degree? he s not doing better in the polls than you would have liked? actually, i mean, i think we ve seen the last couple of days that he s actually surging in the polls. he s the only one out of the candidates that is actually rising so i mean, i think that s very encouraging to us. it s showing that, you know, we ll beat expectations tomorrow and surprise new hampshire. mary anne, let s talk about what it s like on the campaign. your dad you see him all the time. does he ever get discouraged? dishe show discouragement to you? you know what, my dad is one of the most positive human beings i ve ever met. and so, it s really nice to have the whole family together because every night we see each other and we laugh and tell jokes and that sort of gets his mind off of it. but i will tell you, wolf, he is so energized right now and when you re talking about polling, it s really hard to go off of polls because there is still, i
is spending millions of dollars to flood the airwaves with anti-romney attack ads. is this payback time for newt gingrich? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. president obama dropped a bit of a bombshell a little while ago in an unscheduled appearance announcing bill daily is stepping down after just a year. he ll. replaced by the budget director, jack lou. here s jessica yellin. she s working the story for us. jessica, what s going on over here? well, wolf, first of all the president actually said that bill daley wants to spend more time with his family. let s listen to part of what the president had to say and then we ll talk about it a little bit on the back end. here s the president. obviously, this was not easy news to hear. and i didn t accept bill s decision right away. in fact, i asked him to take a couple of days to make sure that he was sure about this. but in the end, the pull of the hometown, we both love. a city that s been synonymous with