next cycle, you got to do well. if you run and have an experience like a chris dodd or elizabeth doll, it doesn t set you up for the next cycle. quite the contrary. if he s running for 16, he better do a lot better going forward than he is. i still think there s a path for him. not a great one right now. he needs to perform better. new hampshire is still a question mark. both michele bachmann and rick perry may end up not being great new hampshire candidates. it still could be huntsman if he s able to focus on that state and appeal to the independents who can vote there. he has to step up more than he did last night. sam stein, let me ask you general impressions about the debate. i went on a tear the last hour about michele bachmann. a lot of people saying that michele bachmann was a winner along with mitt romney last night. how do you think bachmann went? i saw the tear wu went on and i agreed with him about 100%.
now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us from washington, fox news analyst karl rove. now, first of all, are you surprised that governor romney has jumped out to a substantial lead in that pole, mr. rove? well, it was a good jump. he gained about a third. he grew a base of support by about a third. look, this race is far from over. and he is not way out in front. by comparison at this point n 199 the, george w. bush was at a 2. elizabeth doll was at 20. dan quayle at 9. and at 15 points was shared by nine other candidates. this is not a big lead. it s the biggest lead he has received thus far but it is not the typical frontrunner lead. this contest is going to be unlike any contest we have had for over 60 years. that is and it s going to have essentially no frontrunner. bill: that s interesting. you say that it is so ill defined? would that be the word? there is no dominant figure.
pawlenty. that s the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us from washington, fox news analyst karl rove. now, first of all, are you surprised that governor romney has jumped out to a substantial lead in that pole, mr. rove? well, it was a good jump. he gained about a third. he grew a base of support by about a third. look, this race is far from over. and he is not way out in front. by comparison at this point n 199 the, george w. bush was at a 2. elizabeth doll was at 20. dan quayle at 9. and at 15 points was shared by nine other candidates. this is not a big lead. it s the biggest lead he has received thus far but it is not the typical frontrunner lead. this contest is going to be unlike any contest we have had for over 60 years. that is and it s going to have essentially no frontrunner. bill: that s interesting. you say that it is so ill defined? would that be the word? there is no dominant figure.
that s the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us from washington, fox news analyst karl rove. now, first of all, are you surprised that governor romney has jumped out to a substantial lead in that pole, mr. rove? well, it was a good jump. he gained about a third. he grew a base of support by about a third. look, this race is far from over. and he is not way out in front. by comparison at this point n 199 the, george w. bush was at a 2. elizabeth doll was at 20. dan quayle at 9. and at 15 points was shared by nine other candidates. this is not a big lead. it s the biggest lead he has received thus far but it is not the typical frontrunner lead. this contest is going to be unlike any contest we have had for over 60 years. that is and it s going to have essentially no frontrunner. bill: that s interesting. you say that it is so ill defined? would that be the word? there is no dominant figure.