so we got to talking. so i called him yesterday. i wanted to find out what he thought about the debate in florida. and we had a nice little conversation. clearly, donald trump likes governor perry. he likes mitt romney. he told me that he thought they both did very well and pooh-poohed all the criticism of governor perry's debate performance. but clearly he thinks that there are some people who were on that stage who shouldn't be there. he is relishing the role that he's playing within the republican nominating field. his chief political guy, michael cowan, i believe his name is, went on abc and talked to the folks there and called donald trump the godfather of politics. donald trump is very proud of something that he saw on newsmax which said that basically donald trump has become his own iowa because perry and bachmann and romney and all of these folks who are seeking the republican nomination are either getting him on the phone or going up to