As far as they possibly can. it will be anyway it will be interest to see how that plays out. i want to move to the other big story today. anyway, republican presidential contender, rick perry, you may have heard this, stepped in it last night in the debate in michigan. and in case you missed it, we ll take you there now. it s three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education, and the, um, what s the third one there? let s see. you ve got five. oh, five, okay? commerce, education, and the, um, um epa! epa, there you go. no, again let s talk deficit cuts. seriously? is epa the one you were talking about? no, sir. no, sir. we were talking about the agencies of government. the epa needs to be rebuilt, no doubt about that. but you can t name the third one? the third agency of government. i would do away with the
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i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com he s plunging in the polls and in need of a boost. will a new plan help rick perry climb back to the top of the republican race? his rival, herman cain, is leading the pack according to a brand new poll and perry is a distant fifth with cain apparently benefitting from his 9-9-9 tax plan, perry today unveiled his own new tax plan and 20 is the magic number. he proposes a flat tax of 20% for individuals and corporations, but in a twist, perry would let people choose to pay his flat tax rate or file under the current system, which he derived. the size of the current code is more than 72,000 pages. that s represented by this palate right over here and the reams of paper. that s what the current tax code looks like. the best representation of my plan is this postcard. this is is size of what we re talking about right here. taxpayers will be able to fill this out and file their taxes on that.
People are behind them but they want them to do more. i hear what you re saying about education. teachers dipping into his or her own pockets. todd, many thanks. we ll see you again. we ll also hear from the reverend al sharpton here on msnbc coming up in our next hour. republican presidential contender, herman cain, is getting a lot of attention with his 911 tax plan. it s a perfect topic for fact or fiction, drum roll, please. joining us is glenn kessler. good morning, glenn. good morning. sole thl 9-9-9 plan has a lot of people confused. we re bringing you on to clarify. herman cain s 9-9-9 plan is misleading. is that fact or fiction? that s fact. we looked at the plan and the way that he describes it.
analytics chief economist mark 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. 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 many the topsy-turvy universe of 2012 politics, getting to the top and staying there are wholly different things. with me now, republican presidential contender herman cain. thank you, candy. thanks fo