is he eating? is she sleeping? well, you know, it s been very tough for her. you know, especially these last three hearings. it s been, you know, everything against her. so, you know, with literally her life hanging in the balance of what the decision is in the courtroom, it s very tough to sleep. she has been thinning down a bit too. were you, kurt, in court today when that lawyer called your daughter a sex-loving she-devil? yeah. you know, it was this particular lawyer, you know, even during the first trial essentially did the same thing. it was extraordinarily hard to listen to. it was even harder for amanda because, you know, she hears it all in italian and can understand it where i can only understand bits and pieces of it. i can see her wincing periodically. it was very tough for her. what i find very hard to believe is how this person can start calling her that when he s never even talked to her, never met her, and never really knows who she really is. that s t
a distant second is rick perry, who spent a lot of time down there in florida, and pundits thought he would be the one to win that straw poll result. the other one that came out this weekend, michigan, and mitt romney is at the top. no surprise here. listen, romney was born in michigan. his father a former governor there. very popular. romney won the primary there back in 2008. he was expected to win. but perry did go up to michigan and campaign and he was a distant second. for perry, i think a lot of people are saying that those uneven debate performances, especially last week and the attacks on rick perry over his stance on illegal immigration, may be taking a toll. one other thing from the debates or from the straw polls, michele bachmann nowhere to be seen near the top. remember she won the straw poll in iowa in august. but she finished very low down in both of these straw polls. one thing about those, they are important. they are a gauge or a test or a barometer of a cam