part in the debates. well, i don t think anybody s ever run the perfect campaign, and actually, these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it s pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the campaigns when all they re interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of talking about the issue that is are important. you think you have how do you get us back to work? bottom line, he says the debates are rigged against the conflicts but the candidates themselves agreed on the rules for all the debates including the recent one held in las vegas. that s where most of the complaints break down. remember, his first beef is that the debates set up for quote nothing but conflict. here s a question i asked that night giving him an opportunity to respond to the criticism of his health care record. gover
another straw poll victory. the president the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. i don t believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is there some are there some elements of racism? yes. it gets back to if we don t grow this economy, that is a ripple effect for every economic level and because blacks are more disproportionately unemployed they get hit the worse when economic policies don t work. that s where it starts. grow this economy and it s going to help everybody to get jobs and get back into the work force. cain and his rival republican candidate hold a debate at dar mouth college in new hampshire on tuesday. the voices
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. reporter: 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, in the universe of 2012 politics getting to the top and staying there are wholly different things. with me now, republican presidential candidate herman cain. thanks for finding time for us between the view and the tonig
president obama stumps for his jobs plan in pittsburgh on tuesday. he ll address international brotherhood of electrical workers at their training center. and governor rick perry will also be in pittsburgh next week. he will deliver a policy address on friday, focusing on energy and job creation. and mitt romney will have town halls across new hampshire on monday. you can see him in new hampshire. and we ll get another financial litmus test for those running for the white house next week. saturday is the deadline to announce third quarter fund-raising numbers. and now to other news, a looming showdown over the president s jobs bill. the u.s. senate is expected to vote on the measure earlier this week. the $447 billion package will be paid for by a tax on millionaires, which would raise revenues by $453 billion over ten years. it includes funding for infrastructure projects and job training. a live report on the brewing battle is just seconds away. the voices of protesters
we re glad you are right here. let s start at the top of the hour with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he s facing criticism and questions for being a mormon. this time it s coming from the pastor of a mega church in dallas. his name is reverend robert jeffress. you may recognize that name and face. jeffress introduced governor rick perry at the conservative values voter summit in washington, d.c. he was critical of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and told our jim acosta and others that morm ononism is cult. you created a stir because in talking to reporters, you said in pretty strong plain language what you think of mormonism. you describe it as a cult. and you say that if a republican votes for mitt romney, they re giving credibility to a cult. to you stand fwby that comment? absolutely. that is the historic position of evangelical christianity. we have officially labelled mormonism as a couple. i think those born again followers of christ