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The economy. so he appears to be going to the well of the base that he never was able to court before. he s going to try to use the strategies of his primary opponents. he s going to try to appeal to the tea party base with this old, tried and true, go to the well of racial resentment, go to the welfare queens argument. so i think that from romney, i think he thinks that gingrich is an asset, because he thinks that this can gin up that base for him. but here s the problem, that s not who his audience is right now. we re in a general election. newt gingrich is not useful in a general election. governor, we ve been talking a lot about bill clinton and the white working-class voter. when we re talking about sort of breeding or fostering class resentment and using that to drive a wedge between voters and, of course, the american public. is this an effective strategy for mitt romney and his surrogates? does this appeal does this kind of rhetoric, this kind of i ll call it class warfar ....
Breeding or fostering class resentment and using that to drive a wedge between voters and, of course, the american public. is this an effective strategy for mitt romney and his surrogates? does this appeal does this kind of rhetoric, this kind of i ll call it class warfare, does that appeal to voters blue-collar voters in swing states? first of all, a lot of those blue-collar voters are on food stamps. in pennsylvania, literally one out of every 11 people is on food stamps. and that includes a lot of people who are construction workers, a lot of people that work in manufacturing companies, they re on food stamps. their cousin may not be on food stamps, but they know that they re on food stamps. so this whole myth is exploded, number one. number two, it s not barack obama who will increase the number of people on food stamps, it s the republican administration that proceeded him, that careen eed us into a recession. the reason there are more people on food stamps today is becaus ....
dropping out of sight. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with today s damming new report on penn state s university s cover-up of coach jerry sandusky s sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and we are deeply ashamed. we re in no way lessening our focus on our own failings. we also are committed to helping to build greater awareness of the societal issue of child abuse. cnn s susan candiotti is joining us now. louis freeh led this study. it was very, very bitter and damming. reporter: it was, wolf. right out of the gate, louis freeh made it clear that children were victimized because four top penn state officials did nothing to stop jerry sandusky. and named names inclu ....
counselor who says he helped countless ex-scientologists. i ll ask hollywood heavyweight rob reiner if the obama campaign s in trouble. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight. the battle for the heart and soul of this country s middle class. judging by the amount of talk today about tax, both sides believe this will be the big issue that decides the election. president obama earlier. in many ways, the fate of the tax cut for the wealthiest americans will be decided by the outcome of the next election. my opponent will fight to keep them in place. i will fight to end them. but that argument shouldn t threaten you. it shouldn t threaten the 98% of americans who just want to know their taxes won t go up next year. more on our big story. romney supporter tim pawlenty. welcome back, governor. captain morgan, it s good to be back with you. i like that phrase, thank you. let s turn to your own captain or the guy who wants to be captain, mi ....
the tax cuts for the middle class. plus, hollywood s most gripping blockbuster settle their divorce just 11 days after she filed. what may be going on behind the scenes. and what role, if any, did scientology play in that split? i ll talk to a woman who was a member of that church and the counselor who says he helped countless ex-scientologists. i ll ask hollywood heavyweight rob reiner if the obama campaign s in trouble. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight. the battle for the heart and soul of this country s middle class. judging by the amount of talk today about tax, both sides believe this will be the big issue that decides the election. president obama earlier. in many ways, the fate of the tax cut for the wealthiest americans will be decided by the outcome of the next election. my opponent will fight to keep them in place. i will fight to end them. but that argument shouldn t threaten you. it shouldn t threaten the 98% of americ ....