herman kaine has $2,000 on hand. rick santorum, $148,000 cash on hand. do you still see these three guys in the race come a month from now? >> i don't. i think today, as richard was saying, we're going to see some people drop out of the race based on their lack of performance. i'm taking my kids to the zoo here later today and i think i have more money on my wallet to spend on souvenirs than herman kaine does. he's going to have to step it up. if he does not get into the first three spots here, i think the fund-raising is going to dry up. another guy that needs a good showing today to stay in this race i think is tim pawlenty. he's banked a lot on iowa. his fund-raising is down. if he comes in first or second he's going to see a big touch-up in campaign contributions and he needs it. he needs a shot in the rm right now. >> $2 million for cash on hand for tim pawlenty. he's spent almost $6 million in this cycle. one of the things we heard from some of the folks in rick perry's campaign, richard, is that he would like to, over the next couple of weeks, rai

. >> herman kaine's god father pizza, the straw poll is absolutely inconsequential in the long term. but it does help us in the news media create a narrative. that narrative helps to draw a fund raising. the candidate who does not do well or falls out of the top three is unlikely to draw very much money going forward. >> as we saw tim pawlenty is already pulling ads down, he's already in a crunch situation. cynthia, wanted to ask you because you know the bible belt so well but the impact of what rick perry is doing in drawing together what he has defined as a christian prayer summit and having people like john hagy and others being part of it. >> it is absolute red meat for the republican base. rick perry knows exactly what he's doing and all signs point to his getting into the presidential field. why else would he do this now? it draws attention to him on this very important weekend in iowa. and this is exactly what other republican base wants to see. it gives them an alternative to mitt romney, who many of them are uncomfortable with. they want an evangelicaevangeli. it would give

herman kaine of all people picked up a win in the western conservative summit. a straw poll that took place over the weekend in denver. 48% of the vote. a surprise. and rick perry was second. he is scheduled to make a decision in the next couple of weeks about running for president. be interested to see how it turns out with the ames, iowa, poll, again, on the 13th, a couple of weeks away. >> hermion cain's support is not wishy-washy, it's not big but solid. have a great show. tim farley of "the morning briefing" on sirius xm. >>> and a suspect, anders breivik, did shopping on ebay for a full face hess operator and hazmat suit. not a surprise. a manifesto thought to be authored by breivik mentions the site over and over saying, "ebay is your friend." he might change his tune. ebay's people say they're helping police investigate the bombing and shooting spree that killed 77 people. >>> amy winehouse was reportedly in the middle of adopting a 10-year-old caribbean girl when she died. you heard this right. britain's "mirror" newspaper reports that winehouse wanted

and fifth was businessman herman kain who received 9% of the vote. the remaining field, in order, texas governor rick perry, 3%, mitt romney 3rk%, newt gingrich, 2%, jon huntsman and thaddeus mccotter each received less than 1% of the vote. >> watch more video of the candidates, see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns, candidate buy yows and the latest polling data, plus links to buy yows in early caucus states. -- plus results in early caucus states. >> next, texas governor rick perry formally announces his nomination -- announces his campaign for president. he says he plans campaign stops in new hampshire and iowa, the nation's first primary and caucus states. he spoke at a gathering of the group red state in south carolina and this is about 25 minutes. >> rick perry knows the value of working hard, he's the son of tenant farmer, he married the firs

you can see comments by mitt romney, and friday at 11:00, herman kain, rick santorum, and tim pawlenty. that is live on c-span. there is a look at the political scene. "washington journal" talked with jason neterra about the debt situation here and abroad. this is about half and hour. >> this is the editor of human events. >> thanks for having me on. >> are there political winners and losers out of the debt ceiling? >> obama will have this bus tour, and on twitter, they asked what the bus should be named. the biggest name was "downgrade one." this is the first psident that has experienced a downgrade under his watch. he will go down as the first president with a downgrade. he will be bearing the biggest brunt of this because he is the president of the united states. have their finger on the polls on how americans felt about this? guest: michele bachmann is the front-runner in iowa. she skyrocketed out of nowhere. it has been resonating with a lot of gop primary voters. there were a lot of presidential candidates like mitt romney that came out against the budget deal that happened last