kudlow, that i will be and other candidates will be as well. it seems like he s relying on the fact that maybe per se one of the monthly flashes in the pan. i think his team feels he will flame out and say something silly and another ben bernanke moment and it s not a safe strategy. rick perry has shown in several polls that he is ahead and he has shown in early states that he is ahead. if perry does well tonight at this debate that will go a very long way to easing donors concerns and republican members concerns about him. if you see people drift from mitt romney to rick perry, that s a problem. that transition is good for you, chairman steel. watching tonight, they may have one eyebrow raised about rick perry and the joe scarborough school of thought. can this guy carry swing states, but it was not as if they were enamored. first, i say run, rudy, run.