maybe even the medium run to santorum or paul. gingrich and perry represent bigger treats for them. and i think the worst case for romney is if one of those two guys surgn the last few days. no indication that will happen. t they're both out there working hard. >> andrea mitchell, you' been out here reporting. what are you seeing? >> well, the crowds are mu smaller th you'd expect. smaller than the huckabee crowds were four years ago. but there's that evangelical core. when we talk about organization, and enthusiasm, they're going to come out. and i think that as mark and the rest of us al noticed with you today, santorum may have stubbed his toe a bit by you pinning him down on what he said when heas runing for re-election in pennsylvania in 2006. the exceptions that he previously agred to. the fact that is willing to compromise, he said not on his principles, but to gethings done. a little bit convoluted. and the fact that he said he made a political decision to support mitt romneygainst john mccain. a political decision. >> if the crime, david brooks, is moderaon in today's republican party, what are we learning now, a cple days away from actual voting beginning in