and he's not his work cut out. >> paul: is it a good choice? some say it complicates the system which do i choose, i think they'll end up choosing the one at that works for them as an individual. >> that's a good idea. one of the problems with all of these plans, you're locked in it opens you to criticism. if you don't like the flat tax, go ahead and stay with the other system. we're all for choice, milton freedman was for choice, let's try it for health care an after we've done it for taxes. >> paul: rick perry is running an ad in iowa, a big buy. >> as president i'll create at least 2 1/2 million new jobs and noi this something about this. in texas we've createded over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million. i'll start by opening american oil and gas fields and limit president obama's regulations to hurt other sources of energy, coal and natural gas. that will create jobs and reduce our reliance on countries that hate america. i'm rick perry and i approve this message. >> paul: kim, that's a jobs ad aimed at iowa

. >> welcome to the journal, editorial report, i'm paul gigot. that was president obama thursday when asked about the growing wall street poe tests. now in their third week, a rally in lower manhattan seems to be gaining size and momentum and dozens of sister demonstrations have sprung up in cities across the country. just one of the things stoking the protesters anger is bank of america's plan to charge its debit card customers a $5 monthly fee. move attacked by the president and dick durbin. >> bank of america customers, vote with your feet. get the heck out of that bank. >> paul: joining the panel this week, wall street journal editor board member mary kissle. james freeman, opinion journal.com. >> james, how serious should we take the moment. >> more serious than i was taking them the beginning of the week. as this started off as the standard issue protest, your semblance of hipies, anti-globalizations protests, anti-war movement. now you see all of this these serious political forces on the left joining in. it started with the liberal media,

i am paul gigot. he says he won't run, but the clamor continues. and chris christie, what does he have that the g.o.p. field is missing. journal us editorial board member, jason riley, henninger and james freeman, james, this clamor about the appeal of christie or the lack of appeal of everybody else. >> it's mainly christie, rick perry has doesn't the job in the debates. looking at guys on the stage, the debates on the stage, they're not as good as the governor of new jersey has done, a powerful case for limited government. >> paul: christie has been in that battle and people have seen him and people have seen him taking on the issues. >> they'll emulated them. the republicans around the country talking about reforming government and limiting benefits programs in a direct way, a way, for example, he can talk about reforming teacher's unions and their pension systems without coming off at anti-education and that's been very hard for republicans to do until christie. >> jason, is this about, though, the rest of the field not quite measuring up? >> r

here's the complaint from the ron paul complaint itself in a fundraising email under ron paul's name sent to supporters yesterday. dear liberty activists. at one point in the last hour of the cnn debate, blacking out almost took on a whole new meaning, meaning the blacking out of ron paul. they went on to say, you see, it goes on, it can be awfully hard to be on stage for nearly 40 minutes between speaking. yes, 40 minutes. that's how long the mainstream media tryied to keep my views out of the debate at one point. candidates can have whatever opinion they want on the issues or the media. but ron paul is simply wrong on the facts. we went back and looked at the tape and the clock. we're timing these things during the debate but we spent the last two days recounting. we didn't count the introductory statements which each candidate was allowed to make. to keep things simple, the clock started when the first candidate answered the first question. so ron paul's first answer was 6:22 into the debate. >> it raises revenues and the worst part of it is it is regressive. a lot of people aren'

as for the notion that there is a hidden bias towards ron paul, congressman paul has been on this program seven times. that is more than all of the republican candidates and president obama combined. he's been on seven times more than everybody else combined. he's been open, he's been accessible to us, and is always a welcomed guest. and for the record, he's always welcome back, any time in the future. out of fairness, we should mention one other complaint from that fundraising e-mail. closing statements? well, some of the candidates got them. you can guess who did it. >> in fact, no one was asked to make a closing statement. everybody was asked to make a closing statement and they did. there was no plans for closing statements. all of the candidates in the agreed on a 90-minute campaign. they insifted on 90 minutes, no longer. two of the candidates, michelle back m bachmann asked for more time. the ron paul campaign may have a justified complaint with other reporters or network's treatments. i do not believe their attack is fair or accurate, just for the record. he's welcome back any tim

