“Only about one in five of the elite GOP fundraisers who fueled John McCain's 2008 presidential bid have donated to the Republicans vying to oust President Obama, a USA TODAY analysis of new campaign-finance reports shows.”

Candidates’ expense reports “provide a revealing look at the contrasting priorities and styles of the White House hopefuls. Taken together, the candidates burned through $32 million for telemarketing calls, posh hotel rooms, makeup artists and myriad other expenses, even with the first ballots still half a year away,” the Washington Post says.

Democratic super PAC founder Bill Burton attacked Republican candidates’ support for the “Cut, Cap and Balance” pledge in a memo released on Friday, using some colorful language: “For perspective, this pledge were taken seriously, it would be like saying they are not going to raise the debt ceiling until the entire state of Texas is turned into a national park – or until Donald Trump stops talking – or until leprechauns give up on rainbows and suspenders. It is hyperbolic fantasy of the highest order.”

BACHMANN: After previously saying she wouldn’t sign the “Cut, Cap and Balance” pledge because she said it was too timid, Michele Bachmann announced over the weekend that she will sign it on Monday, CNN said.

CAIN: “Herman Cain said Sunday he is a more experienced candidate for president than Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota in the battle for the 2012 GOP nomination,” CNN writes. “‘The choice is real simple,’ Cain said on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ when asked why voters should choose him over Bachmann. ‘My entire career has been problem-solving, not politics.’”

Cain also said yesterday that local communities have the right to ban mosques. “Yes, they have the right to do that,” he said, per NBC’s Lauren Selsky. “That's not discriminating based upon that particular religion. There is an aspect of them building that mosque that doesn't get talked about and the people in the community know what it is and they're talking about it.”

HUNTSMAN: In Utah over the weekend, Jon Huntsman met with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad who was in the state for the National Governors’ Association meeting, the Deseret News reports. Branstad said his message was the same (he had previously said Huntsman’s decision not to focus on Iowa was “stupid”) but Huntsman said they had a “good conversation.” Huntsman said he also met with several other governors including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

PAUL: Ron Paul will extend his TV ad, which criticizes Washington for its history of raising the debt ceiling, to Nevada, CNN reports.

PAWLENTY: “Tim Pawlenty's campaign manager Nick Ayers tried to reassure staff Friday about the Minnesota Republican's shaky presidential bid, saying there was plenty of time to make up ground. In an email, provided to CNN by a Republican source, Ayers pointed out that Pawlenty's second quarter fundraising total of $4.5 million outpaced every GOP candidate other than the frontrunner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney… Ayers signed off with the faux Latin phrase ‘Illegitimi non carborundum,’ meaning: ‘Don't let the bastards grind you down.’”

Per Politico, Pawlenty launches his “Road to Results” RV tour today, and will visit 13 counties and 18 cities by Friday.

PERRY: Rick Perry told the Des Moines Register that he’s feeling more comfortable that running for president is what he’s been “called to do.”