are in. that s right but that s classic establishment politics. that s what we grew up with. presidents saying in war so they don t get blamed for losing them. we stay in war, people getting killed, we kill people, so the president isn t blamed politically. then leave and lose the war anyway. i think the other piece here chris is that with bannon leaving, it leaves a vacuum for trump that i think will be filled. he always add bannon-like character. that s the question. i don t know who it s going to be. i don t know if it s roger stone. i don t know fe will come back. but there have always been characters like that at trump s side. there will be a position that s empty and it ll be filled. thank you. coming up. as a candidate, president trump railed against stupid leaders for prolong war in afghanistan. selling war in prime time calling for american troops to afghanistan. what changed? what changed his mind? trump s mind.
left off. big debate tonight. there s no denying this guy, texas governor rick perry, is the republican partly front-runner for president. we have a brand new poll. rick perry sweeps it it. have a look with me. republicans choice for president, rick perry 12 points ahead of mitt romney. sarah palin, ron paul the only others in double digits. then this one, best chance of beating barack obama, perry by a long shot, over mitt romney. strongest leader, perry and once again double digits ahead of romney. most likely to get the economy moving, say it with me, rick perry. a rick perry sweep in this poll. that debate tonight, as you now know, from tampa, 8:00 p.m. eastern time, co-hosted by cnn and the tea party express. eight republican ready to go. joins me from austin, texas, the guy who knows rick perry like no one else, we ve discovered here, wayne schrader of the dallas morning news. wayne, as a guy who s dofred rick perry for years and years, are you surprised to see him roc