i don't count out michele bachmann. there is too much of a rubik's cube nature and nobody has sufficient strength to be what i would call a front runner. >> you see those three as the front runners? ron paul is polling highly but you didn't name him. >> no. that's right. he doesn't have the strength to go beyond his vociferous narrow base. there is a top tier. in it i would put michele bachmann, mitt romney and governor perry. i think there is a way for governor huntsman of utah to prevail because of his appeal to moderates in new hampshire if he runs a smart campaign and if defensives divide possibly he can conquer. there are way too many dynamics at play in the campaign. >> i want to show you something michele bachmann said about how the federal government could save some money. >> areas of government would include -- for instance, i believe the department of education because the constitution does not specifically enumerate, nor does it give to the federal government the role and duty to superintend over education. t

like rick perry, sarah palin has overlapping constituencies with michele bachmann. all appeal to far right conservatives. palin who chip away at perry votes but would probably hurt bachmann even more. >> brian todd, good analysis, so this s this going to be rick perry's night here in tampa? our chief political analyst gloria borger is joining us. what do you expect candidates to, say on social security, which has emerged at such an issue. >> they will hammer away at rick perry. he called social secure ate ponzi scheme in the last debate. mitt romney has been losing altitude in the polls. here in florida, he has been circulating these flyers, wolf, which talk about rick perry. it sounds like they would be distribute bade democrat. rick perry, reckless and wrong on seshl sew curity. rick perry, how can we trust anyone who wants it kill social security? this is coming from mitt romney. i spoke with someone from the rick perry campaign who says, bring it on. we want an opportunity to explain what we want to do with social security. he wrote a piece in usa today. and unde

let me go right now to michele bachmann -- michelle bernard, of course, not bachmann.ow do you get back in this race if you're mitt romney, thoughtful guy, how does he catch a guy like rick perry who seems to be a born politician? >> well, you know, for mitt romney right now, the key might really just be is sit back and see what happens. we don't know if this bump rick perry is seeing right now is just a temporary bump or whether or not it's going to last all the way throughout next year. mitt romney did well in the last republican debate, he seemed presidential, he answered the questions well, he made other people appear as if their candidacies were below them, and maybe the best strategy for him right now is to wait it out and see what happens with rick perry. is rick perry going to accuse somebody else of treason, for example. romney might not have to do that much in terms of defensive or even offensive strategy in dealing with perry. >> chris, let me agree with michelle on this. she's exactly right. mitt romney has won every debate he's been in or come in second. h

christine todd whitman and michele bachmann are on a different planet if you ask me. aopposed to somebody committed idealogically to this. >> congressman bachmann and four other republican hopefuls spent is afternoon courting conservatives in colombia, south carolina, in a forum hosted by senator jim demint. who do you made the best impression for that crowd? >> i think making an important impression. i i don't know if i would characterize it as the best. governor romney was a surprise. senator demint is a tea party. senator demint supported governor romney in 2008 when the massachusetts health care reform plan was passed. now he says it's a different issue because it's a different presidential field. governor romney, with governor perry in the race, with michele bachmann's support among the tea party and the potential trin of sarah palin, needs to reach out beyond the moderate republican party. he needs some votes. maybe not a lot but some votes from the tea party and evangelical. this is a important statement from governor romney that he realizes he needs to broaden

let me go to michele bachmann. michelle bernard, of course, not michele bachmann. do you get back into the race when you don't seem to be a natural politician. how does he catch a guy like rick perry, who seems to be a born politician. >> for mitt romney right now, the key might be to sit back and wait and see what happens. we don't know if this bump that rick perry is seeing is a temporary bump or whether or not it will last through all of last year. he seemed presidential, made others apt as if the candidacies were below him. maybe the strategy is to wait it out and see what happens. is rick perry going to choose somebody else. what else will come out about rick perry's book. romney might not have to do that much in terms of strategy with dealing with perry. >> michelle is exactly right. mitt romney has basically won every debate he's come in, or come in second. he's doing very well, running behind perry right, but perry will be gone after by michele bachmann and by ron paul as well. they're going to have a battle. what romney should do, he should be prepared, ab

