a shot. if he does not, i would probably go with saker gingrich, who i have the greatest admiration for in all seriousness, because of his history and because of his depth of knowledge. bret: maybe that is telling, maybe that is not. bring in panel. david druger for roll call. liz marlanez, for christian science monitor and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. david, let s start with the cain situation. the endorsement, what happens. the significance of where it goes. well, we re a month out from iowa. this is the first time a major candidate, somebody who at least at one point looked they had a chance to win or be a major player dropped out of the race. it shakes things up. i don t think his endorsement is going to matter all that much. it will be good fanfare for whoever gets it. it s probably gingrich. given the contingency that cain court and what he probably wants to do going