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>> congressman paul, i wrote this year this is the age of ron paul because if you look back at the 2008 campaign and what you stood for, the debt you are talking about, the smaller government became heart and soul of the tea party movement. now the occupy wall street movement do you see them with the anger and frustration with the fed and federal government? wall street? >> i do. everything is happening on occupy wall street. if american people are tired of obama and tired of republicans. they are looking for something else. this is why the election occurred with the tea party movement. that doesn't satisfy everybody. cain said they should go get a job. why brame the victim? some -- why blame the victim? others advocate positions they don't think we should advocate. i advocate the market. i complain that 1% is wealthy because they get the benefit of the inflationary system, through the contract system, through the military expenditure system and through the bail-out system. i identify with them. a lot of them are anti-reserve people that are there. some of them say the solution is to ra

. >> paul: welcome to the journal editorial reportsment those were herman cain's rivals ganging up on him and attacking the 9-9-9 proposal as a tax increase as texas governor rick perry is gets to release his flat tax. is real tax reform finally possible or does the cain tactic look for anyone looking to overhaul the system. joining us, assistant editorial page he had corps james freeman and mary o'grady and kim strassel. mary, those candidates piled on herman cain and everybody opposed it, but art laffer, the economist supported it. who is right? >> first of all, i think that herman cain obviously got attack because he's spiking in the polls and people are worried about him and this is the cornerstone of his campaign right now. it has a lot of good spiritual initiatives, in other words, it's, you know, it raises the issue of how complicated the tax code is. it's attempts to simplify it, broaden the base and those are all good things. >> people would help economically? >> the problem with this code, this idea, i think, even though it says that it uncomplicates the code, look at the bi

paul writes he's not happy. in the meantime, we've been wondering, who is this guy, paul? we couldn't confirm his address, and the government department he claims to work for doesn't seem to exist. but we do track his phone number and find it's the same number connected to a batch of overseas scams. so i guess paul has a few other identities running on the internet. in fact, in one e-mail, paul signs a name we've never seen before. a mr. yumna. it must be a mistake. and i pretend not to notice the slip-up. hello, paul. >> soon we're back on track, on our way to london to meet not just paul but some of those other scammers we've met through e-mails. face-to-face meetings where, in all probability, they'll try to fleece me. >> please have a seat over there. >> thank you. >> but the tables are about to be turned on a very different kind of online predator. and you'll see it all on hidden camera. >> how often do you rip people off this way? tell me. >> the team is wired up and waiting in a hidden camera sting, hoping a suspect will take the bait. can they pull this off when "t

>> the good kind, paul. >> at least he had an excuse, paul. >> for a week i knew what it was like to be paul, and now i feel bad making fun of him. greg, you started off the show by saying i'm greg gutfeld and i'm right here so the guy peeking in the window at 3:00 a.m. wouldn't be me. did some digging and turns out we tape earlier in the night. >> you lie. lie. >> still isn't me though. >> i am not saying it is. >> i am somewhere else. >> you said it couldn't be you. i stay could be. >> i am across town right now. i have an alibi. >> doesn't shep live across town? >> all right. >> isn't alibi the name of your binoculars? i'm just asking questions. >> occupy wall street hits its one-month anniversary. greg, i believe the traditional one-month anniversary is soap, so that's goods. that is my one cheap shot of the night. if the protesters didn't so such ridiculous things we wouldn't make fun of them. right? like dressing up like the founding father, right? >> you are picking the person that is normal? no. half of the people are not clothed with children walking around. the guy defecati

the committee heritage, paul, in, and brian, who is filling in for paul, who is on medical leave. number two, paul mentioned it earlier, but i want to echo this. thank you to the friends of city planning for the grant. the reviews and ratings by the attendees clearly show that it was a very beneficial, particularly well-received and productive. also, you know, we know that japantown is a very desirable and active real-estate market. we know there will be change. and we know that this plan is important to the community that wants to continue to have a voice in that change. i am confident we can synthesize the community's views and unite the community to get this done. over the last four years, -- two years, although the draft plan has been substantially revised -- it feels like four years, excuse me. the original four overarching goal setter in your memo did get confirmed, and there was a unifying theme that the goal of the planning effort is to ensure japantown remains a vital, and prosperous, livable community that authentically reflects and embodies in continues our cultural her

ron paul is he hurting libertarians? john stossel on that. and later our legal team on whether amanda knox got away with murder, those reports oof these messages. 3w4r5 p we're centurylink ... a new kind of broadband company committed to improving lives with honest, personal service, 5-year price lock guarantees and consistently fast speeds. i've got to tell susie ! the vending machine on elm is almost empty. i'm on it, boss. new pony sorry ! we are open for business. let's reroute greg to fresno. growing businesses use machine-to-machine technology from verizon wireless. susie ! the nding machine... already filled. cool bike. because the busine with the best technologyules. >> bill: tonight ron paul clocked in about 11% in the latest survey. and new hampshire he said president ob rauma might be impeached for using drones to kill al yaeda terrorists. >> it requires a sentiment. it could do more investigating to find out you know exactly what is going on there and how they responded. >> bill: americans like the drone program and the congressma

