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government. it does not belong in our government. >> now, herman cain back in march responding to a question about whether hed appoint a muslim to his cabinet or to the federal bench, the answer he said was, no. he subsequently walked that back saying hes open to appointing anyone as long as they pledged their loyalty to america. as far as his claims about sharia law, in a presidential debate in june, he says sharia law has influenced court decisions in oklahoma and new jersey. in new ...

the muslim faith into our government. it does not belong in our government. >> now, herman cain back in march responding to a question about whether hed appoint a muslim to his cabinet or to the federal bench, the answer he said was, no. he subsequently walked that back saying hes open to appointing anyone as long as they pledged their loyalty to america. as far as his claims about sharia law, in a presidential debate in june, he says sharia law has influenced court decisions in oklaho...

>> but was she going a as possible candidate or going to sell books? was she going to sell the brand that has become sarah palin? >> i think a little bit of both. yes, she was selling a brand, if youre thinking about the presidency, you go to pel la, iowa. she hinted in june she wanted to be more of a private citizen. shes a serious presidential contender at one point, a former vp nominee, a major figure in the republican party, long national question has been answered but this is someone who wa...

Have said, what you just alluded to, was she ever -- was she smart enough? did she have the chops to be a legitimate presidential contender? >> look, i think she -- sarah palin is a star. there is no question about it. she has that, the x-factor that a lot of people, most people dont have. the problem is she did not marry x factor with the hard work needed to make herself truly a political contender. imagine if she disappeared for a year to bone up on financial matters, the economy, foreign poli...

$450 billion jobs plan. house speaker john boehner doesnt like it. >> nothing has disappointed me more than whats happened over the last five weeks. to watch the president of the united states give up on governing, give up on leading and spend full time campaigning. >> the president dares the republicans to say no. >> if congress does something, then i cant run against a do nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then its not a matter of me running against them, i think the america...

the senate vote will just end in the same gridlock that we seem to be getting used to? >> the way the legislation is put forward, the entire package that the president has put forward is not going to pass, not going to -- probably wont pass the senate. certainly wont pass the house of representatives where the republicans have a lopsided majority. elements of it are popular if they break out certain parts of it and find a way to pay for those popular parts. some of it could be passed b...

The end of that day we were squeezed by buchanan on the right, and hard to squeeze him on the right and squeezed by steve forbes on the flat tax so it is hard to outsqueeze him on economic issues. >>neil: but you guys had, i forget, but it was announced in a stadium in texas for the big speech. >>guest: in front of the main building in texas a&m university. >>neil: i remember people were shocked he raised $30 million out of the blue, and this guy could be a contender and bob dole, want out, and ...

Senior political analyst at the washington examiner, and a fox news contributor. michael, do you know the answer? what is he going to say. >> i know the answer, jon but i cant tell you. the general expectation is that chris christie is going to say what he has in fact said all year, which is hes not running for president. i heard him give a speech at american enterprises where he said hed commit suicide rather than run for president. that is the expectation. we will see in two hours. that "washi...

Rick perry and herman cain now tied in second place at 16 each, but look at the movement of how we got to this in the last couple of months. while romneys remained steady, steady at 25, rick perrys dropped 13 points, losing his lead, where mr. herman cain, the businessman from atlanta, hes gone up 12 points to tie. this is so amazing, john, it is unbelievable that you see this kind of movement on the republican side, where theres so little product loyalty that they go from a guy they were red-ho...

Turning around new jersey and make aing it a story for america and you dont get that done in 18 to 24 months. >> lets quickly talk about herman cain. the polls say hes a contender, a serious contend er. his campaign schedule says not. what do you say? >> is cain able? i think cain is very able but im surprised about the time off, the two weeks to go push the book that hes got out right the now. i think he is able. with the grassroots of the party, its caught on. people feel freed up now. i dont ...