris poll where the governor has only 6% s
insane political conversing you ve ever seen! what gives me the experience to put together a plan to help restructure the basis. tuesday night. get some! rick the corn dog perry. i m exhausted. after watching that. i m sure charlie rose will keep it at that level. right. we ll put a black curtain behind him so he feels at home. 27 minutes before the top of the hour. let s do a couple of headlines for your tuesday. florida governor signing a death warrant for a convict that murdered a mother and her two daughters by drowning them while they were vacationing in tampa in 1989. chandler will be given a lethal injection on november 15th. the conrad murray trial resuming this morning in los angeles. the jurors will hear the rest of the interview that murray gave to police two days after michael jackson died including the description of how he broke the news to the singer s mom and kids. murray has pleaded not guilty to
researchers believe you may be doing yourself more harm than good. it is tuesday, october 11th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello joining you live from new york. president obama s $447 billion jobs bill faces its first vote in the senate later today. in a warning to republican critics, the president s senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election. next year in a member row release the by the obama campaign david axelrod wrote the more people know about the american jobs act, the more they want congress to pass the plan. axelrod also takes aim at critics of the bill s millionaires tax quoting while republicans claim it is class warfare, the american people are seeing right through their opposition to asking the wealthiest to do their part. some democrats have doubts and while they control the senate there is no guarantee the bill will get the 60 votes needed to clear tonight s procedural hurdle. the occupy