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negative reaction. >> bioethicist arthur kaplan of the university of louisiana is challenging michele bachmannuce a verified hpv vaccine victim in one week. if she can back up her claims, kaplan says he will donate $10,000 to a charity of her choice. if not, kaplan says bachmann should donate $10,000 to a pro-vaccine group. joining me now is one of kaplan's colleagues, dr. zeke emanuel, chair of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the school of medicine, university of pennsylvania. he was the obama administration special adviser on health policy to the office of management and budget. thank you very much for joining me tonight, dr. emanuel. >> thank you for having me. >> first of all right off the bat, let's get to side effect possibilities from the hpv vaccine which is administered to 12-year-old girls. parents have been nervous about this since this erupted at the republican presidential debate. what can you tell us? >> let me make a few points. first, the profile of side effects is comparable to other vaccines that are mandated like vaccines for mumps and measles and thing

. >> reporter: and michele bachmann a winning hand. schoolgirls receive manneder to vaccinations. >> little girls who have a n negative reaction to this potentially dangerous drug don't get a mulligan. they don't get a do-over. >> reporter: then suggested perry was interested in doing more than saving lives. >> i just wanted to add that we cannot forget that in the midst of this executive order there was a big drug company that made millions of dollars because of this mandate. we can't deny that. >> you've got to respond to that. >> yes, sir. the company was merck, and it was a $5,000 contribution that i had received from them. i raise about $30 million. and if you're saying that i can be bought for $5,000, i'm offended. >> reporter: and perry found himself on the wrong side of the tea party when he defended support for in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants. >> a policy that got boos from the crowd. >> that is not the american way. >> reporter: well, in the end, perry was hit hard but stayed on his feet, which is why

coming up, michele bachmann's latest claims over the hpv vaccine.tonio will join me on that. >>> and the town hall meeting tomorrow night in toledo and also on thursday night in columbus. open to the public. all you have to do is show up. guys, in 10 minutes, we're going to head back down the hill. down the hill? man: all right. we were actually thinking, maybe... we're going to hike up here, so we'll catch up with you guys. [ indistinct talking and laughter ] whew! i think it's worth it. working with a partner you can trust is always a good decision. massmutual. let our financial professionals help you reach your goals. >>> to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat-out wrong. >> that was congresswoman michele bachmann attacking governor rick perry's 2007 executive order mandating hpv vaccinations for school-aged girls in texas. and following her debate performance, bachmann went a bit further. >> there's a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. she sa

that's from michele bachmann's pac. the word is that sarah palin is about to go after perry as well. it's not easy being the front-runner. democrats and republicans alike are taking it to cantor to say that fema money for hurricane victims has to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. and the new jobs report, no new jobs created. as we head into labor day weekend, some say let's remember who got us here. george w. bush and dick cheney. and finally, let me finish tonight with the catch 22 of the republican party. anyone conservative enough to be nominated might be unelectable. and anyone moderate enough to be elected can't get nominated. we start with the disrespect shown towards president obama. roger simon is chief political columnist for politico and ron reagan is a political commentator. i want to show you something from "the new york times" that ran today. it says this. american presidents often have highly disagreeable relations stem from deep policy divides, the relentless acrimony between president obama and congr

first up, it's become pretty common for gop candidate, michele bachmann to invoke classic american heroesinspire audiences on the campaign trail. albeit with a few history snafus along the way. yesterday, bachmann pulled out a heroen from across the atlantic. >> both ronald reagan and margaret thatcher contributed mightily to restoring the economic greatness to the nation. we're in a similar time period and we need to have strong, volleyball leadership to see that return today. both with military and our economy, they're both tremendous examples. >> the iron lady, margaret thatcher. who knew that bachmann was getting at something much larger when she described her own titanium spine in an interview a couple of weeks ago. >>> next up, the struggle to be first in line does not end in elementary school. arizona governor jan brewer is considering moving up her state's primary to the end of january. stepping on the sensitive toes of traditional early states like iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, which guard their early positions like the family jewels. well let the race begin. what did s

