![]() ![]() That brings us to "Trending." Up, retail sales and the stock market. Cain plummeting from a front-running 23 points in Iowa in October, to single digits.Īs for President Obama, he enjoyed something unusual of late, good economic news. But the wheels had already been coming off. KARL: The latest allegations, this time a 13-year affair proved to be too much. KARL: And this was the week the once high-flying Herman Cain called it quits.ĬAIN: I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He has flipped and flopped based on who is paying him. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're an embarrassment to our party. KARL: But this week Ron Paul said it is Newt who is the biggest flip-flopper of all, hitting him with a brutal Web video. Normally celebrities leave and they gradually sell fewer speeches every year. ![]() And the number of speeches was going up, not down. For a practical reason, I was charging $60,000 a speech. GINGRICH: I did no lobbying of any kind, period. KARL: But a much more confident Newt Gingrich feeling like a celebrity. KARL: Romney grew and grew more irritated. So, one, we're going to have to be better informed about my views on issues. ROMNEY: Well, Bret, your list is just not accurate. How can voters trust what they hear from you today is what you believe if you win the White House? KARL: When he finally sat down with FOX's Bret Baier on Wednesday, it got ugly.īAIER: Your critics charge that you make decisions based on political expediency and not core conviction. He has even spent less time on FOX News than any of the others.īRET BAIER, FOX ANCHOR: No, no, I mean, there are statements. He has refused interviews with TIME magazine and The New York Times, and hasn't done a Sunday show in almost two years. Romney has had only six press availabilities over the past two months. MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You ask me at press avails and press conferences almost every day and. KARL: On Tuesday, he once again brushed off questions from reporters. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The story of two men trapped in one body: "Mitt versus Mitt." But Romney's week started with this blast from the DNC. I mean, it's very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I'm going to be the nominee. Just look at the cover of TIME magazine or ask Newt Gingrich. JONATHAN KARL, ABC SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This was the week it started to look like Mitt Romney could actually lose. And here, as always, to guide us through the political jungle is our man, Jon Karl, with "THIS WEEK in Politics." The poll marks a new stage in the campaign, just one month before the all-important Iowa Caucuses. The other candidates are all in single digits. In third place, Mitt Romney at 16 percent. Ron Paul in second place with 18 percent. Look at the new Des Moines Register poll. In the presidential race, new proof the ground has once again shifted.
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