new polling numbers putting michele bachmann seventh right now. donald trump and mike huckabee tied for the lead. however, michele bachmann is considered strong in iowa because of her conservative beliefs and due to the fact she s been living there lately, making a lot of trips and says she was born there. joining me now is my political panel, ari fleischer, david gergen, and carol mosley braun. david, is michele bachmann a real contender in this republican race? anderson, she s gradually repaced sarah palin as a lead spokeswoman in the social conservative cause. and she has made some speeches out in iowa that would knock people s socks off. she s been a very effective speaker. when she makes statements like this, she diminishes herself nationally and i think there are a lot of people who don t take
evacuation zone. no one is allowed in. and that s the challenge here. so are there any groups that are going in to try to help them? reporter: well, we ve heard let s break this up into parts. outside the evacuation zone, right around the nuclear plant, there is a lot of activity as far as trying to connect dogs and cats with their owners. we have spoken to the japan earthquake animal rescue and support group. and they re trying to reconnect animals and owners outside the zone. inside the zone, there are independent animal lovers that cnn has spoken with. these are people who are not working officially with any organization. they re sneaking in, violating the order, and they re going in and rescuing the dogs. the people i spoke with say they re making sure these are owners who have specifically asked for their dogs to be removed from the premises, that
so they give the depression to the people who lost their homes. yes, they use the fearmongering and the establishment, whether it s the federal reserve or treasury, they re going to say raise it up, legalize what we re doing, keep the system going for a long time. never look at the real problems of cutting back the size and scope of government. there was a lot of talk about what would happen to tea party republicans when they were coming to the house, when they were coming to the senate for the first time, whether they would somehow change, whether washington would change them, they would change washington. as you see it, as you see these debates happening, as you see the compromise that happened last week and will no doubt happen this week, do you think the tea party has changed, those folks have changed, your son included? i don t think he s changed. he s very determined and several of them are. you have to realize even everybody that was newly elected didn t get elected by the
million. a lot of money, but compared to the others, hard to call it one of the largest political organizations you can imagine. some other hard facts. new polling numbers putting michele bachmann seventh right now against probable presidential nominations. donald trump and mike huckabee tied for the lead. however, michele bachmann is considered strong in iowa because of her conservative beliefs and due to the fact she s been living there lately, making a lot of trips and says she was born there. joining me now is my political panel, former bush white house political secretary ari fleischer, david gergen and carol moseley braun. david, is michele bachmann a real contender in this republican race? anderson, she s gradually replaced sarah palin as a lead spokeswoman in the social conservative cause. and she has made some speeches out in iowa that would knock people s socks off. she s been a very effective speaker. i do think that when she makes statements like this, she diminishes hers
violate the government order and sneak back in and get that dog. he made sure it had enough water and he did give it his lunch. he did not want to remove the dog from the premises just in case the owner came back. there is something culturally at play here. japanese don t typically like to infringe on other people s property, so that certainly was also a factor. we should point out this is not a cnn personality, so that s why you re talking about somebody else that you got in contact with. can these dogs be taken out? if radiation levels are very high, is it safe to remove them? probably not. reporter: it is, actually. there are people who were there, as well. once those animals come out, they have to be checked for radiation. the big hurdle here is actually getting those animals out. remember, this is a mandatory evacuation zone. no one is allowed in. and that s the challenge here. so are there any groups that