these things that we stop electing united states senators directly by the people. you will still have many opportunities for his opponents to put this stuff up in ads and had on the campaign trail, perry saying i'm not backing away from my book. you throw up a couple of excerpts, him saying that, and have you your 30-second ad. it will be difficult for him to distance himself from this book he wrote less than a year ago. >> jason embry, thank you for weighing in on it from austin. >> thank you. >> see the full field of presidential republican contenders for the first time, this wednesday, september 7th, on msnbc. the appeal trial of amanda knox continues in italy tomorrow. knox is in perugia, serving a life sentence for the murder of her roommate. and her boyfriend is serving 25