catholicism is "a godless theology of hate." perry is yet to explain why he likes to hang with a fake preacher like hagee who thinks that hitler was doing god's work and that catholicism is a godless theology of hate. perry plans to admit he is running for president during his speech at the red state conference in charleston, south carolina this saturday, the same day that america's political attention was supposed to be focused on the aims strong poll in iowa. joining me now is howard fineman, editorial director for "the huffington post" and senior political analyst. is he running? >> i think so. >> is this official breaking news from howard fineman? >> no, this is howard fineman talking into a very plugged in senior republican. who said yeah. >> this is not mario cuomo. the engine's running, the plane is set to go to new hampshire