>> listen, i'm not a ron paul fan, but the difference between ron paul and barack obama and ron paul and mitt romney is ron paul doesn't hold up his finger and test the wind and decide which way he's going to advocate for policy. ron paul is not influenced by special interests and corporate money the way mainstream candidates and the democratic and republican parties are. again, i don't agree with a lot of what he says, i think a lot of what he says is bizarre but he's not as influenced in special interest. people should take that seriously and take his voice on that stage seriously and i'm glad he's up there to mix it up with the best of the carnival barkers. >> michele bachmann dismissing her latest poll numbers with candy crowley. >> candidates go up, candidates go down, and what we're very concerned about is making sure that the message gets out there. >> so is bachmann realistic about her campaign's future? alexis? >> you know, i think anybody donating to michele bachmann's campaign at this point is really donating to her psychotherapy fund because she is completely delusional.

paul ryan is a very insidious person. but one thing i think people need to know is he's the darling of the elite, the establishment, in washington, d.c. my colleague ari berman wrote a cover story for "the nation" last week called "how the austerity class rules washington." and we're seeing an austerity class of pundits and politicians and think tanks who have manufactured a crisis in this country of debt and deficits when the real crisis is the jobs crisis. and they treat this guy, congressman, as a serious man. they have defined courage downwards by saying this man is courageous. to what? to gut social security, medicare, and programs that have brought security and dignity to millions of americans? he's on the wrong side of history. >> december 23rd is a big date with this super committee. agreement's got to be made. >> absolutely. >> the democrats have put $1.3 trillion worth of cuts on the table in the next decade. they want a little bit more revenue from the wealthiest. the republicans say no. where's this all going

i'm not surprised that ron paul has won. perry has to be concern for him, fourth place. >> gregg: something that may be meaningful, is new hampshire, latest out of new hampshire, one of the first primary states, republicans, romney, 37%, her man cane jumping up to 12% and paul, 9% and perry is way down 4%. bachmann at 2%. is that something as opposed to the straw poll we really should be paying attention to? >> certainly. think the polling coming out of places in iowa and new hampshire in south carolina much more important and useful as to what happened this afternoon at the straw poll. you see cain's place in the new hampshire poll, it's very strong showing as a valued voters' straw poll. her man cane is on the -- herman cain is on the rise and that the interesting component of this and see where his campaign goes from here. perry's collapsed which i think is fair to call at this point. >> gregg: perry, it was the pastor job ert jeffers equated mid romney any's faith with a cult. then as our reporter mentioned, bill bennett

paul has his support with regard to his relationship with nancy. >> reporter: paul is set to show all you need is love and a little patience to find happiness again. well, jenna, a flurry of excitement earlier when paul and nancy got in a vehicle and left. they returned shortly after, no sign of them just yet at the registry office. but there are some interesting details about coming out in the papers here. it said that beatrice, the 7-year-old with heather mills will be the only bridesmaid and flower girl, only about 30 people. and paul mccartney will serenade his new bride with three songs "let it be," "let me roll it" and one he penned just for the special event. >> you can manlyin gimagine get serenaded by paul mccartney? paul accompanied nancy shevell, who is jewish to a you synagogue last night. where she received a blessing. no word on whether they went for yom kippur services yesterday. and then they went out for chinese with family and friends. >> did we get the entire menu. >> we didn't. >> they look very happy together. >> we'll be right back. trying to stay on track? [ fem

ron paul is he hurting libertarians? john stossel on that. and later our legal team on whether amanda knox got away with murder, >> bill: tonight ron paul clocked in about 11% in the latest survey. and new hampshire he said president ob rauma might be impeached for using drones to kill al yaeda terrorists. >> it requires a sentiment. it could do more investigating to find out you know exactly what is going on there and how they responded. >> bill: americans like the drone program and the congressman believes it's acceptable for iran to build a nuclear weapon. question is ron paul hurting the libertarian movement? here now is john stossel. are you... >> he's not hurting it. he is a libertarian movement. >> bill: y're a libertarian, are you not? >> i am. >> we're not like... is there a sticker saying give my blood to ron paul if i die? >> i do have a little thing. the constitution. >> bill: libertarians own the constitution, right? >> you would think. >> bill: so ron paul says that you know, in the middle of a war, using hell fire missles to fi

