i'll start by opening american oil and gas fields. i'm eliminate president obama's regulations that hurt other sources of domestic energy. like coal and natural gas. that will create jobs and reduce our reliance on oil from countries that hate america. >> with the texas governor losing support in the polls, what will it take to turn it around? politico's national political reporter alex burns is joining us now. and looking at the latest poll numbers, there's rick perry at the bottom of the heap with just 6% now. he's going up with a positive ad in iowa as we just saw, but also seems to really be going after romney hard. is he trying to create the illusion of a two-man race? >> well, savannah, if i think if rick perry is knocked out of this race, somebody forgot to tell rick perry. his ad he's up with in iowa is trying to reclaim some of the market space he had in the race to begin with, that sort of conservative job creator candidate. and as you say, we is going after mitt romney more aggressively to try and make