whole groups of fund has eroded. back in 2000 george w. bush broke all records when he raised 100 million for that year s gop primary. by 2008 barack obama would raise 750 million for his primary and general election campaigns. obama triumph reflected his team s mastery of new media. that is something a lot of people will be looking for when you talk about romney and perry, how they do online? how are they doing with the small donors? republican and democratic donors the small donors, 10 to be the most active. tend to be the most active, the lifeblood of a successful campaign. reporter: one thing to watch for tomorrow, the due date for perry to declare his personal network. shepard: i m ready to see
shepard: do you have a sense for what this is really about? are these guys just chits in a game? i think they got caught in a verbal tug-of-war between the president and the judiciary. in my case i was invited in to report on the iran-iraq war and got caught a tug-of-war between the foreign ministry and press services which invited me appear the security services which within a a few days arrested me and said i was a spy for israel. clearly the government can t speak with multiple voices that seems to be the case here. i have to say overall this is a good news scenario. what has happened in the last several cases in which people have been arrested in iran put in prison and accused of being a spy. the release scenario 10 to work the way it is working here. put on trial, convicted of something, serve for a raoeupbl then the iranian government says we will let you go now.
neither is investing. [ birds chirping ] shepard: i m shepard smith this is studio b. it is the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the . fox news is america s election headquarters. several republican candidates for president hitting the trail today. perry talking religion to students at liberty university. the private evangelical school in lynchburg, virginia. romney holding a business round table at a car dealership in tucson. polls show perry in the lead. romney isn t far behind. so far he s raised a lot more money. how much? james rosen has that. how big is the gap james? reporter: it is big. but it may be shrinking even if perry gets off to a superb fundraising start, romney will
everything. reporter: it is also to point out that private industry has into suborbit tall space they are a long way from has gotten into suborbital space they are a long way from mars. shepard: company launched a from a high end line missoni. the site went down several times yesterday but it is back up now. embarrassment for target as they trying to be high end in the loaned sector. target selling clothes and home decor items if the famous fashion house at a fraction of usual costs. stores selling out within hours. that was empty that wasn t a good example. target opened a temporary (9 last week which spanned six city blocks. we are told shoppers have cleared awe the shelves. i didn t know target opened in manhattan. where is that?
geophysical on mars or asteroid that would help us here on earth? reporter: it is called the sls space launch system will be able to carry a pay load 110 tons less than the shuttle and the saturn 5. shepard: there are arguments this doesn t need to cost as much as they say. reporter: especially the private space industry they call this a 35 billion dollar boondoggle they say this is about keeping jobs in florida and texas. they point out why nelson, hutchison are supporting this. they believe private industry can do this faster and cheaper. this money should be going to the private sector where the real space players are. my company and other private space companies can do better than nasa, frankly just about