i am the father of a girl out paul revere. >> [speaking spanish] >> i had the same situation with the principle at that school, there is no communication. and unfortunately with the issue of going to the bathroom during class. >> [speaking spanish] >> unfortunately because of what i mentioned about the bathroom, kids not being allowed to go the bathroom during class hours, and my daughter had an accident had pee'and shed -- and she pee'd on herself. they kept her without underwear and that is completely outrageous. this should not be happening. >> [speaking spanish] >> they have a system, it is like a rule, but they have as a board where they have the stamps if the kids have a good deed for good behavior. every time they ask to go the bathroom, one of the stances taken off. it should not be done. >> [speaking spanish] >> if i am not wrong, years ago, there was a policy where the kids were allowed to go the bathroom any time they needed to. thank you. president mendoza: thank you. >> [speaking spanish] >> i have two children at paul revere and i am the same situation, the same case. my

paul ryan and john boehner said no. who is behind this stance? if this is not being provoked by the idea that the people want it, who is provoking kantor and boehner? >> this is a massive disconnect between the public and the parties in washington, particularly the republican party. the public wants policy makers to focus on creating jobs. in washington it's all about the deficit. there is an unholy alliance described with how the class rules in washington. the so-called cent rift deficit. they formed an unholy alliance with people like paul ryan who say they care about the deficit, about they want to cut taxes and spending and cut government. you have the situation now where we talk about the deficit and it's all about cutting spending and programs that help people, particularly low income americans as opposed to raising taxes on the wealthy and opposed to creating jobs. >> we were laughing earlier about herman cain's recommendation that the federal government be slashed by 10% and we calculated around 200,000 people losing their jobs. yet it do

paul's help in fighting for social justice. st. paul's says only by acting to safeguard health and safety was it able to reopen but protesters deny the claim. >> i think it's really unfortunate the church closed but it was open for much of the beginning of the protest and it's opening today that we aren't really the reason why the church closed. >> st. paul confirmed it will take legal action to convict campaigners. it will look with council and corporation of london. >> for the church, it's the question of trespass. it's their land. they want them off their land. sadly because the laws of today having invited, if they did invite somebody in, you can't just get room when you want. >> campaigners are among the congregation at st. paul's today claimed the church are committed to the poor rather than buildings of brick and stone. st. paul's is also a national shrine, spectacular worship and reasserted that part of its role today. >> this is bbc news, the headlines. human right groups in syria say at least 37 civilians were killed frid

is love >> reporter: paul started dating 51-year-old nancy shortly after that divorce in 2008. soon nancy divorced her lawyer husband with whom she has a teenage son. >> nancy was a perfect candidate from the very beginning, not only was she a friend of the family, someone who linda would have approved of but she was independently wealthy. some reports suggested she has nearly as much money as paul does himself. >> reporter: and it was this same place in 1969 where paul married his first wife, linda, also an american, who many consider the love of his life. her death from breast cancer crushed him. nancy is a breast cancer survivor, and at their reception, paul serenaded her. ♪ let it be >> reporter: "let it be" and "let me roll it," and third piece he wrote just for her. >> she's pretty young for him. >> i think it's great for him, as long as he's happy because he deserves to be happy still. >> reporter: he who once asked "will you still need me when i'm 64" gets a response of yes, yes, i do. ♪ and i love her >> reporter: you know it's amazing how true live and combined fo

stand by for my interview with ron paul and newt gingrich on the race and ron paul's call for the president potentially to be impeached. and i'll get reaction from the liberal independent senator bernie sanders. and startling details in the fraud case against four men accused of one of the largest government contracting scandals in history. prosecutors say it cost you and me, all american taxpayers, $20 million. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." # >>> economists say there's no hints in the newest unemployment report that another recession is starting. 103,000 jobs were added to pay rolls last month. that's a stronger than expected increase. july and august figures were also revised upward as well as to show an additional gain of 99,000 jobs over the summer. the overall unemployment rate held steady at our white house correspondent dan loathian. what is the white house saying about all the numbers heading into a senate fight over the jobs bill? >> reporter: wolf, top aides here at the white house say th

beatles legend paul mccartney >>> and all you need is love. beatles legend paul mccartney says i do to wife number three. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm veronica de la cruz. today, we begin with controversial comments. republican presidential candidates are weighing in on mitt romney's mormon region as a pastor for rick perry called it a cult. tracety pots is live with the details. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. for the most part, most candidates saying this is a non-issue. herman ciain called the comments unwise and inappropriate. jon huntsman said it's a ridiculous side show. rick santorum says romney should be judged on his values, not on his religion. over the weekend, a pastor from texas defended his comments where he called mormonism a cult. he defended those comments saying, yes, mormons are good people, but that in his words, it is a thee logical cult because they have their own doctrines from christianity. now, rick perry denounced what he said, but some analysts are saying that per

