would you vote for herman cain. does his him supporting the top bankers bailout bill also concerned you. know he's bailing out the top thinkers yet he supported the tarp bankers bailout bill. no i don't think that he did he did. i don't recall that that concerned you as well the bankers bail yeah i supported that. i'm not really familiar about that do you think he made the right decision by supporting the tarp bankers bailout bill well as i said that was the end this is now. i don't think that saw some but i don't know where we would be if we had not thought out some of the things that it was right this isn't to do. i personally would have done it give a lot of money to those banks or yes. i better do a little more research and. anything else you might say about herman cain and what you hope for i'll probably vote for him if he makes it as a nominee and another thing i saw here is yes we can. i. and the g.o.p. presidential line of continues to flat line they stand us outs join the ranks of huckabee barber and from a

no one has talked about herman cain. -- you have herman cain. no one has talked about herman cain. how about a herman cain-ron paul ticket? >> i will not take the bait. [laughter] >> herman cain has been honest enough about the paul ryan plan. he endorsed it. sarah palin is a threat to michele bachmann. bachmannes go, the candidacy dies. the advantage right now is to mitt romney. met ronnie is the front runner. every day that goes by when you do not talk about the front runner or criticizing him is a good day for any front runner. >> the question is huntsman. mitch daniels was going to be great, except he does not want to do it and i guess -- except his wife did not want to do and he is gone. hudson has -- huntsman has charisma, which pawlenty and blacks. he is a moderate, liked by people like me, which is a problem. >> absolutely a problem. >> that is what will cost him, that he is moderate? >> "moderate." that is like democrats saying that if you support the ryan plan, we will kill you because you are moderate. there are parties of the right -- republicans are the party of the fi

no one has talked about herman cain. -- you have herman cain. no one has talked about herman cain. how about a herman cain-ron paul ticket? >> i will not take the bait. [laughter] >> herman cain has been honest enough about the paul ryan plan. he endorsed it. sarah palin is a threat to michele bachmann. bachmannes go, the candidacy dies. the advantage right now is to mitt romney. met ronnie is the front runner. every day that goes by when you do not talk about the front runner or criticizing him is a good day for any front runner. >> the question is htsman. mitch daniels was going to be great, except he does not want to do it and i guess -- except his wife did not want to do and he is gone. hudson has -- huntsman has charisma, which pawlenty and blacks. he is a moderate, liked by people like me, which is a problem. >> absolutely a problem. >> that is what will cost him, that he is moderate? >> "moderate." that is like democrats saying that if you support the ryan plan, we will kill you because you are moderate. there are parties of the right -- republicans are the party of the figh

herman cain won. >> who won the debate. how many think herman cain won the de-- debate? well, we can stop right there. >> stephen: we can stop right there, folks. radio hosts and former godfather's pizza c.e.o. herman cain will be the republican nominee. people say he's a dark horse candidate but i don't see horse color. i think, i think cain is the perfect choice to fix our economy. >> i don't know if you ever tasted godfather's pizza but if can keep that place from going bankrupt, he is an economic genius. and folks, we need, we need economic help. luckily it is a story that brings me hope and to tonight's word. (cheers and applause) autocratic for the people. for examples, america is strapped for cash and pretty soon china is going to start screening its calls. and recently, standard & poor's threatened to downgrade america's aaa bond rating. at which point the dollar's value would be mainly as a source of fiber. (laughter) >> stephen: folks, this is not just a national problem. state and city governments are in trouble

what do you think of herman cain? >> well, i think herman cain should be running president of the comedy central. i think he's a joke. >> anybody in the field that you think would make a good g.o.p. candidate? >> no. i think he should run for comedy central. >> ok. and let's go now to larry in oak-week-old, california. what's on your mind? herman cain for the last five years and i've seen him on various shows and i'm a small businessman and start a non-profit and i like what he has to say. i think it's just -- we need to get back to common sense business, common sense attitudes in this country. i'm not happy with what obama has been doing. yes, he's getting a lot of credit for bin laden but it was just time for bin laden to get caught and a lot of work has gone into that. but i believe herman cain is a man and i'm going to find a way to start working for him out here in california and start making some inroads. i think he's a great man. >> thanks, larry. we go now of the democrats line and joshua in bradenton, florida

