politics in the campaign against obam that is irrelevant. they re not going to get the nomination unless they satisfy the religious conservatives. i want to come back to pawlenty later because he s one of my favorites. mitt romney didn t go, pawlenty didn t go. why didn t they go if these guys are the gatekeepers. you don t want think romney wanted to go and engage in prejudiced hiring like caine? he s the last sane guy standing. you let iowa go, let one of the early states go and maybe in a worst case scenario for the republican party, someone like michele bachmann comes ou the and wins iowa. if you re mitt romney you re hoping that still 50%, 60% of the republican party is sane enough to say absolutely not. no way. let s go make mitt romney the nominee now.