. >> reporter: paul mccartney once said, "i just like being in love." >> paul! >> reporter: he looked it as he stepped out of a london registry office this afternoon with wife number three. the former nancy shevell is now lady mccartt nism the title comes with sir paul's knighthood. it's the same registry office where mccartney married first wife linda in 1969. the man who wrote "get back to where you once belonged" also chose an important date the marry his new wife, john lennon's birthday. >> i think he's done really well this time. >> reporter: this time compared the last time when mccartney married former model heather mills. the disastrous marriage ended in a costly divorce. mccartney was forced to pay out $40 million or roughly $28,000 a day for the four years they were together. the new mrs. mccartney has her own money. the 51-year-old new york native is sitting on family fortune worth an estimated $500 million. the low-key ceremony was followed by an equally low-key reception. at 69 years old, mccartney didn't rock out. he reportedly sang a few songs, in

and paul ryan joins me here. plus, analysis from our political roundtable and more of my interview this week with vice president biden. all coming up meet the press. be sure to stay tuned for my special press pass with author of money ball and now boomerang michael lewis only here on nbc 4. >> two big shows coming up. >> you wanteded to see that movie. >>> an annual competition in florida yesterday tested man's ability to fly. >> and the wright brothers have nothing to fear. it's called the red bull flugtag competition. teams build their own flying machines and push them off a 30-foot cliff to see if they fly. more than 100,000 people showed up to watch the airplanes try to catch some air. almost all immediately plummeted into the water. there was one that flew about 40 feet on a hang glider. they're not wearing dress. they're nuns. >> one went 40 feet. >> pretty impressed. >> turning to sports now. game 1 of the championship series is in the books. the tigers and rangers are probably still drying off after two l

herman cain finished second to paul. while he finished second in that straw poll, he won the straw poll in alabama today, but it wasn't an easy victory. he had to plead his case to a room of a lot of ron paul supporters. cain took the opportunity to say he is a real candidate a real strategy, not a celebrity seeking opportunist. >> there's things out there about me that i want to clarify. i am in it to win it. [ applause ] not to get a tv show. i'm in it to win it. >> ron paul took second place by the way in that straw poll. >>> in afghanistan, it was the deadliest attack on coalition forces since the war began. 13 americans were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a nato convoy in kabul. >> reporter: a very volatile saturday here in afghanistan, with three very different attacks in different parts of the country. the biggest one occurred here in the capital where a car bomber targeted a nato convoy, in the end, hitting an up armored bus carrying service members. in the end, it killed 13 americans and four afghans, t

my guests tonight texas congressman and republican presidential contender ron paul will be joining us. ( applause ) on the show. i'm sorry. i meant rick santorum will be here. i apologize. quite different reactions on that. it's like we have an audience full of teachers of the year. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: playing hooky from what they're supposed to be doing. can their be truancy from a teacher of the year conference? "a dog ate my conference schedule." anyway congressman paul, of course, turning in another fine performance last thursday when the republican presidential candidates gathered in florida for the fox news google debate. the 83rd such debate so far this year following of course the previous cnn tea party debate, the reagan library debate, the history channel civil war recreationist debate, the tron debate. the "are you afraid of the dark" debate, and the "don't tell rick santorum we're canceling the debate" debate. by the way, santorum... ( cheers and applause ) yeah. santorum still came in fifth in that debate. things aren't going his way. so what can we possibly l

reports say that nancy will wear a dress designed by paul's daughter, stella. the former beatles' first wife linda lost her battle with breast cancer. his marriage to former model heather mills in 2002 ended in bitter and expensive divorce four years later. today is also a special anniversary, it would have been john lennon's 71st birthday. at the reception paul is expected to sing the beatles' hit "let it be" and a new song especially written for nancy. for "good morning america," i'm simon mcgregor-wood. >> there's a special abc connection. nancy shevell is cousins with barbara walters. >> wow. >> second cousins. >>> coming up -- we'll be talking once again about amanda whether she was sexually assault by a guard in prison. -- by a warden in that an italian prison. >>> and apple worship. high-tech giant is a like a religion to some, so what does that make its late leader steve jobs? our god squad weighs in. >>> take a look at this video. how long with this dog fascination with a chihuahua. these are our ocean spray sparkling juice drinks in cranberry and pome