how many of you think herman cain won the debate? we can stop right there. sean, a word or to describe herman cain. >> he answers the questions most direct. >> breath of fresh air. >> common sense. >> talking points. >> clear and concise. >> very aggressive. >> the godfather of business sense he can attack obama well. >> clear-cut plan on which way to take america. >> how many of you walked in with herman cain as your number one choice, raise your hands? >> one. how many walking out with herman cain as your number one choice? unprecedented. he was not a real candidate before tonight, what happened? >> he talked correctly on taxation, free markets and leadership. >> he has a plan. he's articulate and he knows what we need. >> he won us over. i think he can win america over. >> how? >> he's likeable. >> he understood about defining a problem. then coming up with a solution. >> was very precise about it. >> he knew what needed to be done. how to outline the problem. and find a solution. and to find the people to solve the problem. >> this man has never been ele

some are drafting to herman cain as a new figure to idolize. guest: some say he is a profi of politics. but for the mainstream, i do t think it will happen. host: louisiana, and democrats line. caller: i am a nurse and obama supporter. anybody that believes that you can and do away with medicaid has never worked in a hospital or nursing home. people do not have enough money to take care of this. some do not have families. there is a lot of waste. there are many things that can be changed. if you are a millionaire, why should you get medicare and social security? it doenot make sense. some things are so simple. nurses, we see the waste every single day. there is not a lot you can do about it. guest: the issue of health care coming up in the primary. coming up in the primary. guest: people do not like their rights taken away. even if this will not impact people younger than 55 years old, some maybe 53 or 54 and say, -- it shows that republicans did better with seniors bant what they have done in a long time. if that seniors accord goes down, we s

, i'm completely in the tank for herman cain. that was an astounding performance. do you remember the old movie don't tell mom the baby-sitter is dead? first the mom leaves, then the baby-sitter dies and the children are left to fend for themselves. that's what it was. we all make jokes about herman cain, who is he? well, who are are any of these guys. even the mortgageally wounded mitt romney, the is really in practice a viable candidate. so who's to say that herman cain cannot become the front-runner? >> richard, are the president's enemies his best friends? >> well, let's just look at this composition here. if you were ron paul, the front-runner clearly in this field, you would be worried about -- or trebling to six, based on the luntz piece of it, and more importantly who will be the rodeo clown when you have ten people on stage and some of them could win the nomination? i think the whole party has to worry about who's playing what role here? tim pawlenty will have lots of competition for the dull, respectable slot, and now i

no herman cain. right across the street from us is expected to announce he is jumping into the race. he's been exploring since january and now he will make it official that he will be a presidential candidate. who is he? he is a former big-time executive in the restaurant industry. he's the former ceo of godfather's pizza and extensive background in the business world and also a huge tea party favorite. a lot of conservative activist like this guy. he is a radio talk show host. >> still trying to get that name out there. herman cain. >> you and i know a lot about him. does the rest of america know about him? he hopes to change that today. the campaign is saying that they might have thousands of people gathered in centennial park across the street. it's anyone's guess if they have that much and trying to make traction against mitt romney and newt gingrich. we'll see how much he makes after this announcement. >> what about that money? does he have, we have seen candidates oftentimes, he was godfather p

four years later, it is ron paul again, also herman cain and johnson, that's it. he may have stolen the show to legalize heroin, he was not, it should be noted, the biggest hit of the night. take a look at who won the focus group afterwards.

the other thing that might hurt him, herman cain admits he's not well-versed on a lot of foreign policy issues. he says, i'm a ceo-type. i'll hire the best minds to advise me. but he's not well h f versed in a lot of areas. >> how does he try to upstage the more well-known names of a newt gingrich, a mitt romney and possibly even is tim pawlenty? >> there's a race to outfiery rhetoric each other. newt gingrich is coming out with big words. they're all trying to outflank each other in terms of the wordplay against obama and the democrats. but the other thing he'll stress is this notion that he's a ceo and you need a business leader, an executive in these harsh economic times to right the ship, to right the economic ship. >> somewhere within this hour, he is certainly going to be announcing that he is in. he's not making an announcement, has all these people who have collected at centennial park to say, i'm not going to do it? >> yeah, that would be a really big "joke's on you." no, we are fully expecting him to throw his hat into the ring officially. >> just had to ask. shannon travis, t