until recently he was michele bachmann's campaign manager. ks for coming on "hardball" tonight. >> my pleasure. >> are you still with the campaign? what's your status with regard to congresswoman bachmann? >> you know, i'm available if she needs to call me and ask me for anything. i'm more than happy. two weeks ago i made every decision. today i make no decisions. >> well, what about this decision to get involved in this issue of claiming that somehow the vaccine that was given to those girls down in texas caused mental retardation using the language of the congresswoman? >> no empirical data other than one individual woman coming up to her. i think mrs. bachmann is an emotional person who has great feeling for people. i think that's what she was trying to project. obviously she would have been better if she stayed on the issue, which the issue was the governor's executive orders and whether he basically made a mistake, as he said he did. he made a mistake. she made a mistake. the quicker she admits she made a mistake and moves on the better i

and minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann is behind president obama 48 to 44.ll four are within a four- point margin every error. but there's more to the obama bad news. the same gallop poll shows mr. obama is also losing the support of in the swing voters. swing voters broke heavily for mr. obama in 2008, 55%, securing the presidency for him. but 2012 is a different story. three republican contendersobam independents. obama with romney 47, obobama 44. perry 46, question, did these polls show the electriccability of the republican candidate is less important than the ousting of president obama? >> i think you're close to the truth, john. president obama is in serious trouble as a president and a candidate, partly because of a lot of news on the economic front looks like it's even getting worse, but what these polls show us is that as charlie cook said, this race is becoming the republican party's to lose in 2012. the polls also show that the entire republican field it looks like including the controversial ones like michele bachmann may be acceptable to the ame

it seems ironic michele bachmann came out against the vaccine for women while rick perry, the man, was sort of standing for women's health fighting hpv. >> it's not really that strange. in some ways it's a regional issue. minnesota doesn't have to worry about hpv as much because they wear so many layers. ( laughter ) finding genitals is next to impossible. take it from someone who wages at the st. paul's hooters. i'm willing to overlook congresswoman's bachmann's regional bias because she's the last female candidate in this race. race. >> jon: is that your truck? you drive a truck with truck nuts on them? >> they're lady nuts and i happen to like them. >> jon: isn't bachmann saying the hpv vaccine causes mental retardation. >> it is by all accounts flat out wrong. >> it is not even something that has been sucked. >> there's no evidence the vaccine causes mental retardation. >> jon: no, no, do not say his name. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> oh, man, there goes the market for my michele bachmann "i've got an eye on your vagina" condom. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> jon: that's pretty creep

but weaving back all of this to michelle bachmann, let's be clear about what is going on michelle bachmannfighting back because rick perry has chi rocketing in the campaign and taken offand surpassed her by leaps and bounds. michelle bachmann knows what all americans know, that is the number one issue in this issue is jobs and job creation. she has no record on creating, rick perry has a terrific record on creating jobs and michelle bachmann is using an old-time campaign ploy to raise an alternative issue to distract the record that she has no credibility on and rick perry will talk about jobs and getting america back to work again. >> let me move ahead because we are running out of time. with a new gal up poll when governor perry called the social security a ponzi scheme it is costing him independent voters who are key to win the white house. do you expect him to modify or change his views on the issue? >> what the governor pointed out is what most americans understand. we need to be concerned about the strength of our social security program. he's made it abundantly clear anyone receivin

