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You re inside, you have to take stands on these issues and doing things, palin is having a ball and romney is sweating it out in iowa. things are more comfortable on her bus. jon skwraopbd things have coalesced now that donald trump is out, you ve got mitch daniels out, you ve got mike huckabee out. which of these candidates is enjoying the groundswell of support that comes with some of these other candidates out of the race? is it possible to break that down? the one person who we know is the winner is tim pawlenty. he s been in the race, he s been steady eddy, and he s been out there. he had a very successful role out this week, basically, on a truth telling tour, taking on sacred cows like ethanol, social security, and other things, and he got a second look from the conservative activists who were basically going to decide this election for the republicans. and i would say the tea party is having a good week in getting a second look that he needs very much to create momentum for h ....
Jenna: a fox news alert as we inch towards the elections of 2012. things get more interesting today as we inch towards noon here on the east coast. texas governor rick perry says he will consider running for president as the state legislature adjourns for this time, but that s a headline. he says he will consider the run for the white house. you have trump out of the race, you have huckabee out of the race, mitch daniels out of the race, questions about sarah palin, and now governor rick perry could, maybe, be in. jon? jon: jenna, i m here in the fox news acquisitions department. we re keeping an eye on hundreds of satellite feeds coming into the newsroom. remote 266, that s the lobby of the federal courthouse in chicago. rod blagojevich, the former governor, on the stand there for a second day. ....
Know if michelle bachmann will make a run for the white house. let s ask her. congresswoman, thanks for you time this morning. alisyn, thank you, a pleasure to be with you. alisyn: there is movement in the g.o.p. field recently, donald trump, out, mike huckabee out, mitch daniels out, herman cain in, tim pawlenty in, where are you in your decision-making process? we are coming very close now, alisyn. we have been meeting with our team of advisors and i have been traveling across the u.s. and have said already that i am planning to make my intentions known in june, and we are planning to keep to that schedule. you ll hear from us in june. alisyn: good, we look forward to that. which way are you leaning. it has been very positive and very encouraging from people in every place we have gone and i ll be giving a big speech thursday night in polk county, iowa and, again, everywhere we have gone people have been urging me to run, i was in washington, d.c. last nights at the american-isra ....
And had to be placed in a medically induced coma. the doctors still aren t sure of his prognosis. detectives are searching for the second suspect, and a woman who drove away with the two men in a light four-door sedan. a $250,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and the conviction of the suspects. christine, kiran. all right. just such a sad story and to know this guy is still suffering the way he is and still in a coma, thelma gutierrez, thanks so much. mitch daniels out, looks like tim pawlenty is in. the changing face of the gop as republicans search for their presidential candidate. jim acosta with the latest on who s in and who s out ahead. ....
Tim pawlenty, now a formal contender. that s right, the former minnesota governor made that official at the first caucus in iowa. he told the crowd he is a fiscal conservative not afraid of hard choices. he s not as well known, not as chris matting as others. he tried to make clear he wants to make up for that with some seriousness and sense of purpose. fluffy promises of hope and change don t buy our groceries, make our mortgage payments, put gas in our car or pay for our children s school clothes or other needs. so in my campaign, i m going to take a different approach. i m going to tell you the truth. and the truth is, washington, d.c. s broken. reporter: with others like mike huckabee and mitch daniels out of the race, pawlenty is trying to position himself as a leading candidate who doesn t have the baggage that some republican voters might not ....