back. reporter: now, as i mentioned, we have heard these kinds of speeches before. that s why spokesman for house speaker john boehner said quote, we don t need another speech, seriously, drop it in the mail, podium not required. thanks. that s sparking a lot of democratic anger on twitter, people saying it s disrespectful to the, david pfeiffer saying we should pay attention to it and see what s actually. martha: you re right, we shall see what s exactly in it. he s gotten a bit of a flack over the tour, about whether it s a campaign tour or presidential duty across the midwest. what does he hope to accomplish, what is the headline coming out of today? reporter: aides say that largely since he was in eastern iowa, he thought illinois is right across the mississippi river, why not come on over to his home state. i think the headline they want is obviously about jobs and the economy, as we ve been discussing.
unemployment the republican candidates are not waiting to have this conversation. rick perry already trading jabs with the president on the best way to get americans back and work. he s declaring himself america s quote jobs governor. bill: latest rasmussen polling shows the texas governor who just joined the race leading that group with 29% of the vote. that s a volatile field. byron, good morning to you. what do you make of the perry surge or is he just the flavor of the week. on paper perry has all the credentials to be a serious contender for the presidential nomination. he got a lot of good press to the buildup to his candidacy 15-minute we are just now seeing him. he made a few verbal gaffes. but he made a good speech coming out in south carolina and in waterloo, iowa. bill: what is the story do you believe with many republicans well known conservatives who are pushing paul ryan, talking a lot about chris christie. is there something truly behind that? or is that just
that group with 29% of the vote. that s a volatile field. byron, good morning to you. what do you make of the perry surge or is he just the flavor of the week. on paper perry has all the credentials to be a serious contender for the presidential nomination. he got a lot of good press to the buildup to his candidacy 15-minute we are just now seeing him. he made a few verbal gaffes. but he made a good speech coming out in south carolina and in waterloo, iowa. bill: what is the story do you believe with many republicans well known conservatives who are pushing paul ryan, talking a lot about chris christie. is there something truly behind that? or is that just words? what s behind it is a number of observers thought once rick perry finally got in the field would be set and this waiting for superman idea would go away, but it hasn t. there is a desire for some other candidate. paul ryan, a man who knows the federal budget better than anybody. chris christy basically said he wo