>> we saw michele bachmann's superpac that she doesn't have any affiliation with but is friendly without with an attack ad against perry. it seems bachmann world is the place to look for what you would expect to be some kind of attack coming out of this book. the trouble is, bachmann world is at least as crazy as this book. >> i think that there is no question that people have grown to expect sort of out-there statements from michele bachmann, and this certainly runs to the right of anything michele bachmann has said. i think where you will start seeing a lot of these criticisms are from the democrats, and at some point, probably pretty soon if perry survives our debate next week, politico, msnbc debate, you'll see a mitt romney superer pac airing ads about this book. >> he's kind of scatter shot. on my random flipping of pages, i noticed him taking a shot at woodrow wilson i thought was unfair. >> one of many. >> does he take down any republicans? >> he does. he gauges senators lisa of alaska and one as not conservative enough. this is not a good thing to have codified on paper. you

michele bachmann was in the north bay. jade hernandez is live to explain what she's doing here. >> reporter: that's right. congresswoman michele bachmann who is running for president left this san raphael home more than an hour ago. her parts words were, the tea party is growing. michele bachmann arrived at the home of sally and alex zelikowski for a fundraiser. more than 100 supporters paid $a 100 to have breakfast with her today. >> what a thrill to be in marin county where the tea party is alive and active >> reporter: michele bachmann had a lot to say about repealing obama care and lowering the tax code, pushing the shrinkage of government and growing the private sector. she also had to answer for recently calling the hpv vaccine very dangerous. her whole point, she said, was the state government should mandate the vaccine nor receive kickbacks if it does. while addressing her supporters, she also jabbed president barack obama on several fronts, but began the attack with a bay area company, solyndra, based in fremont.

just took it too far. >> i think michele bachmannday totally incredible about the florida everglades, on i'll straighten her out. george w. bush is also against drilling in ther glad everglade. so was his brother, remember him? the oil would only last in the united states for two days? but i don't think michele bachmann is is thinking about the bigger picture. listen to this. a company called collier resources has been drilling out on a chunk of unprotected land in the everglades since the 1940s. they're still going strong and looking to expand. and guess what? the collier family, dog gone it, they've donated $10,000 to bachmann's presidential campaign. thp is either an amazing coincidence or some psychofinancing, right? and for michele bachmann to call people who opposed drilling in the everglades radical environmentalists is radical psycho talk. republican leaders really went out of their way to look bad this week, didn't they? boehner, perry, limbaugh. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the most headroom per dollar of any car

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of the very recent past or a version of michele bachmann 1.0, the cable news celebrity michele bachmann we all loved for so many years, or will we get something altogether new? that's question one. the second great question, second great unknown of tomorrow's debate is whether or not the new front-runner, texas governor rick perry will be there. right now governor perry is at home in texas dealing with his state's ongoing wildfire crisis. a staffer telling the news the plan is for him to attend the debate. the third great unknown for tomorrow night's republican debate is whether or not a republican candidate can still affect the race. are republican primary voters still looking for someone else, as the race is starting to look more than ever as a romney versus perry matchup, does that lead for more room in the field? one of the candidates trying to shake up that field will join us next. my feet are killin' me. well, we're here to get you custom orthotic inserts. we can't afford that. yes, we can. dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic center. foot-care scientists are behind it. ( man ) you ha

michele bachmann is under pressure to right her ship tonight after a shake-up in her campaign. in the last six weeks bachmann's support has not only cut in half, but dropped to double digits among tea party supporters and supposedly her base. tonight could be the last few moments for john huntsman to make a new impression who thought he would be a serious player, but whose campaign has struggled to get off the ground. and don't forget, newt gingrich, you never know upon what role he will play tonight. tonight's debate can come down to a battle with rick perry stepping up his attack on mitt romney's jobs record. after long-distance sparring, the governor is ready to facedown with the supposedly new front-runner. joining me now is the senior adviser to the romney campaign. eric, good to see you. >> good to be here. >> let's start with governor romney's jobs plan and "the wall street journal" critique, and i know that "the wall street journal" editorial page and romney have not been on the same page. >> i don't think there is a candidate of either party at any time that has put out

