recede, i think alan is right, newt gingrich who has already started something of a mini surge up to 14%, even 18% in some of the polls. people taking another look at newt. as he mentions michele bachmann not quite sure where she stands right now. another person we haven t mentioned yet bill is rick perry. rick perry receded receded whenn cain started coming up. rick perry has a strong conservative record. especially strong economic record in texas he might benefit if this campaign stars shaking up. bill: the two candidates that have the most emotional support and feel free to disagree with me are ron paul and herman cain. i think that s right. bill: ron paul is almost a cult. because we did this presidential forum last night on the radio. and, i mean, they were like bees. ron paul is a great candidate to have in the debates because he has so much to say that isn t said by other republicans. he is. bill: very colorful guy
newt gingrich. a newt aboom. many people may not have looked at him at first. reconsidering because people want a conservative alternative to mitt romney and they are not getting it. bill: right. okay. herman cain doctrineaire conservative appeals to audience. when herman cain started to rise is when michele bachmann started to decline. why wouldn t congresswoman bachmann get some support from in cain. i don t think she has resonated it seems hasn t done as well in debates. newt has done better in the debates. perry seemed to have all this attention. maybe people will take a second look at him. i think bachmann has rendered herself almost irrelevant in this campaign. she has not had the presence. bill: working hard in iowa. trying to could an upset in iowa. there could be a couple beneficiaries if herman cain declines. he has had a couple of policy weaknesses that rendered him vulnerable before all of this happened. i think if his campaign does
this is a fraud, it will help herman cain. over the long-term maybe not. accuser number two is coming forward. could be number seven. at some point it has to start to make a dent. whether it s true at some point. bill: americans are not going to evaluate this on numbers. they will evaluate it on evidence. i believe that basically the american people are fair. it s the media that screwed up. you can t just blame the messenger because you don t like the message. bill: colmes has got to go to wed. directly ahead. attorney general holder taking it on the chin today over the fast and furious gun scandal. megyn kelly will report. then the nation s most successful college football coach may be forced to resign over horrific child sex crimes allegedly committed by his former assistant. back in a moment. look, every day we re using more and more energy.
bill: now, despite mr. cain s denials the question tonight remains can the cain campaign survive all of this? there is no question his supporters are standing by him. he has raised millions of dollars in the past week. mr. cain s poll numbers continue to hold but that is among likely republic voters. not the general population. talking points believes it is far too early to reach any conclusions about the whole mess. again, we are being very cautious in assessing it. there is no question on the republic side, the political dynamic in this presidential election. is changing. and that is the memo. now for the top story tonight. got a bunch of election things in play as well as herman cain s situation. joining us now from d.c. fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen. from des moines iowa fox news chief political correspondent carl cammeron. a lot of chiefs in there, gentlemen. let s lead up to those titles. cammeron, first to you, what s the inside word about herman cain in
kelly file segment tonight very intense on capitol hill today when attorney general holder testify in front of the senate judiciary committee about the fast and furious gun sting that went terribly wrong as guns disappeared in mexico and one of them was used in the killing of a border patrol agent. have you apologized to the family of brian terry? i have not apologized to them but i certainly regret what happened. have you even talked to them. i have not. would you like to apologize today for this program that went so wrong that took the life of a united states law enforcement agent? i certainly regret what happened to agent brian terry. bill: the question like herman cain can attorney general holder politically survive the situation? here now attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly. can he survive? yeah. he can survive. right now 34 house republicans are calling for him to resign. it s all republicans.