and we re back. texas governor rick perry has quickly gone from a non-candidate to the leader of the pack in the recent 2012 polls, but will his comments on secession and calling social security a failure and a ponzi scheme make him an easy target for fellow republicans? for more on perry and the rest of the gop field, let s britain in jonathan alter, and chris cillizza, who writes for the fix for the washington post. both men msnbc political analysts. jonathan, you know, those elements that we re focusing on, are they the sort that will be criticized of perry by his combatants next week in the debate? you know, i don t think the secession comment will be, because in some ways, there s he was quoted out of context there, when when politifact and other fact checking and other sites that look closely at that, they found found he wasn t really calling for secession. he was saying he understood why people are mad. but the other business, social security and medicare, even tea
ensure clinical strength. helping you to bounce back. ensure! nutrition in charge! and we re back. texas governor rick perry has quickly gone from a non-candidate to the leader of the pack in the recent 2012 poll, but will hi comments on secession and calling social security a failure and a ponzi scheme make him an easy target for fellow republicans? for more on perry and the rest of gop field, we bring in jonathan, and chris who writes for the fix for the washington post. both men msnbc political analysts. jonathan, you know, those elements that we re focusing on, are they the sort that will be criticized of perry by his combatants next week in the debate? you know, i don t think the secession comment will be, because in some ways, there s quite a lot of context there
and we re back. texas governor rick perry has quickly gone from a non-candidate to the leader of the pack in the recent 2012 polls, but will his comments on secession and calling social security a failure and a ponzi scheme make him an easy target for fellow republicans? for more on perry and the rest of the gop field, let s britain in jonathan alter, and chris cillizza, who writes for the fix for the washington post. both men msnbc political analysts. jonathan, you know, those elements that we re focusing on, are they the sort that will be criticized of perry by his combatants next week in the debate? you know, i don t think the secession comment will be, because in some ways, there s he was quoted out of context there, when when politifact and other fact checking and other sites that look closely at that, they found
santorum or the others they re basically done. what is interesting is why perry is so high on the poll. the statement you read of the campaign, the most coy statement i every heard from a non-candidate. haven t decided if we re running but our record is terrific and the president s is awful. stay tuned. he might announce on saturday. somebody wrote today he would be the first candidate instead of competing in iowa, run against iowa stealing all the thener. that is the strategy. who is interesting to me is paul. he is doing well in iowa. i don t this it will thrill a lot of the republican establishment. bret: if you have a question you d like to ask. bret baier is the twiter account. don t forget to tune in for the debate. sponsored by fox news, and
register, cain, gingrich, santorum or the others they re basically done. what is interesting is why perry is so high on the poll. the statement you read of the campaign, the most coy statement i every heard from a non-candidate. haven t decided if we re running but our record is terrific and the president s is awful. stay tuned. he might announce on saturday. somebody wrote today he would be the first candidate instead of competing in iowa, run against iowa stealing all the thener. that is the strategy. who is interesting to me is paul. he is doing well in iowa. i don t this it will thrill a lot of the republican establishment. bret: if you have a question you d like to ask. bret baier is the twiter account. don t forget to tune in for the debate. sponsored by fox news, and