about who rick perry is going to surround him and the vast amount of science that is there. so, that is an open question as to how he will handle that part of the job. let s not forget the current energy secretary is a nuclear physicist, correct? but part of it, ron, jackie just used the word science. good segue for us, there is word that there has been request to have all department energy officials to have their names put on a list. the department is refusing to comply with that list. rick perry has already said we re going to put jobs and commerce first before regulations that may make some marginal impact on the environment. how do you see this? well, look, i think you look across the board on the domestic side that president-elect trump is selecting a very conventionally and conference across a wide range of issues.
i can t. the third one. i can t. sorry. oops. he was trying to think of the department of energy and now he has been added to the cabinet of president-elect donald trump that trump says is the highest iq cabinet ever as the secretary for the department of energy. that is one-time republican presidential candidate rick perry. so, what does this mean that he has been the choice? let s bring back our panel, jackie, selena and ron brownste brownstein. you like this, trump gives people a second look. he s a very popular governor from texas and known as a popular guy. i don t know if that is a widespread impression of rick per perry. i don t think anybody has ever said that. nobody has come out and trumpeted about him since he has been nominated. what do you think the play is? i covered texas politics a lot. he s the longest serving
relations. they felt there has been this unease and this inability to communicate and maybe this is something better because people look at it and say right now it s not really great. ron, let me read for you what senator marco rubio has said about this, which may portend a difficult confirmation. while rex tillerson is a respected businessman, i have serious concerns about the nomination. the next secretary of state be someone who views the world with moral clarity. how do you think this is going to go, ron? i think this is a very revealing and consequential choice in a couple different respects. a lot of the domestic policy appointments that president-elect trump has made could have been made by any republican. many of the cabinet officers are people that other republicans might have picked. rex tillerson is someone who is unimaginable, i think, that any of the other republican
and this is starting point. take me to new york i d love to see l.a. that s a good way to start your morning. good morning, everybody. that on not on my play list. our panel this morning, ron brownste brownstein s with us, he s a cnn senior political analyst, editorial director at national journal, will cain is with us, he s a columnist for the blaze.com and ben jones joins us this morning former obama white house special adviser has written a new book called rebuild the dream. how is that for promoting your book? getting it out early. happy to help. happy to help. we re going to talk not only about the book but also your resignation from the obama cabinet, i want to hear all the inside scoop on that. first, though, we got to talk about the tornadoes, that was an amazing nearly four hours, absolute devastation there. yeah, my hometown and not far from my hometown. it was pretty scary to see. i had buddies calling me saying they had to evacuate buildings in
analytics chief economist mark zandi and veteran political journalist ron brownstein of the national journal and peter baker of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. herman cain and michele bachmann were on this show the day after the iowa straw poll in august. she won, he was fifth but unbowed. this campaign has encouraged and our momentum continues to grow. in an august quinnipiac poll, bachmann ranked third among republicans with 12%. cain just 5%. now in a cbs news poll of republican primary voters, she sits between ron paul and rick santorum with 4%. he s tied for first with mitt romney. herman cain is big league now soaking up the limelight on the view and the tonight show promoting his book this is herman cain. still many the topsy-turvy universe of 2012 politics, getting to the top and staying there are wholly different things. with me now, republican presidential contender herman cain. thank you, candy. thanks fo