12% for ron paul. 10% gingrich and 10% perry. maggie, perry is supposed to be running first or second in iowa if he has any chance at the presidency. this is a real problem for perry. romney has a path because the social conservatives in iowa have not coesed around anyone. this is ultimately going to be a hunl issue. i think i you are going to see some movement because rick perry is showing some sign of a pulse and attacking romney aggressively. he is saying he may not attend the large number of debates that are going forward. he will play by his own rules. if rick perry doesn t come in first or second and ahead of realliny he is done. i want you to listen to how jon stewart summarized herman cain s flip flopping. here s herman cain explaining why he wanted an electrified fence across california.
herman cain. it is hard not to like the freshness that he brings to the race, but in terms of policy, you know, the only thing he brings is that he is more conservative and seen as more reliably conservative than mitt romney. and those two factors, the freshness and the fak he is not mitt romney are what have him in many polls ahead now and in every poll at least in second place. he s in the latest new york times poll, cain is 25%. romney at 21% and then it falls off a cliff down to gingrich at 10 and rick perry below ron paul at 6. but the state-by-state polls, let s look at those. in iowa, cnn magazine time poll, shows romney is ahead in iowa without making a serious effort there. 24% in iowa for romney. 29% for cain.
it was a joke and some people don t think it is a good joke and it is not a joke that should have been made by a presidential candidate. i apologize if it offended anyone. you can catch more of his stylings on the tone deaf comedy jam with. he apologizes for the joke about lech fieing the fence. says one more sentence and then says this. i don t apologize for using a combination of offense and it might be electrified. i m not walking away from that. [ laughter ] herman cain proposes policy the same way a teenager guy hits on a girl. we should make out. no, just jokin , unless you think we should make out. jane, isn t that what allows president obama to go on jay leno s show and talk about the republican field of candidates, as if they are simply a joke? it is.
can do it now without being noticed and they have been doing that lately, haven t they? they have been. i feel like i can take tomorrow off. he has already written the column. his column. i think there is one flaw in his column. it presupposes that herman cain and rick perry are capable of more serious policy positions. in other words, i think what you see is what you get. i think herman cain, his campaign slogan should be whatever. and 9-9-9, 9-0-9, whatever. and rick perry s tax plan is really an embarrassment. just to the kind of throw out this 20% flat tax and we ll add it and whichever is lower. it is absurd. a grade school class would do a better job of designing tax reform than that. but i think this is who they are. maggie, a lot of presidential campaigns filled with primary
why he wanted an electrified fence across california. it was a joke and some people don t think it is a good joke and it is not a joke that should have been made by a presidential candidate. i apologize if it offended anyone. you can catch more of his stylings on the tone deaf comedy jam with. he apologizes for the joke about lech fieing the fence. says one more sentence and then says this. i don t apologize for using a combination of offense and it might be electrified. i m not walking away from that. [ laughter ] herman cain proposes policy the same way a teenager guy hits on a girl. we should make out. no, just jokin , unless you think we should make out. jane, isn t that what allows president obama to go on jay leno s show and talk about the republican field of candidates,