there's not a media primary out there was but he would win it. >> do you think this guy and his presentation is a little bit to mestophalian? don't you have to like the guy first before you vote for him? just a thought. >> i can see a path for it to work in the conservative-base primary. he's loved at the cpac conventions. he comes in with the eye of the tiger theme music blaring and he walks through the crowd and people eat it up and he's a great showman. the problem the election is not decided in the republican primary. he's been through so many variations and incarnations it's going to come back and bite him. these are people who are not new creatures. him and haley barbour. that doesn't necessarily lend itself favorably to the tea party. just as much as they hate obama, they want to wipe their slate clean from the bush years, too. >> i had this notion of a guy, obviously not a car bomber. he kind of loves the attack.