On the Trail: Nov. 8

Cain rakes in the cash; Bachmann attacks Cain.

Michele Bachmann - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is targeting her Republican rival, Herman Cain, for being inconsistent on the issues. “This has gone on with at least 10 different issues … That’s what the real issue is with Herman Cain’s campaign,” Bachmann said on The Scott Hennen Show. “The fact that he’s switched his positions when he found out that they weren’t acceptable by the people who were voting — that should really give people cause.”(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Michele Bachmann - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is targeting her Republican rival, Herman Cain, for being inconsistent on the issues. “This has gone on with at least 10 different issues … That’s what the real issue is with Herman Cain’s campaign,” Bachmann said on The Scott Hennen Show. “The fact that he’s switched his positions when he found out that they weren’t acceptable by the people who were voting — that should really give people cause.”(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Herman Cain - Herman Cain’s campaign continues to use the sexual harassment claims made against him to boost its coffers. In a Nov. 5 email to supporters asking to help compete in the Iowa caucus, it says, “Every time someone makes a donation to my campaign, it shows the media and my opponents that the American people are fed up with the politics of personal destruction and they are demanding real change in Washington."(Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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Herman Cain - Herman Cain’s campaign continues to use the sexual harassment claims made against him to boost its coffers. In a Nov. 5 email to supporters asking to help compete in the Iowa caucus, it says, “Every time someone makes a donation to my campaign, it shows the media and my opponents that the American people are fed up with the politics of personal destruction and they are demanding real change in Washington."(Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

Newt Gingrich - Newt Gingrich’s recent modest rise in the polls has him feeling confident. At a GOP fundraiser in Iowa, the former House speaker said that if he wins his party’s presidential nomination and President Obama doesn’t agree to participate in seven debates, he will follow him on all of his campaign stops to rebut his speeches. “From that day forward, for the rest of the campaign, the White House will be my schedulers,” Gingrich said.(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)

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Newt Gingrich - Newt Gingrich’s recent modest rise in the polls has him feeling confident. At a GOP fundraiser in Iowa, the former House speaker said that if he wins his party’s presidential nomination and President Obama doesn’t agree to participate in seven debates, he will follow him on all of his campaign stops to rebut his speeches. “From that day forward, for the rest of the campaign, the White House will be my schedulers,” Gingrich said.(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman, who views Mitt Romney as his biggest competitor in the GOP presidential nominating race, has been hammering away at the former Massachusetts governor about flip-flopping on issues like gun control and abortion. “I mean, when there is a question about whether you’re running for the White House, or running for the waffle house, you’ve got a real problem with the American people,” Huntsman said on Sunday’s Meet the Press. (Photo: AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman, who views Mitt Romney as his biggest competitor in the GOP presidential nominating race, has been hammering away at the former Massachusetts governor about flip-flopping on issues like gun control and abortion. “I mean, when there is a question about whether you’re running for the White House, or running for the waffle house, you’ve got a real problem with the American people,” Huntsman said on Sunday’s Meet the Press. (Photo: AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Rick Perry - Gov. Rick Perry, during an Oct. 28 speech in New Hampshire, at points appeared very giddy, leading commentators to question whether he was under some sort of influence. Comedians have been having fun making fun of the Texas lawmaker, culminating in a video and Saturday Night Live spoof that have gone viral. Now pundits are wondering if his behavior could hurt his candidacy, much like the infamous whoop that devastated former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s in 2004.(Photo: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Rick Perry - Gov. Rick Perry, during an Oct. 28 speech in New Hampshire, at points appeared very giddy, leading commentators to question whether he was under some sort of influence. Comedians have been having fun making fun of the Texas lawmaker, culminating in a video and Saturday Night Live spoof that have gone viral. Now pundits are wondering if his behavior could hurt his candidacy, much like the infamous whoop that devastated former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s in 2004.(Photo: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Ron Paul - Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who continues to garner single-digit numbers in the polls, won an Illinois straw poll last weekend with 52 percent of the vote. Paul has said he won’t run for re-election for his House seat next year and has ruled out a third-party presidential bid.(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)

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Ron Paul - Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who continues to garner single-digit numbers in the polls, won an Illinois straw poll last weekend with 52 percent of the vote. Paul has said he won’t run for re-election for his House seat next year and has ruled out a third-party presidential bid.(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney - Although rival Rick Perry has experienced a significant dip in the polls since entering the presidential race, Mitt Romney is keeping his eye on the Texas governor and unleashing attacks in the states that Perry visits. In California, the Romney camp unveiled an ad that said Perry is “an inspiration” for the liberal state, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "Romney realizes that Perry is the guy who could take it away from him," said Marc Hetherington, a professor of political science at Vanderbilt University.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - Although rival Rick Perry has experienced a significant dip in the polls since entering the presidential race, Mitt Romney is keeping his eye on the Texas governor and unleashing attacks in the states that Perry visits. In California, the Romney camp unveiled an ad that said Perry is “an inspiration” for the liberal state, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "Romney realizes that Perry is the guy who could take it away from him," said Marc Hetherington, a professor of political science at Vanderbilt University.(Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum began a “Faith, Family, and Freedom Tour” in Iowa on Sunday and has unveiled a social and cultural policy agenda that includes permitting prayer at public school functions, banning abortion funding and same-sex marriage and other measures.(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)

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Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum began a “Faith, Family, and Freedom Tour” in Iowa on Sunday and has unveiled a social and cultural policy agenda that includes permitting prayer at public school functions, banning abortion funding and same-sex marriage and other measures.(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)