mitch daniels is out, herman cain is in. what do you think? caller: steve, it has been a long time since i talk to you. i believe that my brother from kentucky is right. i think it we are seeing the dissolution of the republican party before our very eyes. maybe he is there barack obama? a black man? once the republican party and tea party finds out that he is a ceo, godfather's pizza is going to lose a lot of business. i wanted to talk to you about the ideology of corporations and rich people paying taxes. in a combat that, from vietnam. i helped the stable veterans. i hate to see america stand by and lose all of their money, people spending trillions of dollars in iraq. i am asking america, when you turn your back, does anyone want all of this oil for free? we have watched them run up the prices the $4.50 dollars. we should have cut charged oil companies $52 trillion just to enter the country. america, ask yourself, why are you letting your children's heads get blown off and kill them losing your treasure for a party that does not even want

republicans are after the fox news debate, they like herman cain. it is tailored to the constituency group of core conservatives. he is not a former member of congress or governor. he can be a vehicle for a lot of protests, especially if some republicans do not catch afire. he took some flak if whether the borders for any type of compromise on middle east peace should be debates on the 1967 borders. a tough problem for the president. almost 80% of jewish voters voted for president obama. he has a lot of circuits to keep his message and make the argument that he is trying to be a fair broker in this divisive development. [unintelligible] she was always a good fund raiser. penny his top fund-raiser is jewish. there is a lot of ability for him to go into the jewish community and get money. this issue pops up. the president will have to pull each person aside to reassure them on this. it will be interesting to see his reaction from apac. it makes up about 20% of the jewish community that did not vote for the president in the 2008 election. host: we will

herman cain tweeting "apparently i got the colbert bump last night." whoa whoa whoa, put your cain back in your pants, herman.v: [laughter] obviously i'm a fan. i may even be a wild-eyed kainiac. i did not bump you, sir. just mentioning you doesn't give it the bump. i have toç beçó careful where i point this thing because it is loaded and powerful. i talk about hitler, lindsay lohan and chlamydia. i was not giving them the bump. that was just sweeps week. [laughter] there's only one way to get the colbert bump. you come on my show, sir. you get the bump for real and you could end up being our nation's first second black president. [laughter] we know the real reason that cain wants to get this one, everyone in d.c. is talking about my fund-raising political action committee colbert pac founded by me. oh, they love it. founded by me so that this election the colbert nation could have a voice in the form of my voice shouted through a mega phone made of cash. [cheers and applause] when i announced colbert pac on the air my parent company viacom freaked

cain last night what do you guys think. i mean i don't trust them as far as i could see him because he was you know chairman of the federal reserve in kansas city but i do look forward to questioning him yeah i want to know what we're out in a moment you know i want to play one of his answers i said his answer on immigration was really good. the immigration issue in america is not one problem it's full of problems it's securing the border in force and the laws that are there . promoting the path to citizenship that we already have we don't need a new path we've got to clean up the bureaucracy in the process and then number four this is where i believe you empower the states to do what the federal government cannot paint is not doing and he got a pretty good applause for that and what i was surprised is he was advocating a position where he's saying we need to clean up the bureaucracy we need to find a way to let more people in under the current laws that's a significant significant and not only that but he also allows those

cain herman cain also is a total you know as long as says he time so there's really no you can put on a good day all around by i don't last one we have a newt gingrich. and you would you know i so glasses are would be very in style today about how he would be absurd a day and voted mostly intellectuality just like she had issues happening with a newspaper in his hand so people don't carry is what the controller is a lesson here is a life story we'll have a couple seconds but in new york officials are proposing that high school curriculum include lessons on what mothers can do if they give birth to a baby that they don't want and tell them a safe way to get rid of the baby. so sad but it's only when necessary and i don't think that's not i think that's really smart this actually how i'm saying a sad event or something that actually may have these a side and i would say if the teacher is the first person going to go on this that said like i mean why is that a family member or someone involved that you can turn to on this you're such an idealist why do you think these women are throwing

four years later, it is ron paul again, also herman cain and johnson, that's it. he may have stolen the show to legalize heroin, he was not, it should be noted, the biggest hit of the night. take a look at who won the focus group afterwards. >> 29 of the most important people in america sitting behind me now. let's go right to them. who won the debate. how many think her man cain won? we can stop right there. i want a word or praise to describe him. >> a breath of fresh air. >> common sense. >> how many walked in here with herman cain as your number one choice? one of you. how many of you are walking out of here with him as your choice. this is unprecedented. >> former ceo of a mafia themed pizza chain runs away with the first race. >> i haven't held office before. i asked people, those in washington d.c., they have held public office before. how is that working for you. we have a mess. how about sending a problem solver to the white house. >> herman cain, the break-out sensation in south carolina. while he won the focus group last night, ron paul seems to have wo

