and herman cain is here.epublicans are making a mistake if they campaign on this. >> we have to pass a bill that we can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. a grim outlook for america but lot of positive stuff as well. considers this. tiny hearing aid linked to your iphone, everything on the phone comes through loud and clear in your ear. herman cain with dr. ben carson. is the doctor running for anything? nancy pelosi, don't run on obamacare. now we have hasted and seen it whether we

[laughter] now far be it for me to criticize former republican presidential front runner herman cain. [ laughter ] but food stamps cannot be used for fitness training programs. you are confusing food stamps with medicare advantage or state funded programs that provide vouchers for fitness which m.i.t. be cheaper than heart medication. food stamps can be used for food. this fact you can remember with the knew monic i used food, food stamps can only be used for food o-o dummy. [ laughter ] it's a simple knew dpnuemonic. is there anything else you have an issue with. >> from cradle to grave connecticut democrats pushing for government to pay for -- if they choose diaper what's is next toothpaste, car seats? [laughter] >> jon: if these poor children are safe and hygienic, how will be able to tell the street urchins from the normal other than their pockets bursting with government provided crab legs. obviously that pundit coming off relatively unsympathetic. watch the rest of panel remove the qualifier relatively. >> if you can't afford with new fanged diaper what's is going on going back

michelle back match, herman cain, rick santorum, rick perry, newt gingrich. [laughter] actually, we're going the play a game, okay? who'd i start -- michele bachmann, herman cain, rick santorum, rick perry, newt gingrich, chris christie. now, a lot of you have kids. remember the sesame street song -- ♪ one of these things is not like the other? [laughter] it's really, really hard to sort of look at all these people that thaw desperately wanted to -- they desperately wanted to nominate at various points in 2012 and then jump all the way over to chris christie. and i just -- we've seen parties make huge swings, but it was usually after they had a crash-and-burn election. so, of course, after goldwater in '64 republicans moved to the middle, and they nominated, they nominated richard nixon and won the presidency. but they had a crash-and-burn election first. democrats had it in '72 with george mcgovern, so then they moved over. but republicans haven't had their crash and burn. so i just have a hard time seeing them do that. the other, like, super big name is jeb

conservatives if that's part of the opposition to a generous safety net, is that they think as herman cainsaid, if you're not rich, that's nobody's fault but your own, blame yourself. is that a natural thing? is that an american thing? is that problematic? do we need to have some sort of playing in a program? >> none of us should feel better. if failure didn't feel bad we would stop doing whatever it was. it should feel bad any very specific way. so an example of really bad failure, feeling bad, is is prison where are you going to screw up you do something wrong, 20 or 100 times and then suddenly we lock you in for 25 years. that's not a good way. you've destroyed a human life which is series even if they've done something wrong. most people in prison have done something wrong. i spent a week in july's probation system which would be enough -- >> as a journalist. >> yes. it was interesting to the locked me in a holding cell for like a minute, and i thought i would do anything, i would be on my knees in front of the judge saying how do i never go back there? it was amazing to me anyone ever

conservatives if that's part of their opposition to a generous safety net, is that they think, as herman caind, if you're not rich, that's nobody's fault by your own, blame yourself. is that a natural thing? is that an american thing? is that problematic? don't we need to sort of have some sort of blame in a program? >> one of us should feel -- none of us should feel bad. that's a mistake, let's try to make it not happen because if failure didn't feel bad, we wouldn't stop doing whatever it was. but it should feel wad in a specific way. so an example of really bad failure, feeling bad is prison where you kind of screw up, you do something wrong 20 or 100 times and suddenly we lock you away for 25 years, right? that's not a good way. you've destroyed a human life which is soars even if -- serious even if they've done something wrong. and i'm not of the opinion it's all nonviolent drug to offenders. i spent a week in hawaii's probation system -- >> as a journalist. >> as a journalist, yes. [laughter] they did, it was interesting, they locked me in a holding cell for, like, a minute, and i thoug

as herman cain said if you are not rich that's nobody's fault but your own. blame yourself.s that a natural thing? is that an american thing and is that problematic wax don't we have some sort of blame opprobrium? >> the a mistake is saying let's try to make it not happen. it should feel bad in a specific way. an example of really bad failure feeling bad is prison where you've kind of screwup and you do something wrong 20 or 100 times and suddenly they lock you away for 25 years. it's not a good way. you destroy human life even if they have done something wrong. most people in prison have done something wrong and i've not of the opinion it's all nonviolent drug offenders. i spent a week in the system. >> as a journalist. >> they locked me in a holding cell for a minute and i thought i would do anything, i would be on my knees in front of the judge saying how do i never go back there so it was amazing to me that anyone goes through the prison system twice. it's a really bad way of handling americans. our answer to the crime wave is to make sentences longer and longer. what wo

the people choosing, then carson, herman cain, i have a feeling that the next black president would beepublican black president, but i think that today regarding the constitution, the diversity that we see in the united states, the main way to bring everyone together will be through a constitutional conservative candidate. i think we will find that with rand paul. on 50% of thegree government? host: can i jump in and ask you something? let me show you the des moines register, they have this story this morning about the latest poll from iowa democrats and iowa republicans. the poll, iowa republicans are favoring paul ryan, mike huckabee, rick perry, rick santorum. topping the list for iowa republicans. your guy is rand paul. do you think this makes it difficult for him to get through a primary, hypothetically, out of iowa? caller: not one bit. if you think about it, back in 2012 the people leading up to the straw poll and people were paul wound upon winning it after looking at the delegates. there was so much fraud going on. i was down there in tampa. what they understand did. you are s

it's still earlier and think back in 2007, december 2007, the leading republican candidate was herman cain the 999 plan and we know how far he went and followed by newt gingrich and i like them but they are not the party's nominee. >> reporter: looking at early primaries what are the major issues that might sort of precede the mid term elections? >> well, i think of course jobs and the economy, the economy continues to be very sluggish and jobs and the economy matter a great deal and immigration is a huge issue and i'm not sure that anything is going to happen this year from a legislative standpoint from immigration but it's going to be a huge issue and certainly issues that circle around money, dollars around the economy. >> reporter: i'm surprised you did not mention obamacare. >> that is a huge mid term issue, the mid term elections are going to be pretty significant this year and obamacare could determine whether or not the senate is dominated by the democrats to being led by republicans. republicans are certainly going to use the affordable care act also known as obamacare as a huge,

they did it with herman cain, mitt romney. they tried to destroy someone. up the lady from new york is talking about him wasting money, fromabout the president the united states -- the president of the united states? has people to cover up for him. host: richard is up next in florida on our line for democrats. governor soprano's attack on kelly as an adulterous political strategy. it's called "blame the underlings yuriko -- "blame the -- "blame theiko underlings." i also wanted to point out weekly addresses are out from the white house and republicans on capitol hill. we will start from the weekly address from the white house. jill biden talked about the need to raise the minimum wage in the first weekly address he has been on. [video clip] the minimum wage will help people rise out-of-pocket you. it is good for business and helpful for the overall economy. up morew women make than half of workers who would benefit from increasing the minimum wage. a low minimum wage is reason why women in america make only $.77 on the dollar that every man makes. i raising