john roberts might have switched his vote, romney went further. it gives the impression that the decision was not made based upon constitutional foundation, but instead political consideration about the relationship between the branches of government. but we won t really know the afternoonses to those things until the justice himself speaks out. we ll see if that interview does anything to put to bed the uneasiness that conservatives have with romney on health care. but it s also worth noting, health care was never really litigated in the republican primaries. at least mitt romney and the issue of health care. we re not the only one awaiting tomorrow s unemployment numbers. the markets are watching very closely, too. since we re about 20 minutes away from the opening bell, we ll get a market run down now. cnbc s courtney reagan is here. is it courtney? it is. i was told it was going to be jackie and now i ve got you you. no offense, glad to see, you courtney. nice to be wit
presidential nomination is all but over but we will get a taste tonight of whether the tea party will finally show some 2012 strength and a test of how important the culture wars will be in a year defined mostly today by economic challenges. our first stop indiana where 80-year-old senator richard lugar, leading republican voice on foreign policy is asking for one more term but facing a tea party and conservative revolt, revolts lugar s critics prove the senator last touch with the folks back home. dana bash is at lugar headquarters in indianapolis. you had a chance to talk with senate lugar a bit earlier today. let s listen to some of the exchange. reporter: you re 80 years old. you ve had by all accounts a stellar career. why did you decide to take on this fight within your own party rather than just say it s been great, time to go? well, first of all, because i believe that i have a unique opportunity to serve my country with regard to arms control, with regard to terr
frustration with governor romney right now. this isn t the campaign that they had planned out. this isn t going how it was supposed to go. i think there s some frustration. i think he s lashing out. and, frankly, in some ways, i think it s starting to look un-presidential. not surprising, some of the romney surrogates responded to your mentioning the dog on the roof carrier. jeb bradley, former congressman from new hampshire, had this to say. to focus on governor romney s dog, seamus, is shameful. in a time of still-sputtering economic recovery, energy i don t want to say crisis, but certainly the future of american energy up for grabs, the american debt that we have, is talking about something that happened almost 30 years ago fair game? well, two things. let me be clear. i m more than happy to criticize governor romney on health care, which is very important, and his romney care, that became obama care. i m very happy to criticize on him his economic record, where massachuset
this process. this is the first caucus state in the west. cnn projects mitt romney the winner, the winner of the nevada caucuses. cnn projects that the former massachusetts governor has a decisive win in the caucuses in nevada. mitt romney going ahead, capitalizing on his dramatic win in florida, now capturing nevada as well. we do not, we do not yet know who is going to come in second, who is going to come in third, but there is a dramatic, a dramatic race under way for second and third place. now you can see romney headquarters in las vegas. the crowd hearing the news that mitt romney won the nevada ca k caucus caucuses. very, very excited. we re at mitt romney headquarters in las vegas. the crowd is pretty excited there, as they should be. reporter: that s right, wolf. this is a very pumped-up crowd and very big crowd. we talked over the last couple of weeks of this campaign that mitt romney has trouble drawing large crowds. that s not the case today. this is a big, bois
winner. the winner of the nevada caucuses. cnn projects that the former massachusetts governor has a decisive win in the caucuses in nevada. mitt romney going ahead, capitalizing only his dramatic win in florida, now capturing nevada, as well. we do not we do not yet know who s going to come in second or third. but there is a dramatic race under way for second and third place. but now you can see romney headquarters in las vegas. the crowd hearing the news that mitt romney has won the nevada caucuses. very, very excited. jim acosta is our man over at mitt romney headquarters in las vegas. jim, the crowd pretty excited there, as they should be. that s right, wolf. this is a very pumped up crowd and also a very big crowd. we talked over the last couple of weeks that mitt romney has, at times, had trouble drawing large crowds. that s not the case tonight. it s a very big crowd for the former massachusetts governor. we are expecting to see mitt romney address this crowd withi