Campaign roundup: Will Paul block Obama speech?

Published August 31, 2011 4:00am ET



Rick Perry:

A new Zogby poll shows: Perry 41, Romney 12, Paul 11, Bachmann 9

A federal court judge struck down a clause of Governor Perry’s fast-tracked abortion law requiring women about to have an abortion view a sonogram and listen to the heartbeat of their unborn child.

Joe Scarborough suggested this morning that Perry is not a real conservative.

Mitt Romney:

Romney is facing a protest from FreedomWorks during his appearance at a New Hampshire Tea Party event this weekend.

Romney also decided to accept an invitation to Sen. Jim DeMint’s presidential forum in South Carolina

Ron Paul:

A spokesman says Paul is “weighing his options” as to whether he will vote to block President Obama’s proposed address to Congress the night of the GOP presidential debate.

Michele Bachmann:

Bachmann was in New York today meeting with Jewish donors.

Fellow conservative Republican Congressman Allen West suggests that Michele Bachman that she made ‘an incredible faux pas’ by saying that she would consider drilling in the Everglades.

Herman Cain:

Herman Cain said that U.S. Rep. Andre Carson’s comments that surfaced today were “disgraceful.”  Carson suggested that Tea Partiers wanted to see him “hanging from a tree.”

Jon Huntsman:

Huntsman released his pro-growth tax plan today but did anyone notice? Yes. James Pethokoukis, who is impressed.

Rick Santorum:

Santorum discussed his jobs plan last night on Fox News and got into a fight with a Penn State student over gay marriage.