straw poll behind bachmann, ron paul, tim pawlenty and rick santorum. well short of the result herman cain had hoped for. according to him earlier in month he said i don t believe that i have to win the straw poll, but i do believe that i need to finish in the top three. today herman cain was confronted with his own words on fox news. you also said before the straw poll that you needed to be in the top three. do you still believe that? no. come on, herman. you can t change the rules after the game. i mean, if the pizza isn t ready, it s not on time, is it free? any new predictions. i will finish the number five in iowa. that s right where i want to be. if we finish in the top five in new hampshire, women be he c ecstatic. ecstatic with fifth place. don t set the bar too high, herm
paul, tim pawlenty and rick santorum. well short of the result herman cain had hoped for. according to him earlier in month he said i don t believe that i have to win the straw poll, but i do believe that i need to finish in the top three. today herman cain was confronted with his own words on fox news. you also said before the straw poll that you needed to be in the top three. do you still believe that? no. come on, herman. you can t change the rules after the game. i mean, if the pizza isn t ready, it s not on time, is it free? any new predictions. i will finish the number five in iowa. that s right where i want to be. if we finish in the top five in new hampshire, women be he can ecstatic. ecstatic with fifth place. don t set the bar too high, herman herman. what about supporters.
well, as you know you can watch any number of cable channels all day. and hear all sorts of wall street types talking about economic indicators. but we are going to make this a lot more simple. we re keeping our indicator very simple and very understandable. everyone s favorite, pizza. help yourself there, stage manager. that s my piece, i took a bite, enjoy that. john berman looks at what sales of pizza mean for our economy. reporter: a slice of heaven. a batch of bubbling beauty. a literal piece de resistance. really good. reporter: that pizza isn t just a beacon of gooey, cheesy goodness. no. it turns out these days pizza is delivering a taste of economic goodness. there are more than 65,000 pizza parlors in the u.s., with more popping up each day. and this year, americans ordered more than 5.5 billion pies.