it s first time i ve been earnestly campaigning. what does that mean? look, people voters are smart. here s a guy he it s like saying well, i haven t been raising money all that long so, the 4.2 million i ve you ve been priming the pump to run for president for years. i mean, yes, i think to pete s point, whatever happened, expectations got a little out of control, and i hate to point to a single moment, but go back and look at that new hampshire debate. going into that debate, the storyline was pawlenty v. romney. pawlenty is the romney alternative. right. he backs down from attacking romney. and then things kind of cascade from there. and his aides have said, frankly, on the record they ve said look, after that debate, our fund-raising took a big hit. remember, it was the last two weeks of the was it a kick in the teeth when they found out michele bachmann doubled fund-raising or something like that? she doubles him in ames. that s the kick in the te