bought by billionaires. i think that mike s expressing concern about this primary field and shouldn t have concern. he s a solid guy. i have no problem with him getting in the race. okay not exactly a warm reception. mark preston is joining us now from iowa. mark, a lot of the other candidates have attacked bloomberg s billionaire status. should they feel threatened? i think they should and for this reason alione. michael bloomberg can write any size check that he wants. he can use that money to run ads as many times as he wants. in fact, he s doing so already. and the criticism you re hearing now are from folks that feel threatened or they feel like they can get some political currency out of attacking bloomberg. so whether or not he s for real about this, who knows. but he s certainly taking steps towards it and if you are in the current field right now, i would be concerned only because michael bloomberg certainly has