>> michele bachmann is something we already knew.etween passionate and impulsive. she lights up the stage when she's passional. when she's impulsive, she goes haywire and gets the facts wrong. you can get away with it as a house member, not as a presidential candidate. until she's more disciplined, it's going to hold her back. she'll get better with experience. she's only been in the house two terms. she has to get much, much better or she will not get higher. >> she reads 80% or 90% and leaves off 20% that could change the outcome of her conclusions. it's not that she engages in false statements. most recently, the hpv vaccine. it's comically inept. it shows she's not fit for public office. ultimately, she's nothing more than rush limbaugh in drag. nothing against the viewers watching. >> it's time for michele bachmann to go away. robert's criticism comes from the opposite side of the aisle. mine comes from the same side. she and she alone is the only principaled con sefbtive out there. promises of $2 gas to the concept of federalis

michele bachmann wants people in minnesota armed and dangerous.d sarah is famous for her rhetoric. nobody plays the victim better than the quitter from alaska. she took time away from her fake run for president to post this on her facebook. please don't be taken in by union bosses' thuggery like james hoffa represented yesterday. what they care about is their own power in re-electing their friend, barack obama so he will take care of them to the detriment of everyone else. hold it right there. take care of who? this white house has not been overly friendly to labor in this country. in fact they were told that the employee free choice act had to sit on the sideline because they were going to do health care. the real head of the republican party blasted hoffa and the president from his controlled studio climate in palm beach county, florida. >> could there be any doubt hoffa -- >> the drugster and palin have been two of the most vicious attackers of the president and the unions over the years. neither one of them have a clue what middle class americ

rick perry, michele bachmann are fishing from the same pond's tea party voters.ps amy can talk more about that. what i've learned from two campaign aides, michele bachmann, expect her to contrast her record with rick perry, certainly her views with rick perry on three issues. illegal immigration, social security and the mandate of the hvp vaccination rick perry did as the governor of texas. >> he has to do something. she's going to try to hit them hard, especially hit him hard come monday night, tomorrow night, because, i mean, really, he took the wind out of her sails. she won the iowa straw pom ll o the same day he threw his name into the race and all of a sudden her numbers started coming down. >> and we're going focus on the tea party. and i know that last week was his first debate, but we think that this debate, the people of this movement are so focused on the economy, and we believe we're going to be the ones to choose the next republican nominee. that's why this debate is so important. >> i want to talk to you about that. first of all, what he said about

i think michele bachmann is dangerous. i do not think barack obama, given the circumstances, i think he is doing the best can. i think there was such a big hole. i lived in new jersey. there used to be chemical plants all up and down the delaware river. they do not hire any more. they do not hire any more. it is a daughter job situation. it is gone to take time to the country -- it is a direct job situation. -- dire job situation. -- dire job situation. caller: what i wanted to say is yes, she should run, so we can stop asking is she going to run? at the same time, she is out there, a celebrity just like michael jackson. she will always had a falling -- she will always have a following. i will protest wednesday and i will not be buying any gas on wednesday. i hope everybody does the same thing. these republicans do not want to talk about jobs. they just want to talk about getting rid of regulations that we need. getting rid of schoolteachers. school teachers were there for them, now they do not want them for our children.

michele bachmann was once questioned, and the question was, was it a lie?et me show you what she said. >> social security, i think it's one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated. >> you're right, it's a tremendous fraud. no company could get away with this. they would be thrown in jail if they ever tried -- >> so, i mean, there you have it. rush and reverend al agree that backman and mr. ponzi scheme perry are on the same side of this one. you better not change your mind, michelle. we'll have a coalition of truth squad ready for you. what do you think, bob? >> first of all, it will be very interesting to watch the debate tonight. we all know everybody will be going after rick perry for what he said and what he's now saying he didn't really mean. when we talk about the debate, i think the strategy might be -- and you get a chance to tell me later if i was right or wrong, i think req perry is trying to deflect this by the old 5dage that the best defense is a a good offense. now, let me ask you, do you believe that given they numbers, i just want to end on th

