next to me is actor sean cain, and it was a great intro. he has a new book out on tuesday. it is called the modern gentleman. i read it three times naked. and he is an angry lib who likes to fib. good to see you, pinch owe. >> apparently donald rumsfeld did not like the 9/11 blog jib. he called the piece, quote, repugnant and canceled his subscription. did you hear that ad sales department? we are no longer permitted to deliver our award-winning journalism to the following address. 205 cherry street. saint my will kas, maryland, 21663. you are welcome. >> that was completely unfair. >> you are completely unfair. >> i will take that. >>> was it a risk or a trist? were they carrying a bomb or just geting it on. on sunday the fighter jets were scrambled. not sure how you can scramble fighter jets. bomb squads were called and fbi was on alert after two passengers on a ken -- denver to detroit flight were allegedly behaving suspiciously. but the threat was not legit. they were swapping spit. officials later acknowledged the suspicious behavior was two people making out in the ba

>> sean: "herman cain?" they don't know who herman cain is at this point? ense does this make? the m.o. of the national press corps, when it's a crowded democratic field, you tried to raise all votes. the m.o. with the media with a crowded republican field is to sink one vote at a time. they started with romney, they went to bachmann, went to perry, nowebc-½ífk #gcd4o=6l.p"k÷j'm+l be christie. whoever is the frontrunner will be in the gun sights of the media. >> sean: one of the narratives that i picked up on obama 2007 very early, he was too radical too rigid to liberal, wasn't ñ?ñ? prepared to be president. liberals are coming around to my point of view. they'reçt&i>;w1:b/2?v 7zc> if he doesn't feel ready to run, i hope he doesn't because in the end, you know, he has tremendous misgivings. maybe he's right. i mean obama he wasn't ready. maybe christie isn't ready. maybe he feels like everybody wants him to to, but perhaps he does need longer. >> sean: wasn't ready. gee, where were they way back when? people, by the way -- we'll give obama the benef

. >> sean: let me put up this poll, one of a series of polls. herman cainut to? >> down with hispanics every demographic that elected him. ceos blasting him.xélz#iñ:ú the votes. >> sean: dead on arrival. >> he's in trouble. >> herman cain is only one of the republican candidates that has a reasonable job plan to reform the tax code. huntsman does get elected. cain has some good answers. >> sean: all oféeqb&ub,÷e9óo that's how canada has gotten better right? all of them will repeal obama care, every candidate. all want to cut taxes, that we'll rein in government spending and bureaucracy. so all of them are sort of agreeing on the big points. >> right. what they lack is what andrea is an inclusive plan. you're right the president is at or below 40%. his poll;c!$k a :c[9!> i would disagree. >> sean: yeah, i you, too gently. >> one of the smartest gu

maybe you're right. >> sean: yeah, that might happen. all right, can herman cain sustain -- forget about the polling. there's obviously some energy in the cain campaign. where do you think that's coming from, because it virtually came out of nowhere? >> he has a lot of energy, passion, enthusiasm he's got something that he's sunk his teeth into, 9-9-9. 9% flat tax, 9% corporate tax, 9% income tax. but now he's got to do the tougher work of what explaining what that is, how much revenue it will generate, how it's going to work. it sounds good, i like a flat tax, but a 9% flat tax is a higher effective rate than most americans pay on their personal income taxes. a 9% income tax -- i think he made a mistake when he went on with chris wallace and didn't tell us how much money it would generate, what would the transition period look like, how do you make this thing happen. he's now got to take that to the next level. he's got to focus on iowa, because if you're herman cain and you want to break through, you've got to break through in iowa, which is the first contest. g

quite another to get on a national stage. >> sean: what do you think that tells you, cain winning ining to draft him. how do you interpret that? >> i think there's dissatisfaction. christie is the wrong guy for the republican party. if you're talking about a pure conservative candidate, i could argue -- >> he's an effective conservative candidate. his problem is, first of all, getting in this late. he's never been in a presidential race. >> clinton got in october of '99. he was very well known around the country. christie has only run one time. he has a big record on the unions, but the other stuff is controversy. i don't think he'll win. it's now between perry and romney. >> he wouldn't have trouble building a grassroots effort and that would be sarah palin. >> oh, oh no. >> just wait. just wait. >> we go through this every day. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> when we come back, are we teaching our kids about our framers, our founders enough in school? we'll talk about that and much more coming up straight ahead. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. your core competency is...compete

cain. first going live to frank luntz in tampa, florida for a group of voters to get their reaction to the debate. frank? >> sean we have a winner tonight. a clear winner, how many of you in this room walked in support in mitt romney, raise your hand, how many of you thought mitt romney won? raise your hands, how many of you changed your mind over the last week and gone from one candidate to another? raise your hands? would you go from? who did you go to? >> i went from perry and like gingrich. >> i like mitt romney. >> cain. >> from where to where? >> romney to cain. >> rick perry to mitt romney. >> perry to romney. >> who did you go from and two? >> perry to gingrich. >> why? >> we've been doing these for a while. mitt romney, what is so strong? >> besides decisions perry a waffler. he looked presidential. >> i thought he spoke with great specificity. >> he gave specific answer autos very edgey in the way he answered questions. >> he was elegant. >> i have not heard that word describing mitt romney before. >> i thought perry was too defensive, spending too much time fighting with romney instead of talking abou

sean caisson. >> robert jean callfield. >> mary theresa callfield. >> justin cavalier. >> michael joseph. >> jason david caine. >> juan amandock. >> anna centeneo. >> and our mother, marie castalko, we love and miss you. >> and my nephew, kevin nathaniel colbert. kevin, your mom and three brothers love you very much and miss you every day. >> john j. chadda. >> jeffrey mark cheroff. >> swarna chawlasany. >> william a. chalcov. >> mandy chang. >> rosa maria choppa. >> mark lawrence cherret. >> david m. charlaboa. >> gregoria manuel chavez. >> pedro francisco checko. >> douglas macmillan cherry. >> steven patrick cherry. >> vernon paul cherry. >> nestor julio chavelleia. >> joseph sashallia. >> alexander h. chang. and our family's hero, firefighter gary richard box. gary, the love in our hearts will bridge the distance to where you are. peace, my brother. >> and my sister, jean depalma, with a heavy heart, still. >> louis alfonzo shimbow. >> robert tims. >> nicholas paul tiafallow. >> john shaporra. >> catherine ellen sharls. >> beyoung. >> abu shaldary. >> mohammad shaldary. >> ceerstin christoff. steven paul chucknick. >> fr

i thought herman cain had a big night, including his personal story about cancer that is it for us. thanks for watching. good night from orlando florida. but we are not done here. seanin room with the candidates. you do not

sean. caller: good morning, pedro. good to get through to you. you are always the top drawer -- i have been watching you for 20 years. i am not overly impressed but i would say herman cain is good. i do like ron paul. i kind of lost interest in michele bachmann, though. i am a 67-year-old goldwater republicans, where i am coming from. but i saw somebody on c-span at the beginning of the month will item -- found it interesting. his name as buddy roemer. he said he was going to be throwing his hat in. there is a seasoned man. i want somebody season. not a chris christie. host: if you care about celebrities to support political candidates, "the washington post" is the place to turn in the reliable source section. ron paul supported by barry manilow and herman cain supported by dennis miller. south carolina. charles. caller: i am a republican did have been one long time up until this year. i am changing my mind in regards to the fact that we don't have anybody who is running who really has any experience except mitt romney, that knows anything about the government, about the operations and dealing with world problems. the thing is we as republicans seem not to realize that