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but they conceal some very real dangerous designer drugs blamed for horrifying acts of violence. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it may be the most crucial of the battleground states, and today barack obama and mitt romney are turning ohio into their personal battleground. the slug-fest takes the form of rival speeches. but one candidate started swinging before the bell. let s go to jim acosta. he s watching it all unfold. what s the latest, jim? wolf, they were almost duelling speeches, campaign events in the same state on the same day at almost the same time. but mitt romney perhaps fearing losing the battle of the cable news double box got the early jump on the president. he started early. and it was probably a good thing for mitt romney. his speech was only 18 minutes. the president s, nearly an hour. in the first round of what will be a knockdown-dragout fight to november, mitt romney threw the first punch beginning his speech ten minutes ea ....
Of second chances. it could also be that way for newt gingrich, who just a month ago, was polling double digits ahead of mitt romney. he did have a strong base of support here and it s going to be interesting to see if he can are reclaim that support after iowa. south carolina s going to be very, very important. david, thanks very much. let s talk about all of this with gloria borger and john king. gloria, why is rick perry after saying he s going to reassess, why is he staying in? why shouldn t he? he made the point today, there are lots of independent voters who participated in the caucus for ron paul. he s going to south carolina. it s terra firma for him. why not? he s got the money. he feels that he can, he can have some kind of an impact, that gingrich is going to be attacking romney, so if you re ....
Country to elect a woman? rich writes a woman who has the presence, determination and political savvy that margaret thatcher had. right now, i don t see anyone in any party, man or woman, who has those qualities. david in virginia writes, bachmann spun is wheel and lost, but for no gender reasons. hillary clinton was until obama got in her way. back then, you asked what is it going to take for an african-american to become president. are you never satisfied? jim in los angeles. you must be kidding. women get kicked around my men, are expected to maintain a home, be smisive, provide fantasy sex, raise kids and behave. hillary clinton would make a fabulous president. she acts like a man. bill writes it will take everything required for obama to be elected. the previous parties president has to be hated enough for ....
by our election team and around the country and the world. stand by to learn more about edith and carolyn, who solved the case of the missing votes. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. so long, iowa, hello, new hampshire. the republican presidential candidates are zeroing in on the next battlefield and a big primary coming up on tuesday. the front-runner, mitt romney, is following up his squeaker win in iowa with a new endorsement from senator john mccain who beat him in the new hampshire primary four years ago. several of romney s opponents also are in new hampshire right now. but rick perry says he s heading south. he sent out a tweet today saying here we come, south carolina. and a photo from his morning run confirming he s staying in the race despite his poor showing in iowa. michele bachmann made a very different decision, ending her presidential bid today after a crushing defeat in the state where she was born. rick santorum lands in new hampshire ....
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com he s plunging in the polls and in need of a boost. will a new plan help rick perry climb back to the top of the republican race? his rival, herman cain, is leading the pack according to a brand new poll and perry is a distant fifth with cain apparently benefitting from his 9-9-9 tax plan, perry today unveiled his own new tax plan and 20 is the magic number. he proposes a flat tax of 20% for individuals and corporations, but in a twist, perry would let people choose to pay his flat tax rate or file under the current system, which he derived. the size of the current code is more than 72,000 pages. that s represented by this palate right over here and the reams of paper. that s what the current tax code looks like. the best representation of my plan is this postcard. this is is size of what we re talking about right here. taxpayers will be able to fill this out and file their taxes on ....