michele bachmann attacked his credibility and his ethics. so, you know, it's getting nasty really fast. they have to slow romney -- slow rick perry down if they can. >> we had a romney spokesman on our broadcast coverage after last week's debate who basically said, rick perry is welcome to the front-runner role. because -- and this is what he meant. that when you're the front-runner, the only way the other participants in the debate can get attention is by hitting the front-runner. how can perry counter this? >> well, he's got to think through his answers. he has to stay calm. he has to have comebacks. i mean, i think rick perry is pretty good at counterpunching but he doesn't always have the facts straight and some of the laugh lines he gets in front of the tea party when he has a tea party crowd on his side -- after all, rick perry was playing a home game there. some polls say close to half of the tea party people see him as their favorite candidate. he has to get better at it and go down the third, fourth and fifth level to explain himsel

with a brain would argue is not strong it up they say that it's hurting our economy and in fact michele bachmann made that exact same claim over the weekend and not only repealing obamacare also repealing dad frank which is killing the banking industry i've got the bill to repeal both of them. so michelle thinks the banks are hurting they're just getting killed you know maybe she's a little confused face or not hurting when it comes to profits here in the u.s. if anything they're the ones that are making a killing there good friends over think progress pointed out over the weekends thanks for joining quite a stellar year j.p. morgan chase the nation's second largest bank saw its second quarter profits rise thirteen percent compared to the same time period last year so the group's profits up only twenty three percent wells fargo's profits are up a mere twenty nine percent goldman sachs well they're really having a hard time their profits in the second quarter they're only up fifty four percent and morgan stanley they were up seventeen percent now to be fair here bank of america actually saw their

field, surpassing mitt romney and michele bachmann and others.ce he's a shiny new toy, they try to put a ding in them. i have no problem with that the more the merrier in the race and need to beat each other up now to prepare for the general election, if they can't take it from their side, how are they going to take it from obama and axlerod. >> judy, was pairing the tea party with cnn a little bit odd. >> i think it was cnn showing it was fair and balanced, why not? we can pre-tend that the mainstream media are fair and balanced, we know they're not. most in the mainstream media are liberal and democrats, comes out poll after poll, why not try something like this? i think it made for an interesting thing. >> jim, the mainstream media made a lot about perry's plan to vaccinate girls from hpv. do most know that. >> i should say my wife works for michele bachmann who is leading the attack on that. no, the plan wasn't putting into effect, but he he did try and did issue an executive order and it was extremely controversial, and he did, he did apolog

michele bachmann takes on rick perry over a controversial cancer vaccine. who is right? we'll have a debate. >> right now, baron warren buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. an outrage he has asked us to fix. we need a tax code where everyone gets a fair shake and where everybody pays their fair share. >> paul: welcome to the journal,editorial report. i'm paul ggigot. that was president obama with the jobs act, calling on wealthy to pay more tax toss finance them and while warren buffett may be willing to do so, at least one former ceo is not. in a rehe sent op-ed in the wall street journal, harry gallop has this message for president obama, before you ask for more money from me and others, raise what you collect each year more fairly and spend it more wisely and then you'll need less of my money. the retired ceo of american express and executive committee of the american enterprise absolute and also the chairman of miller, welcome to the program. so, text us through your argument and beef with warren buffett? >> i don't really have a beef with warren buffett

we'll have the latest on why. >>> republican presidential candidate michele bachmann just wrapped up a news conference reacting to the president's speech. bachmann has obviously been outspoken in her credit sichbl of president obama. here's some of what she said from capitol hill a short time ago. >> i stand here tonight to say to the president, not only should congress not pass his plan, i say, mr. president, stop. your last plan hasn't worked, and it's hurting the american economy. instead of temporary fixes, do what has worked in the past, permanent, pro-growth policies that are driven by the free market. >> bachmann's reaction echoed the sentiments from last night's presidential debate. she and others hit the president hard on economy to health care to the military. take a look. >> devastating as our economy is, with the policies of barack obama, i think that he is actually weakened us militarily and with the united states' presence globally. >> this is a president so committed to class warfare and bureaucratic socialism that he can't possibly be effective in jobs. >> on day one,

