>> in 2006, santorum lost his reelection bid to bob casey by a double digit percentage margin. there is another candidate in the race for baltimore city mayor. >> the senator is a political force in maryland and represents north and northwest baltimore. that is the same area stephanie blake represented. the campaign slogan is, we can do better. a former state delegate and current state senator, she wants a new job. the mayor of baltimore. >> with me, we can do better. >> i am making her candidacy official, she went for the jugular, proposing to cut the city's property taxes in half. she will pay by giving incentives to city college and university graduates to live and work in baltimore and phil attacks avoid. >> we will create the kind getting people to live in our series. >> the mayor who is trying to keep her job reacted to the plan monday. >> i have not taken a look at the plan. if it is too good to be true, it is. i have a plan that will put us on a tax structure with less dependence on property-tax as. >> neighborhood improvements will be a big issue. pew>> i want to build

he got beaten badly by bob casey. he's back in politics after a hiatus.he confirmed early this morning and announcing later today that he is throwing his hat in the ring on the gop side for president. he's going to make the announcement in pennsylvania near the coal mines where his grandfather used to work. he's told that story over and over as he visits iowa and new hampshire. he's headed there this week. south carolina, he's been there 16 times ramping up the campaign. the big issue in the upcoming debate, which is going to be next week among the gop candidates is going to be the economy. we saw the numbers come out on friday. not good. 54,000 jobs created. republicans will continue to hammer the obama administration and campaign on those numbers. he said he'll participate in the debate next week. interestingly, so has michele bachmann. >> and sarah palin, not yet, either, right? >> that's right. she's on a bus tour, then saying she's 50/50 so far in declaring whether she's run for president. we are waiting to hear from her. >> exactly. we have heard en

he was the senator from pennsylvania who got beaten badly five years ago by bob casey by 18 points.hoping to make a comeback. he's made a living for five years promoting antiabortion efforts here in washington at a think tank. he's pitched himself as an ultraconservative entering the race of republicans hoping to beat president obama. he confirmed it this morning. the official announcement comes in an hour or so in pennsylvania, then off to iowa, new hampshire. very important primary and caucus states. he and other republican candidates will be hammering the issue of the economy. not a good jobs report last friday. if that continues, it could be a real issue for the obama am pain. live from washington, i'm tracie potts. >> thank you very much. >>> the giants win another nail biter as the as slide continues. >>> bay area cyclists hope to raise millions of dollars for aids research with a very long ride. >>> a live look outside the golden gate bridge. traffic is picking up there a little bit on this monday morning. temperatures picking up as well. heat t'sdoo g.s.ew n 6:43 right now.

support in 2006, he lost the bid for re-election to the senate by a landslide 17-margin, defeated by bob casey junior. santorum needs to prove he can still be a winner and competition includes several fellow conservatives, like herman cain who is rising in the polls and getting noticed by the main stream media. >> we are not surprised but we are surprised how quickly the media and others is catching on. the strategy was to develop a strong ground game. >> texas governor rick perry is weighing a run and called if arrest massive prayer meeting inviting fellow christian and governors from across the country to reliant stadium in houston to appeal to god to help america through crisis. >> path to jesus. >> the august event appears to indicate perry is courting evangelicals ahead of a possible white house bid. sarah palin, whose bus tour last week, fueled speculation she may still enter the race told chris wallace on "fox news sunday" what she would do to fix the economy. >> what president palin would dut do is cut the federal budget and making sure we are not crowded out private sector investment

if he ends up getting the nomination, he lost his bid by 18 percentage points to current senator bob casey. that's a big hurdle for him, but on the plus side, what he brings to the table is a big social conservative. perhaps not a person in the republican field who is as socially conservative as he is on issues like gay rights and issues like abortion. that could resonate in iowa at the caucuses. it's dominated by social conservatives. >> when you talk about the social conservative aspect, he is a fiscal conservative. when we dipped into the speech, he is talking that president obama wants to take away money for future generations and asking them to give away 40 cents on the dollar. what he would do, what his fiscal policy for the country would be. >> thomas, santorum adopted rhetoric we have seen from all republicans. they are all talking about reducing the deficit and invoke a lot of tea party rhetoric. what he is known for is social conservatism. he has fully embraced the proposal that alters the medicare program for those under the age of 55. by firmly embracing that, he is trying to b

