house? outfront tonight, maegan carberry, former communications director of rock the vote. alice stewart is a republican strategist. and michelle goldberg is a senior writer for newsweek and the daily beast. let s start with you. what s your sense of how much of this is coincidence with president obama being president and how much of it he s able to take credit for? i m sure he can take credit for a lot of it. but what s really important is that voters don t hang on every single number that comes out. it s going to be a sense of what they feel, as we get closer to the election. and the fact is that president obama is not just running an economic race against mitt romney. he is running against himself in 2008, which was such a national moment, and he s really got to show people, you know, how we re where we go from here. how do we pick up from that moment. but, alice, not just romney s campaign, but the republican campaign for so long has been about a failed economic
house? outfront tonight, maegan carberry, former communications director of rock the vote. alice stewart is a republican strategist. and michelle goldberg is a senior writer for newsweek and the daily beast. let s start with you. what s your sense of how much of this is coincidence with president obama being president and how much of it he s able to take credit for? i m sure he can take credit for a lot of it. but what s really important is that voters don t hang on every single number that comes out. it s going to be a sense of what they feel, as we get closer to the election. and the fact is that president obama is not just running an economic race against mitt romney. he is running against himself in 2008, which was such a national moment, and he s really got to show people, you know, how we re where we go from here. how do we pick up from that moment. but, alice, not just romney s campaign, but the republican campaign for so long has been about a failed economic
including the same unit that killed osama bin laden, stage another daring raid, this time on mission to rescue hostages from pirates in somalia. tears on both sides of the aisle. congress bids an emotional farewell and gets an inspirational message. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. but first this just coming in. we re seeing a tight race, a very tight race here in florida. that makes tomorrow night s cnn republican presidential debate potentially all the more important as the candidates try to make an impact. the new cnn/ time /orcp poll shows a virtual tie. ging r. has near will you doubled his support here, while romney has slipped. but that big jump by gingrich may not snell tell the whole story. there s another trend developing, and there s lots to explore. let s getting right to our chief political analyst gloria borger and mike all crowley of time magazine. on the face of it, it looks like a tie, but there s other trends developing. right, i thi
flimsy skiffs. but behind the pictures, there is a highly organized plan that is run with military precision. i was actually in mambasa kenya, and learned how these pirates can get on board huge ships, some of the size of the empire state building. reporter: pirates will get close in the dead of night to an emerging ship like this one. they approach it, they look for one but move slowly and is kind of low. they throw a rope with eye hook or a ladder, climb up onto it. reporter: their skiffs have powerful engines, weapons, gps navigators, extra fuel. tim hart is a somali pirate expert who tells me that pirates are expanding their range that they re attacking deeper into the indian ocean using motherships which can support the smaller skiffs. motherships are mostly low-tech like this one. or high end, pirates captured