bret: but you contend he will be a force? absolutely. he will be a strong candidate from the moment he gets in. but he ll also walk in with a target on his back. mitt romney can t allow him to come up on his flank. then you ve got tim pawlenty and bachman and cane and the others who can t allow him to just occupy the space. he s going to catch it from all sides the moment he s stepping off that announcement stage. be prepared to see some serious things starting to be hurled at him as of tomorrow. bret: governor huckabee, as always, thank you. great to be here. bret: i think i ll come on your show. that s right. a little later we ll be broadcasting live from the campus at iowa state. i ve got really, really biggests primarily bret baier. bret: 8:00 p.m. eastern for huckabee. i ll answer some questions from the governor. thank you very much. we ll hear from president obama when we come back to our special coverage of the iowa straw poll from ames, iowa.