less than 250,000. whichever of those wealthy republics wins the nomination, he will be taking on a wealthy democrat in the shape of president obama who bought his chicago home for 1.65 million and whose personal wealth is put in the range of 3 to 11 million. bottom line, shep, not one of the men running for the presidency could reasonably claim to be financially speaking at least, an average american. shep? shepard: not financially speaking for sure. jonathan hunt in new york. john, thanks. south dakota s junior senator fast rising republic star to hear from his colleagues. tomorrow he will reach a new level of power in his party. the senator john thune joins us live to discuss who he is backing in the nomination fight and the rest of this republic contest on the night of the state of the union address. we ll be right back.