normally you would see a candidate get rewarded for that, especially a social conservative like him. michele bachmann did win the iowa straw poll. she is picking up some endorsements from social conservatives. she is doing better. but you have got to have you have to be perceived as a change candidate in this environment. i don t think rick santorum has made the case that he is a change candidate. michele bachmann has to make the case that she s electable. and she is struggling with that. megyn: we watch and listen as the candidates vie before the last big debate before the caucuses take place. it s all great to win iowa, but what they want is to win the nomination. they include gerald ford, bob
holding up the one budget bill until the president gets his version of the separate payroll tax cut extension bill. if the white house insists they are not holding anybody hostage. hanging in the balance is not just the payroll tax cut extension. the government is running out of funding. it will close friday night if they don t get a deal. the republicans are saying why would they hold up that budget bill when they essentially have an agreement here. the white house is saying let am not play games. they said that back in the summer when we had the fight about extending the debt ceiling. now it appears the white house is holdings things up and the government could shut down friday if they don t get a deal, megyn. megyn: back in iowa, folks it means more. it s morning interesting when we
it happens tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. one group in iowa is throwing its support behind one of the candidates who will be on that stage. why they say voters should send the minnesota congresswoman to the white house. protecting your rights to vote. the justice department threatening new action along those lines. attorney general eric holder on the mission. but is it a good one? when a state passes a new voting law and meets the burden of showing it s not discriminatory we ll follow the law. when the state cannot meet the burden we ll object.
have that big animation. back here in iowa, folks. ron paul is seeing a big increase in his popularity. the poll in just the last 24 hours showing him puerto rican cally even with newt gingrich. the poll shows ron paul with 21 per of the vote compared to gingrich s 22%. that puts congressman paul within 1 points of the front runner. we have the political editor of the des moines register. what we are looking at in iowa could be anybody s game. a lot of people act nation are thinking romney-gingrich. don t count out ron paul. absolutely. ron paul has run a very, very smart campaign in iowa. and it started four years ago. he came in fifth in the iowa caucuses and his campaign never ended. he had his campaign during the
here is paul allen. it will build an air launch system with greater safety, flexibility and cost effectiveness for cargo and manned mission. reporter: paul allen says his main goal is to some day get every day humans like us up into space. and he thinks they would be a lot less intimidated if they were to get into this plane and climb into the rocket than climb into a capsule. five years, 2016. we are signed up. megyn: that s incredible. with the big success you have big dreams and big thoughts. that us unbelievable. reporter: and big money. megyn: we are 20 days away from the iowa caucuses and 20 hours away from the fox news debate.