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