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Home state governor. he's now switched big time to romney. longtime conservative backer of conservative republican causes for years. the swift boat ads. his crusade in texas, tort reform pouring millions into electing texas supreme court justices and legislatorlegislat proposing rulings limits on lawsuits against companies like his, that build homes, and often -- >> there's something about the issue of immigration which may get conservatives upset. >> interesting wrinkle. this past year, rick perry killed a bill, his lobbyists, and some of the most influential in austin, kill add bied bill t w...

Hand. what's striking about that super pac number is this, half the february funding came from one man. texas home builder bob perry. more on him in a minute. if the name doesn't ring a bell, the key to sending swift boat ads from kerry. and a top echelon joining billionaires foster friesz and william dohr who did their part to keep the santorum campaign afloat pumping more than a million into a super pac. the red, white and blue fund and wife of simmons contribute $1ds million. santorum himself had a good month raising money. raised about $9 million on the heels of big wins in colorado, misso...

Huge industry in the state of texas. i want to ask a larger question, and that was, two years ago i thought we really were on the verge of a comprehensive energy bill and policy and whether it was -- of some sort of connection with building of nuclear power plant, some new drilling, cap and trade. that it looked like there was just going to be this, all right, everybody had something they were going to like in it and everybody had something they weren't going to like. is it possible to do these giant, big bills anymore? have these compromises or do it piecemeal like is the case this year? >> w...

Zimmerman. that's why they are maintaining his self-defense position. now, a lot of people in this community find that impossible to believe, based on what they've heard in the audio recordings, those 911 calls we've heard so much of in the past days. the pressure is increasing. tonight a huge gathering here. the reverend al sharpton, jesse jackson and others are converging on the cy. estimates, could be thousands of people here. previous protests have been hundreds's people. it's unclear what exactly will nap this town tonight but a lot of pressure on the police and community to do something ...

Will texas governor rick perry be allowed into that debate? on the surface it appears he does not qualify. to qualify for the debate here's what cnn says you have to do. you need to either place in the top four in iowa or new hampshire. there's no question that rick perry didn't do that. he was fifth in iowa. he was sixth in new hampshire. but cnn says you either need a first, second, third or fourth in iowa or new hampshire to qualify to be in the debate. or you can get in if you have an average of 7% in at least three national or three south carolina polls released this month. rick perry als...