most talked about moments when all eight republicans stood on the stage with me in tampa, florida, this week. governor perry, speaking of social security, you said in the past it s a ponzy scheme. an absolute failure. unconstitutional. but today you wrote an article in usa today saying it must be saved and reformed. very different tone. why? it s time for us to get back to the constitution. and a program that s been there 70 or 80 years, obviously we re not going to take that program away. but for people to stand up and support what they did in the 30s or in the 2010s is not appropriate for america. the question is, do you still believe that social security should be ended as a federal program as you did six months ago when your book came out and return to the states or do you want a treat for them? i think we ought to have a conversation we re having that right now, governor. we re running for president. we ll finish this conversation. but the issue is, are ther
scientists come forward to challenge her claims about the controversial hpv vaccine. jim acosta is covering the race to unseat perry. shall we say it is a race indeed. it absolutely is, wolf, and the only thing missing from the campaign trail this week, michael buffer. the professional wrestler master of ceremonies, who s known for his battle cry, let s get ready to rumble. it s the main event for the gop comes down to rick perry versus mitt romney, stand back. just yesterday, that jobs legacy in massachusetts got even worse. in iowa, perry is laying into romney s health care plan, pointing to this study from a conservative think tank that concluded the program has cost the state 18,000 jobs. a finding romney aides call deeply flawed. it kills toos many jobs and gets between you and your doctor. doesn t make any difference whether it s passed in massachusetts or washington, d.c. it is bad medicine and needs to be stopped. his campaign is holding up this gallup poll.
he has three words of advice today for the obama white house to try to salvage the party s chances of victory in 2012. those words, fire, indict and fight. james carville is joining us now. james, you created quite a stir in this article you ve written for cnn.com. let me read a couple of lines. among other things you say, what should the white house do now? one word came to mind, panic. this is what i would say to president barack obama. the time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete change from the direction you are headed. what are you talking about? well, simply this. we lost two elections tuesday night. we lost 65 elections in november. it s sliding back. macroeconomics say there is 1/3 chance we are going into recession. you look how crazy the opposition party is cheering death. this is not working, not politically, economically or anything. bring in a new team and indicate to people you get it, they understand you were dealt a tough hand, b