cain who i think i'm not going to be able to come down on herman cain side on a lot of stuff but the reason that he took off the way he did in the you know just in the focus group and certainly the media attention is that he was himself presenting a kind of you know almost. i don't know whether it's better or not but it's a jacksonian view of the presidency rather than a wilsonian view of the presidency which a lot of folks including some folks on you know the maybe the national review site over the years have projected have said you know we want to be big government republicans and you know accusing anybody but that's it seems like a good step in the right direction is that everybody is trying to run away from that even mitt romney who wasn't even there what would it take for a candidate like ron paul to be taken seriously by you guys i mean he won a seat back struck all this year he won it a year before the ad and identified and i think g.o.p. is best match up against president obama compared to mike huckabee and romney why would it take that first i want to be a theory contender.

herman cain. we can stop right there. >> this is a sampling of what those voters heard last night that convinced them that herman cain was the republican party's best chance to defeat barack obama. >> herman cain, former chairman and ceo of godfather's pizza, you don't have your own plan yet about what you would do in afghanistan? >> no. the experts and their advice and their input would be the basis of me making that decision. >> a tax cut for the wealthy and tax increase for the middle class. >> i support replacing the current code with the current tax. i'm proud that i haven't held public office before. >> during that debate, a cbs news reporter spotted house speaker john boehner at morton's stake house in washington. he said he'll read about the debate tomorrow. he added, there's more time for people to get in. joining me now from south carolina, slate.com political reporter, dave weigel who attended the debate. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> the romney boycott of t

cain who i think i'm not going to be able to come down on herman cain side on a lot of stuff but the reason that he took off the way he did in the you know just in the focus group and certainly the media attention is that he was himself presenting a kind of you know almost. i don't know whether it's better or not but it's a jacksonian view of the presidency rather than a wilsonian view of the presidency which a lot of folks including some folks on you know the maybe the national review side over the years have projected have said you know we want to beat big government republicans and on the accusing anybody but that's it seems like a good step in the right direction is that everybody is trying to run away from that even mitt romney who wasn't even there what would it take part candidate like ron paul to be taken seriously by you guys i mean he won if he packs toppled this year he won it the year before and identified him as the g.o.p.'s bathmat tap against president obama compared to mike huckabee and romney why would it take the first time on how to be a three contender. i do take

herman cain making his bid for the white house official in atlanta. the former ceo of godfather's pizza and former radio talk show host is the fourth republican to officially jump in the race, but there are many more still eyeing a run, like mitt romney who is on a key trip to south carolina this weekend. i want to bring in for analysis shannon, who was at the mccain event, and peter handy who is on the trail with mitt romney. shannon, cain may not have the name recognition others have. give us the lowdown on him. >> some of the things you mentioned, he has solid business experience, a financial background. he was the former ceo of godfather's pizza. he had other experience in other profile executive experience in restaurants. he's going to run on that, don. he's going to run on the fact he has solid business credentials, and he's got immense tea party support. he hopes that will help differentiate him from the more well known names like mitt romney and newt gingrich. part of the announcement was to drum up support, but part was also like a reintroduc

licenses yeah but i kind of scares me that ron paul and herman cain herman cain also is a total you know as long as says he the time so there's a new thing they can put on a good day all around a guy i don't last one we have a new gingrich. and when you win you know i said causes or would be very unsettled today that he would be a hipster today and voted mostly into legend a. united nations had him with a newspaper in his hand so people don't younger harry is what the controller is saying listen when i hear your last story we only have a couple seconds but in new york officials are proposing that high school curriculum include lessons on what mothers can do if they give birth to a baby that they don't want and tell them a safe way to get rid of the baby. so sad but it's only when necessary and i don't think that's i thought i think that that's really smart that's actually how i'm saying a sad event or something to actually have these you know our society i would say if the teacher is the first person going to go out on this that said like i mean why is a family member. or someone involve

the pros about herman cain, he's a huge tea party favorite. the tea party has had a lot of movement. he has solid business credentials and people concer d about the economy and the way it is going, that could be a plus. the negatives, he has never won elective office before. people are ready to hire the commander in chief and someone who has never had a political office before. the other thing that hurts him, his low name i.d. and he's a little, let's just say not so clear on some issues. he will readily admit, i don't know much about certain areas of foreign policy, but i'll hire some of the best out there. >> he gets your attention. he's a fiery speaker, if you will. what are we expecting to see over here at centennial olympic park? are we expecting big crowds or can he pull a big crowd even in his native, atlanta, if you will. >> the campaign says we're expecting thousands. i'll go and see if i see thousands. >> they're collecting already. i know it's early. i'm just teasing. he's got two hours. >> you have two hours for people to stream in