. >>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in marin county where presidential candidate michele bachmann will be here this morning talking about being forced to talk about something she would rather avoid. >> weather-wise, look at the cloud cover. a little bit of drizzle for your morning commute. a cooling trend started yesterday and even tomorrow. warmer weather is on the way also. >> i'm sue hall in the traffic center with a live shot of the golden gate bridge. it's looking good. update on a gravel spill on the east bay freeway and on ramp that is closed. we'll get more for you. >> it's a thursday, thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> anyone hoping to attend the university of california will be closely watching a u.c. regents meeting today. they will program blujt plan for budget increases for the next five years. amy hollyfield is live at mission bay campus where the meeting will be held. >> surely there is going to be feeling of not again at u.c. campuses but officials they have got to try and give us and they hope it would be it for a while. they want to avoid this -- rowdy protests t

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one thing of note, look at michele bachmann.gh up she was somewhere she has dropped. >> below gingrich. 34 te in terms of what polling has shown us about the field of gop and tea party supporters, something herman cain and michele bachmann enjoyed. low numbers but committed followers. >> great point. break the poll down. the first-ever cnn tea party debate. break it down by tea party supporters and non-tea party supporters. check out the numbers when you do that. rick perry, a huge number between people who identify with tai partiers. >> more than double mitt romney. >> the other side, people who are not tea party supporters but republicans. perry is dead even with romney and palin. interesting matchup. the lead amongst tea partier, among others, still doing well as well. >> i talked to amy kremer who said, we are likely to pick the next republican nominee. that's quite possible. can they pick the next president of the united states? >> that electability is the huge issue here, ali. three out of four republicans in the poll say

i think michele bachmann did extremely well. to get in there as john huntsman needed to get in there. in the way, john huntsman did not land punches, michele bachmann came alive, did really well. >> nothing-burger? i've never ordered that before. >> john huntsman. >> okay. interesting. i'm taking note, patricia. >> you'll use it. >> yes. the loudest p esest boos came w paul discussed 9/11. >> osama bin laden and al qaeda have opinion explicit -- [ booing ] >> they have been explicit and said that we attacked, we attacked america pause you had bases on our holy land in saudi arabia, you do not give palestinians a fair treatment, and you have been bombing -- [ pbooing ] >> i didn't say that. i'm trying to get you to understand what the motive was behind the bombing. >> so did he go too far? robert? >> not after michael moore. but for rational, logical intellectuals or for people who care about the facts, of course he went too far. then again, who on that panel didn't go too far? it was an infomercial for anger management therapy.

michele bachmann speaking there later this month.he history behind liberty university, jerry fall well and what this school represents to the republican party. >> it's at the core of evangelical -- i don't want to call it activity but definitely a thought for sure. this is core evangelical thought in virginia and it isi it has been around obviously for a while. so this is going to be a stop for really any evangelical candidate that wants to not just make hey with evangelical voters but clearly to explain the biblical world view and how they see policies through their prism. >> more with texas governor rick perry last week in lynch bevering, virginia, also available on libe at c-span.org. >> i spent many a night pondering my purpose, talking to god, wondering what to do with this one life among the billions that are on the planet. what i learned as i wrestled with god is that i didn't have to have all the answers. that they would be revealed to me in due time. and that i needed to trust him. my faith journey is not the story of someon

here michelle bachmann takes him to task for supporting h.p.v. vaccinations for young girls. >> to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong. drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor. and this is flat-out wrong. gwen: perry tried to keep the focus on the president. >> we don't need to elect a nominee who is going to blur the lines between this administration and the republican party. we need a nominee who draws a distinct and a clear contrast. gwen: certainly a distinct and clear contrast. and there weren't any lines blurred on that debate stage, either, chuck. >> no, there weren't, gwen. a couple weeks ago you had a debate in california that was kind of between romney and perry. and this debate in tampa last week, it was everybody ganged up against rick perry. he's clearly the frontrunner. everyone knows it. they can't keep talking about obama in this context. because this is what primaries are for. this is what elections