hampshire. >> dana: someone who has momentum seizing back some spotlight is rick perry, governor rick perry of texas. you mentioned he has hired staff. what he did he went he was a late entrant in the race. a lot of loyal followers an teammates with him for a long time. now they have gone outside the circle and hired the veterans battle tested. one named warfield, which is appropriate. gor rick scott hired the guys and he listened to them and he went to victory in florida. this is a good, smart strategy by perry camp that will get them attention and momentum. >> eric: romney and iowa. romney was going to try to duck iowa. if you are a romney campaign, you say there is no obvious front runner iowa. you are the front runner nationally. you have to play in iowa.