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cain who i think i'm not going to be able to come down on herman cain side on a lot of stuff but the reason that he took off the way he did in the you know just in the focus group and certainly the media attention is that he was himself presenting a kind of you know almost. i don't know whether it's better or not but it's a jacksonian view of the presidency rather than a wilsonian view of the presidency which a lot of folks including some folks you know the maybe the national review side over the years have projected have said you know we want to be big government republicans and on the you know accusing anybody but that it seems like one good step in the right direction is that everybody is trying to run away from that even mitt romney who wasn't even there what would it take for a candidate like ron paul to be taken seriously by you guys i mean he won this he packed up all this year he went to a year before the end and identified as the g.o.p. is beth match up against president obama compared to mike huckabee and romney why what would it take different first i want to be a fairy co

>> i would say what herman cain is trying to tap into is different than that. i don't think you'll disprove it to the birthing, people who just don't want to believe the evidence. >> are they the voters? >> i think there are some that are republican voters, but i think herman cain is tapping into something different. bring business principles. mitt romney is going to talk like that. i bet tim pawlenty will talk like that. what herming cain said, that won't be the last time. >> you've got to say one thing about focus groups. focus groups are not mini-polls. they should not be used to ask afterwards who won? they reflect only the opinions of the people in the room. a legitimate fog dulles group answer is, tell me the good points and bad points of everyone you saw tonight. give me a word that you associate with this candidate or that candidate. they are not meant to be -- if 78% of the focus group likes cain, 78% of the voters do, absolutely false. the media -- not just people -- are confused on that point. >> you know what consultants call them? peasants under gl

former pennsylvania senator rick santorum businessman herman cain former new mexico governor gary johnson and of course texas congressman dr ron paul case you haven't heard of rick santorum who has anti freedom statements about sexuality and in particular has almost phobia he was forever memorialized by sex advice columnist dan savage when he coined the new word santorum to describe. that frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. i hope we don't get too much santorum on the stage tonight could get messy temple unseen but the who the establishment is trying to frame now as the front runner at least for this debate is called obama's record on health care abysmal after in two thousand and seven signed into law the two thousand and seven august health and human services appropriations bill which provided funding to ensure that minnesota develops a universal health care plan by two thousand and eleven sounds like. lets is then oh yeah mitt the hair romney care trying to criticize obamacare romney who created a universal health care plan for massachuse

expedia. >>> herman cain, the hermanator, fast becoming a republican party favorite. former ceo of godfather's pizza, first made waves when he skewered then president clinton about health care reform. >> this man is raising a very important question in terms of employment. what if all your competitors were just like you, wouldn't you be able to do it then? >> first of all, mr. president, with all due respect, your calculation on what the impact would do quite honestly is incorrect? >> fast forward 17 years, cain is practically tied for third among this list of republican candidates or potential candidates and he doesn't have near their name recognition. herman cain joins us live. welcome. >> did you look much younger to yourself in that flip? >> i didn't like the hair-do i had back then. today, a lot has changed. >> it certainly has. the poll we just showed, that's a pretty impressive poll showing plus gallup says you have the most appeal among any of those republicans. so how have you managed to do that? >> well, for months, i have been working hard to get acquainted

it is ron paul and herman cain. those are the two that we need to look at. >> wyda you like those candidates? >> because they have actual policy. we need somebody to take action. my vote will be whoever is strongest against amnesty and border security. >> on to philadelphia, britney on the democrats line. >> i have been listening to the other comments of the people talking and i will say i do agree with the caller that said he would not survive in the republican party. i am a democrat and i have been paying attention to the republican debates going on. none of the candidates really seemed very -- i have not been impressed with any of them. but jon huntsman seems really intelligent. i like that he knows a lot about china and he is very interested in industrializing america and creating a new industrial revolution. i think the smarter political move would be to wait until after the 2012 election and run as a democrat, as a moderate democrat. i would vote for him. i do not think that running as a republican right now w

