>> we know rick santorum has talked about man-on-dog in the past. so he takes this issue very seriously. >> but you saw this coming. you wrote a column -- what was it, january, entitled "mitt romney's al gore problem." did you think it would take the form of a dog? >> you know, it does in so many different ways. i liken it to, he looks like a person and he sometimes acts like a person, but every once in a while, you realize there's a glitch in the matrix and he's not like everybody else and he's a bit of an alien. we had that with gore. we have it going on with romney now. his son just mentioned it in an offhanded way. but whenever you see somebody who's not involved in politics, the first thing they want to talk about is, what's up with romney and this dog? >> you are a very attentive dog owner. >> i am. i go almost nowhere without her. >> what do you think dog management tells us about someone's ability to manage the executive branch of the united