a new front in the battle for the republican presidential nomination, nevada, which holds its caucuses this coming saturday. mitt romney is there along with newt gingrich and ron paul. instead of relishing his victory, a huge victory in the florida primary last night, romney and his team are now in full damage control mode after something romney said right here on cnn. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in las vegas with us. she s watching what s going on. what s going on with mitt romney, dana? reporter: well, wolf, i think we ve auld had something like this happen to us. you say something, it doesn t quite come out like you mean it, but when you re the front-runner in a presidential campaign, you can t afford to be the one who trips yourself up. making the morning show rounds, mitt romney inadvertently handed opponents an eight-word give on cnn i m not concerned about the very poor reporter: to be clear that made for a bumper sticker line was only
putting on the final touches of the state of the union address. and newt gingrich s stunning surge has made him a lightning rod for a new wave the criticism. can we keep up the momentum in florida? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. 6o. just a few hours from now, the president of the united states goes before congress and the american people to record on how the nation is doing. his state of the union address will certain by as important glimpse. . . will focus on job, income equality and taxes and a whole lot more. as mitt romney reveals his own mounta multimillion dollar cnn s jim acosta is covering the campaign for us. he s in florida. romney, he did well in that debate last night, everyone seems to agree. is he back on track? reporter: wolf, we ll find out. right know his campaigning in front of the a foreclosed home. you could say he s hitting the reset button today. he s a taking the president and his rivals, but he s finding out hitting the rese