candidates do. it's like tim pawlenty who is a wonderful governor of a purple state. won twice in circumstances where republicans don't normally win. has a great conservative record. when he failed to take on romney in the second debate, every -- you know, lots of republican primary voters said bad form, didn't do what i expected him to do. going to downgrade him. i think that's how they're looking at all these candidates. so it's going to place a high premium on the candidates. perry didn't create a problem for herself and michelle bachmann didn't create a problem unless they repeat it. >> do you think anybody else will get in this race? i know they have until november before they have to file for the earlier states. do you think this field will expand? governor christie, governor palin and congressman ryan? >> november 1st is for like new hampshire. i checked, actually, october 14th is the drop date. that's the michigan primary, one of the early primaries, that's the earliest date. they have two months to think about this.