. >> tonight on the road to the white house, 20 tell the 2012 republican candidate herman cain picks up his campaign. you can watch the former godfather's pizza ceo at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. it will also be on c-span.org and the c-span video library. >> this week on the communicators, several perspectives on a study of how brain activity changes due to cell phone use. >> joining us is dr. nora volkov, the director of the national institute on drug abuse and you also conducted a study on cell phones. what was that study? >> the study was to find out if the human brain is sensitive to the signals sent by it sells phones. it they are of very low intensity. we have been provided with very inconclusive results. some show increases. some show no changes. there was a great deal of information. is the brain sensitive to elect dramatic -- electromagnetic radiation? >> so, if that was the question you're looking to answer, what is the answer? >> we found that after 50 minutes of exposure to a cell phone, the areas of the bring closest to the antenna showed increased consumption of g

let me tell you what the herman cain doctrine would be. we are not raising the debt ceiling, we are going to stop the spending! it is all reduced. so look at the facts. don't just listen to the rhetoric. look at the facts. the stuff is not working. it is not working. the only thing i can conclude is it is time to get real, folks. it is time to get real. hope and change ain't working. hope and change is not a solution. hope and change is not a job. hope and change is not a new business. hope and change is not a vision. we need a new vision in this country and that means we need a new person leading this nation in the white house. it ain't working. i want to ask you a few questions. is america ready for real results? is america ready for common-sense solutions? is america ready to rekindle the spirit of america? and is america ready for a real leader, not our reader? you want a leader? or do you want a reader? [crowd chanting] it took some people to connect the dots on that last. they were of little slow. since you answered yes to those ques

and herman cain can't. so, even though you raise the governor issue, i feel that now that medicare is off the table, a lot of the issue about the budget and a lot of seniors who came out to vote for republicans in 2010 are going to take a look at this cutting of medicare and swing back to democrats. so i really don't think i want to go through the same looking at politicians just speaking out of two sides of their mouth with the other big names that were not there. host: we got the point. guest: i like her point. i think that is possible that we could see obama re-elected and a republican run senate. i put some money on that happening. because there is a market for these republican ideas. i don't think they can sell them in the presidential election necessarily. i think the medicare, wanting to privatize medicare and the budget that is half passed on republican votes could have been a huge mistake for the because those y senior voters are not going to forget that. as this caller suggested, it is going to be

herman cain announced his candidacy at a rally in atlanta. he is the fourth republican now to toss his hat into the ring. >> this day this hour, this moment i came to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> her main cain there. mitt romney meantime is in south carolina focusing on jobs and the economy, also a hopeful for the presidency. it's his first visit to the state since gearing up his political machine for possible presidential run in 2012. so far the former massachusetts governor's candidacy is undeclared. peter hand by is at the event and joins us on the phone from suburban columbia. it's presumed he's throwing his hat into the ring. otherwise, why would he put so much mileage to get his message across. >> it's a game we play. mitt romney is not officially a candidate. he came to south carolina obviously because this state is one of the first four states along with iowa, new hampshire and nevada that kicks off the presidental nominating process. it's a state he lost badly in 2008 when he last ran for pre

mike huckabee, herman cain, and mitch daniels. i like herman cain because i am a black conservative, a son of a preacher, and he is a really good guy. a ticket to really want to see in 2012 and that think we have a good chance of seeing is mitt romney end allen west. that is going to be a very powerful ticket against the democrats, and alan west is going to make a great leader. he has a big future ahead of him. that ticket is going to be pretty big. host: that corresponds with this headline. r and the of the candidates that we talk about the most or have said they are going to run for sure -- mitt romney expected to make an announcement later in the week -- or any of them considering the tea party candidate? guest: mitt romney, i think probably no. since the rise of the tea party, mitt romney is one of the few national politicians -- there was never a point when you saw mitt romney drive hard for the tea party vote. tim pawlenty -- i do not know if he is a tea party candidate. he has some of the talking points in his repertoire an

mike huckabee, herman cain, and mitch daniels. i like herman cain because i am a black conservative, a son of a preacher, and he is a really good guy. a ticket to really want to see in 2012 and that think we have a good chance of seeing is mitt romney end allen west. that is going to be a very powerful ticket against the democrats, and alan west is going to make a great leader. he has a big future ahead of him. that ticket is going to be pretty big. host: that corresponds with this headline. r and the of the candidates that we talk about the most or have said they are going to run for sure -- mitt romney expected to make an announcement later in the week -- or anof them considering the tea party candidate? guest: mitt romney, i think probably no. since the rise of the tea party, mitt romney is one of the few national politicians -- there was never a point when you saw mitt romney drive hard for the tea party vote. tim pawlenty -- i do not know if he is a tea party candidate. he has some of the talking points in his repertoire and