they are on a trajectory to run for the presidency. if it increasingly looks, as it does, that sarah palin is not running, she will gradually fall out of a lot of the mainstream commentary. if michele bachmann does get into this race, she s going to attract press coverage. so it s interesting because it s less personality driven and more job title search driven. if you re running for president, you get a lot of scrutiny and a lot of attention. that s the direction bachmann looks like she s heading. to hear donald trump tied with mike huckabee, do you think donald trump is a real contender? do you think he s a legitimate candidate? well, no, not really i don t. i think it s so early in the process that i hope the republican party i m a democrat, but i hope the republicans have a deeper bench than that, and they re going to come up with candidates who can really begin to talk about the things that are really concerning americans in these difficult times. we ve got a lot of issues i