ingraham the author of the big best seller "of thee i zing." the square crow and the wizard of oz. this guy or this guy? i can't keep track of it. >> bill: is this damaging the republic brand. >> i think right now it's not helping for this reason. the longer conservatives are kind of owe you did it, did you it what did you do 12 years ago? you are not getting your story straight. the more obama gets to skate. if you are someone who doesn't much like mitt romney you are thinking wait a second, rom my is sitting pretty comfortably right now. watching this unfold. he is enjoying himself. no pressure on rom anymore. the conservatives are fighting it amongst themselves perry and cain. cain's folks turned the temperature down on megyn kelly's show today. that's a fight in the conservative ranks. romney benefits a little bit. but i think obama in the short-term benefits a lot. is he over in europe hanging out