tex tech governor rick perry by 24 point and minnesota representative michele bachmann by 26 points. among california republican voters, if they had to choose the president today, 22% would pick romney, 22% perry, 11% would select ron paul and 10% would bachmann. >>> going postal could have a new meaning by the end of the month. the u.s. postal service doesn't have enough cash on hand to meet its obligations to a trust fund for retirees at the end of the month. if there's a default, officials promise there will be no interruption in mail service, the payroll or payments to suppliers. the fund was mandated by a 2006 postal reform act that postal officials today beef does not match the reality of revenues and smaller workforce. the fund was set up when there was 900,000 employees. it now has about 650,000 workers. congress will take up the issue tomorrow. >>> just before the nation marks the tenth anniversary of the september 11th attacks, a new video has surfaced of the aftermath of the crash of united flight 93. the man who captured this video explains what he sees. >> remains of a a

. >>> cnn this week is going "in depth" on rick perry. the tex has energized the republic race for president and jumped to the top of the polls. take a look it at the new cnn poll released this morning. perry way out in if front there over the former front-runner mitt romney. while perry is out front, you have to ask, are people supporting him because they like him or they're just not wowed by anyone else in the race? do they really know him? after all, he's only been in the race for a short time. our ed lavenderry takes a closeser look. >> sometimes your instincts you when a man is right for the job. >> reporter: wearing chaps and riding a horgs, this was rick perry's first ad in 1990. >> i'll tell you a great story. >> reporter: texas political -- remembers perry on posters. he has the "it" factor. >> you're going to get an energy and vitality off him that you'll feel and will surprise you. >> reporter: miller isn't surprised to see perry rocket to the top of the polls. he credits perry's risk taking 0 like joining the tea party movement early.

perry. all the focus on him last night. he came under attack for an executive order he signed in 2007 requiring all girls in texes to be vaccinatednts could actually opt out. let's listen to what the governor said last night. >> cervical cancer is a horrible way to die and i happen to think that what we were trying to do was to clearly send the message that we're going to give moms and dads the opportunity to make that decision with parental opt out. >> okay. so, he says there was a parental opt out. what did you find? >> well, we rated that barely true on our truthometer. a rating that we now call mostly false. specifically we were looking at the question of whether it was not mandatory. perry had been claiming it was not mandatory. when you look at the order, it really was mandatory. he was right that there was an opt-out but it was cumbersome and didn't apply to all the private schools. mostly false on that one. >> perry also took a lot of heat for calling social security a ponzi scheme and a lie. last night mitt romney accused him of calling it unconstitutional, as well. listen. >> the term ponzi scheme, i think, is over the

tex admitted. >> it's become a familiar pattern for bachmann responding to pery. her status starting slipped the day she decided to run. and abc 7's political analyst believes social conservatives are choosing perry in part because he's a man. >> when they can have someone who astrong male figure, like governor perry, i think it was pretty clear they're going to abandon michelle bachmann. >> tea party organizer strongly disagrees. >> when you can consider that a large pro portion of leaders are women, i just think that is antiquated. i don't think anybody thinks that way anymore. >> remember, hillary clinton supporters were complaining about sexism derailing her campaign. bachmann says she can win in iowa but only way to climb back into contention is if perry falls. dan? >> thank you very much. mark matthews reporting. there is something becoming a campaign issue. ap attained e mails showing the o. repeatedly ignored warnings about a loan program that has now become a political embarrassment. the solar panel plant got one of the loans and today, u.s. treasury department opened another investigation. and they're looking into actions of the federal financing bank, providing a $528 million loan to s

tex tx has a right to work state. but governor perry doesn't believe that he created those things.d be like al gore saying he invented the internet. >> michael dukakis create the jobs five times faster. >> george bush created jobs at a faster rate than you did, governor. >> jumping into the mix was a newly aggressive john huntsman. >> i hate to rain on the parade of the lonestar governor. we were the number one job creator in this country. >> it switched to the romney jose canseco plan and the original mandate requiring residents to have medical insurance. what some republicans call owe bottom any care. >> everyone elsa grease that the massachusetts example was a great opportunity fort rest of the country. no? >>> it was a great opportunity for us as a people to see what will not work. that is an individual mandate in this country. >> ron paul later noted, perry was once a democrat who showed some of his own support for government healthcare. >> the governor of texas criticized the governor of massachusetts for romney-care. but he wrote really fancy letter supporting hillary-care.

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