reporter: the front-runner status is bringing new scrutiny. they are alleging high turnover among staffers and aides traveling with cain had a memo the not speak to him unless you are spoken to. cain called at it hit piece. one top campaign source telling fox news i have never seen memo like that. if there was one, i ve never seen it. the fox news poll shows a precipitous plunge for one-time front runner rick perry, now at 10% from the high of 29%. he held in august. perry campaign today indicating it may not commit to some of the 14 tentatively scheduled debates to come. if perry decides to forego debates it s simply going to add to the belief he is not up to the debate and not up for debate with president obama. the poll shows newt gingrich trending upward from 3% in june to 12% now. bartly the result gingrich believes of the steady debate performances. we have the smartest campaign.
for governor. where she had trouble, she stumbled on some complex issues early on. as a result pulled back from press access, from the media access. the story line became the imperious meg whitman. that is what is going to happen. that is what he is playing with. that is the fire he is playing with. the new tax plan, economic agenda. once again, we re not talking about it. bret: governor perry will be on fox news sunday this weekend with chris wallace. juan, herman cain. it seems like he is getting some forgiveness from the g.o.p. electorate for some stumbles along the way. things he said. but he automatically comes out and says listen, that is either taken the wrong way number one or i said it wrong, i misspoke. it seems like his likability factor right now gives him a few mulligans. teflon. he is a charmer. a strong presence. what is interesting to me picking up on something that nina said people see him as
authentic conservative. you just heard him having to go back on the abortion issue and explain himself, because he was totally incomprehensible as to what his position was. it sounds like he handn t thought it through or he was waffling. instead he comes in and says i m purely pro-life. we think about the 9-9-9 now, the 9-0-9 plan and the admission, there are flaws there. you think about the conservatives who have actually eviscerateed the plan in terms of the economic good sense. saying it s not good sense and it could raise our taxes. none of it is having any impact. i say there are two things going on here. one is the precipitous drop of mr. perry who looks like he is saying i m taking my ball and going home. and the fact that herman cain seems to have inherited the anti-romney vote. we see gingrich rising up a little bit. but not the he is only, what, he is bret: 12% in our poll. other polls he is third. you know, gingrich has seen a
approval rating for congressional democrat is 29%. republicans are even worse. 22%. the president is at 43%. recent bcs/ new york times poll found the congress has approval rating of 9%. teeing up the white house to suggest in addition to presidential candidate herman cain s mantra. i know nine is a popular money in the republican party, but this can t possibly be the kind of nine they want. this new fox poll was taken after the president s recent bus tour. while people seem open to his ideas, he is not making the sale on the actual bill. we asked if you were a member of congress, would you vote for the $447 billion bill? 48% said no. 44% said no. deep divide on the actual te tails. bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. the european agreement will focus on three points. it calls for greece s private creditors such as banks to accept 50% losses on the bonds they hold. that equals about
surge after the debates. where arguably he performed well. what is interesting about the primary and the reason so many republicans have been a little bit less enthusiastic than you might have thought about the field. and what herman cain brings to it so far, is the idea of being inspired and offering a moral underpinning for why you want to move the country in a particular direction. we have seen most candidates offer agenda. most of them offered a level of competence that shows okay, maybe you could be president. but it s very few have yet to show why. why do you want to take me here? herman cain has begun to show that. what he has to show next is he can be presidential. he reminds me of inventor of a great product. the company takes off and he is either the ceo or bring in conventional guy to run the country. bret: ron paul was on center seat and made news in the online section in that he said he would not rule out an