question this evening, is ron paul hurting the libertarian movement? here now, fox business anchor, john stossel -- >> he's not hurting it. he is the libertarian movement. >> bill: you are a libertarian, right? >> i am. >> bill: do you get a little card? >> we're not like those blood cards. >> bill: like i'm a libertarian, give my blood to ron paul if i die? >> i do have a little thing. >> bill: what do you have? >> a constitution and the declaration of independents. >> bill: they own it, right? >> they believe in it. >> bill: all right. so ron paul says that in the middle of a war, using the drones could be an impeachable offense and you say? >> i'm glad you say could be. he was just answering a question. he said, all the presidents since i've been in congress have done some things that violated the constitution and therefore, could be an impeachable offense. >> bill: how does the drone program violate the constitution? >> are you saying the president, the executive branch, without consulting with any other branch, can just go to any country and kill

paul and nancy have been together for four years. she's the heir to a $400 million trucking fortune. the happy couple celebrated their marriage in the garden of paul's home, on what would have been john lennon's 71st birthday. paul was expected to sing "let it be" and a new song, specially written for his new bride. simon mcgregor-wood, abc news, london. >>> and a note from california tonight. al davis, the hall of famer, owner of the oakland raiders, died this weekend. stadiums around the nfl observed a moment of silence today. the raiders played with "al" right on their helmets. davvi davis' motto was "just win baby," and for years, the raiders did, capturing three super bowl trophies out of the five they were in. davis hired pro football's first black and latino head coaches and the first woman ceo. he was 82. >>> when we come back, if you are one of those multitaskers with your blackberry and everything else, what is it really doing to your brain? moki. chantix reduced my urge to smoke -- and personally that's what i knew i neede

what's your reaction to paul ryan's charges about the president? >> i think paul ryan has been spending too much time in the gym and is lacking oxygen to the brain. i mean, the president is responding to paul ryan's plan which would have hurt many, many americans. what paul ryan and republicans want is for americans to dream that someday, their polices which might your -- which right now positively impact less than 1 percent americans will someday benefit them, someday you'll ab billionaire with a private jet, someday you'll get to pollute the environment and get your water out of a bottle, but that's reality for most americans. most americans are going to work very, very hard their entire life and if we're giving all the benefits in our tax code to the richest 1 percent of americans that's not going to help all of us get up -- move on to a better life and live the american dream. so the president is right, the message is right on point. he got to work to make these things happen. martha: rich? >> look, what's happened is the president's economic p

>> welcome to the journal, editorial report, i'm paul g oich igo it: he turned in a solid performance in the state of new hampshire and the endorsement of chris christie. businessman herman cain's star rising and shows romney's biggest rival so far, texas governor rick perry continuing his fall and through it all, his support remains steady. so, does the former massachusetts governor have the nomination wrapped up? or is there an anti-romney waiting in the wings? joining the panel it week, wall street journal editorial report, dorothy rabinowicz and editor james freeman. dorothy, we keep reading this week that republicans are getting used to the idea that mitt romney is the inevitable nominee, do you agree? >> yes, i think they're getting used to it. exactly what you said. all good questions. i don't think there's another anti-romney who is going to transcend the current romley, but this is like one of those old hollywood movies in the 40's and 50's and there is this guy that you like, but you know you're not really in love with him and in the end, after all of the tre veils, he's the

but newt gingrich, michele bachmann and ron paul could be wildcards. and rick santorum, eager to beat the odds. the candidates facing tough questions about jobs and the economy, the immigration wars, and other issues that matter to westerners and voters across the nation. now, with nothing less than america's future at stake, the presidential campaign goes west. >>> and welcome to the sands convention center at the venetian in las vegas. the western republican presidential debate. tonight, seven contenders will be on this stage to convince you he or she should be the republican nominee for the president of the united states. i'm anderson cooper. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. tonight's debate is airing on cnn, cnn international, cnn espanol and the american forces network. we want to thank our co-sponsor, the western leadership conference, representing 16 western states and territories. westerners will play a role in tonight's debate. voters here will have a chance to put questions directly to the candidates on this stage. let