a distant second is rick perry, who spent a lot of time down there in florida, and pundits thought he would be the one to win that straw poll result. the other one that came out this weekend, michigan, and mitt romney is at the top. no surprise here. listen, romney was born in michigan. his father a former governor there. very popular. romney won the primary there back in 2008. he was expected to win. but perry did go up to michigan and campaign and he was a distant second. for perry, i think a lot of people are saying that those uneven debate performances, especially last week and the attacks on rick perry over his stance on illegal immigration, may be taking a toll. one other thing from the debates or from the straw polls, michele bachmann nowhere to be seen near the top. remember she won the straw poll in iowa in august. but she finished very low down in both of these straw polls. one thing about those, they are important. they are a gauge or a test or a barometer of a cam
air force 1 touched down around 5:30 and then the president was whisked off to a couple of fundraising parties. thomas roman has been following the president, and he joins us live from the faremont in san jose where mr. obama is staying. thomas? the president is in for the night. we are here in san jose where the president is addressing after a whirlwind tour of fundraising. it has taken them from washington state to the bay area. air force 1 touched down at 5:35. president obama emerged to the cheers of about 50vip s and dig gnaw tears dignitaries allowed on the tarmac. obama shook hands and hugged people and high fiveed with a woman who caught his attention, and he even signed a couple autographs. then he went to his first fundraiser at the home of john thompson. on the way he was greeted by a platoon of angry tea party activists. to let mr. obama know what we think of him and his policies. every day it gets worse and worse. there were half a dozen obama supporters,
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of money in order to try to influence that florida straw poll. the people are listening to the message and not simply, with all due respect, just to the media. politico s patrick gaven joins me to talk about it. let s talk about this. it s been a rough couple of days for rick perry, especially coming out of this weekend in florida, a big setback. and we have people talking about the poor performance that he gave on thursday. here s more of what herman cain said on today. i believe it hurt him a lot because not just in terms of what he said but in terms of how he said it. it s more than being able to come in with some prepared sound bites. you can t come into a debate like this with some prepared sound bites. how can the perry camp stop the bleeding? a lot of folks are saying, here s a guy that s had, at least by his own calculations, a good jobs performance in texas. he needs to do down-and-dirty retail politics in florida, which he s been a little bit hesitant to d
welcome to our viewers across the nation. including viewers in the pacific time zone. today we begin with running out of time. disaster victims depending on government aid may be left high and dry if lawmakers don t work settle their differences over a funding bill. today, the senate, which was supposed to be off this week, will vote on a measure to fund the government through november. tracie potts joins us live from washington with the details. good morning to you. veronica, good morning. what s at risk here is cash and things handed out immediately after disasters. fema only has $175 million left in that fund for all of the disasters its managing and that money could run out as early as tomorrow but it s tied to a big spending bill where there are big disagreements. one version was passed that provides money but does so by cutting clean energy programs that democrats say we need to keep. the senate has decided to extend its break. they were both supposed to be out with t