all conducted after the story first came out. herman cain, ahead by six points in florida, ahead by five points in ohio. tied with romney in pennsylvania. there is a chunk of the republican party that is defiantly backing him, one. and two, that is wanting to not be with the establishment. >> well, herman cain, i think, says it best, and supporters don't defect. and i think that's proving to be true. and we're seeing that a lot of folks, he built a lot of good will throughout this primary process so far. and they find it difficult to believe the accusations. >> and amy, we were just discussing off air, you know, are we covering cain too two-dimensionally when it comes to his campaign, meaning we just assume he's the latest guy to pop, but there's a reason why maybe he's not deflating, he did more work than we realize? >> i think that's right. and riffing off of what pete said, i think he built a tremendous amount of good will with the people who connected with his personality, message