>> there's no question about it. though mitt romney calls it out as bigoted and bill bennett denounced reverend jeffress, even though jon huntsman demanded rick perry repudiate the reverend, that is the background noise and it's especially important in the bible belt. in iowa, yes, but also in the southern states. and that's one reason why when haley barbour didn't run and governor huckabee, mike huckabee didn't run and so forth that rick perry's sitting over there in texas says i've got an opportunity to get in this race because there's no way the southern bible belt republicans will vote for a mormon. that was part of his calculation from the beginning even if he and his aides didn't say it. >> howard fineman, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. the occupy wall street protests are adding an unpredictable element to the