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Sort of seems to constantly step on his own message whether it was highlighting immigration, which alienated a lot of conservatives or then over the last week when he was launching this flat tax pro-growth economic proposal, which he should have been touting, he sort of made a comment about the birther movement and so on. he just seemed to not be able to get out of his own way. >> like juan said i think both herman cain and rick perry's tax plans took some heat. bold and changes to the status quo. they will take a lot of heat. the difference was that herman cain stayed on message and kept talk...

Our state budget. they say we can't do that in washington. well, they are wrong. and they need to go. >> joining us now from washington, fox news analyst mary katharine ham and juan williams. great to see both of you guys. thank you for being here. mary katharine let me start with you. he is trying to create a second impression with the american voters because after his shaky debate performances his poll numbers sliding. he had some shaky performances in the debates and now he is pulling up the rear. what he is trying to do is make a second impression on voters. he is out there in the ad no ti...

Because let's face it a lot of conservatives just don't trust mitt romney. and, yet, because he is sort of blown the debates, he has lost that position now to herman cain so can he? i you the same question i asked mary katharine can he relaunch campaign and gain momentum and position himself as alternative candidate. >> he has $15 million on hand and that's the second largest amount of any republic right now, monica, so he is going to have an opportunity but, remember, just last week he put out his tax reform plan as an alternative to herman cain's 999 plan. rick perry got no traction whatsoev...

Mitt romney 22%. ron paul 12% and the rest of the candidates are in single digits. joining us now from washington is fox news senior political analyst brit hume. great to see you, brit. >> thanks, monica. thanks for having me. >> you bet. you know what's interesting to me about this iowa poll is neither herman cain or mitt romney have spent a great deal of time of money in iowa, yet, they are leading the pack. how do you explain it. >> i would explain that by the fact that about all there has been to this campaign has been the debates. and that for all that you may accomplish eventually in a s...

Jobs record in texas is the number one thing he has to do in almost any answer. i think it can be done but he has lost a lot of ground. >> agreed. >> folks really like cain. the one thing i will note. the pro-life mini controversy with cain may or may not knock off a few points with folks as that trickles down in the knowledge base with iowa. i'm not sure. >> just a quick yes or no from both of you, will we see rick perry engaged in more republic debates, mary katharine? >> yeah. i think he will be out there. that was another thing that sort of stepped on his own message last week. he will be ...