we ll be going live to las vegas to catch up with jim in just a second. all right, meanwhile, let s go to senior political editor mark preston, also in vegas while we re waiting to hear from our jim acosta. mark, we have just been talking about these new polls that were released a few moments ago as we are preparing for the presidential debate tonight. okay. this is live television, folks. it s like a juggling act when you have about three live shots to get to in las vegas. jim acosta, are you in place? there we go. we got you. this is a, this is of no fault of my own, kyra. i promise you. did you have a late night in vegas, jim? listen, what happens in vegas, kyra. that s all i have to say. no. the lovely carol costello, carol had to move off and mark preston and i had to move in. this is live tv. we have to roll with the punches here. we got a little debate tonight, what do you think, kyra? yes, we do. we have been talking about, you know, just who, i guess the
polls and now is in a freefall. so does rick perry show up? is he combative defending his views and is he as feisty at the end as he is at the beginning? because a lot of people have said that at the course of the two-hour debates, he starts to fade. that s my question. mr. cain will be the center attention as well. let s talk herman cain versus mitt romney. is it a fair fight? well, sl tl a fair fight? everything is fair in love and politics, right? is it a fair fight? you know, it depends on how you look at it. in the sense that herman cain you could say, no, it s not a fair fight. mitt romney ran for president last time, he s an experienced politician. he s got infrastructure in all of the key states. he has this overwhelming advantage. however, look at what the tea party did in 2010. a guy who has no political infrastructure. he s ran for office but never been elected to office before. a lot of voters like that. do enough voters want a president who has never held off
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