candida candidacy going forward and people in washington know how smart and able he is and could overcome it in time, but he had a long road ahead of him if he wanted to g and he said all along he would make a decision this week. so he is -- you know, he wasn't in any way and not withdrawing from the effort, but he is in the voting states quite a bit. >> well, he is withdrawing here first of the week and sticking to his word, but he fits the pro to typical nominee, southern, and long-time party official and what does this say about the state of the race and the fact, jessica, that we are reporting on the people going out, but not yet going in. >> well, we have talked about that how this is a odd political theater who is running, but they are not running. i will tell you one thing about how you set this up saying that he is the very -- >> prototypical.