he also lost his reelection bid in 2006 to democrat bob casey by a wide margin, by a 17 percent margin. granted, this was 2006 when democrats were being swept into congress but he needs to prove to supporters he can win this race, because throughout his career, he has stood by his principles as a social kofrb tiff -- conservative and today his campaign theme will be the courage to fight for america. jenna, back to you. jenna: as we continue to hear the ceremony begin, everybody can watch it at foxnews.com, we'll bring you there live when that announcement is made but certainly we're seeing the republican field shape itself. gregg: it is and dare may it still be michelle bachmann who could jump in and chris wallace thinks sarah palin might be a serious candidate as well. so it's not a complete field yet. by the way, for more on what this may mean, let's bring in fox news digital politics editor cries stierwalt. chris, a couple of minutes ago i checked a real clear politics poll average among republicans and rick santorum is not last, he's second to last. [laughter] gregg: with a scant 2

he lost his seat to bob casey, who is now the sitting senator in that seat from pennsylvania. and santorum lost big in that race. it was by double digit margins. so he's got to convince republicans that he can win nationally. and, you know, the fact that he is going after social conservatives is going to be a problem, mainly because of another person that we're still waiting to decide whether or not she's going to get into the race, sarah palin, the former alaska governor, is still undecided, she says, about whether or not she's going to get into the race. she said over the weekend on fox news sunday she's still somewhere in the middle on whether or not she's going to run for president. but new details are starting to emerge about this pro-palin biopic that a conservative filmmaker has put together and is going to release in iowa later this month. the movie shows palin as sort of a heroine of alaska politics, it does not delve into some of the more controversial aspects of her tenure of governor of alaska, and there was a pretty scathing review of that movie in the "new york p

he held on to that senate seat for 12 years, since 2006 where he lost rather badly, 18 points to bob casey. that was a tidal wave year for democrats. it has a lot of republicans nervous that they can get behind rick santorum that he has a national appeal. you're right, he has a appeal with evangelical voters, that really want to hear about issues like gay right, civil unions, abortion, those sorts of issue, those are the issue that are the bread and butter issues for rick santorum. i was in iowa a few weeks ago. talk to voter, taking a hard look at rick son tar santorum. if you look at the ratings he is 8%. he's got a huge uphill climb if he is going to make some noise in this race for the republican nomination. but, he has a very interesting life story. he and his wife have endured many family tragedy, they lost a child. they also have another child who has some severe disabilities, rick santorum does have a compelling life story to share. he will share that with voters along the way. no doubt about it. this is a tough race for rick santorum to win. there's a lot of other contenders, peop

>> more than that i advised that campaign, wasn't because of me he lost, but bob casey, and santorumhis welcome in pennsylvania. rick perry will be a formidable -- the candidate for every republican for whom george w. bush was just a little too cerebral. bush was too smart, perry will be right in your wheelhouse. i think he is going to get n. >> what do you think, the speculation that newt -- that the former mayor of new york, the -- is thinking of running once again? >> you know, i supported rudy giuliani last time, some money that went down the rat hole, he ran a lousy race, maybe he learned a lot this next time. think for rudy to run, he has got to, once again, another guy who didn't really -- wasn't fully committed to the campaign trail and waited for florida to start running. the death knell. >> thought he was going to land in florida, not exactly work out that well. >> teasing rick perry for being dumb, because he is, no one will accuse rudy of being dumb. >> you think he is going to run? >> i hope so actually honestly, not even as a democrat, because he is really smart, a grea

he lost his senate six in 2006, lost by 18 point in that race to bob casey. a lot of republicans see this as sort of a long shot deal. he is banking his success on evangelical conservatives, social conservatives who play a significant role in places like iowa and south carolina and he does have a shot. i was in iowa a few weeks ago and talked to some social conservatives out there and said they're watching rick santorum. he does have this announcement later this morning in pennsylvania and he may do well out there in iowa. but we just talked about sarah palin a few moments ago. she is the x factor in this race right now. you know, she is not listed, you know, we have a graphic we can put up a full screen, not among the candidates confirmed running for president at this point abobut if she gets in she cuts into support for rick santorum, michelle bachmann who may be announcing she's jumping in any minute now. one final thing we have a plug to mention, the cnn political team is hosting a debate, one week from today up in new hampshire, and it's going to be inte