for the others to not place in the top three. herman contaain, for example, s if he doesn t get a top spot, it might be the road forbit. for him, rick santorum if they don t register at this point, it confirms what a lot of people suspect, it s not his year. there s always the perry factor to contend with. alex burns, thank you so much. thank you. you can catch all the excitement in iowa this saturday at 7:00 a.m. msnbc will be live all day covering the ames straw poll with a special edition of the daily rundown with chuck today from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. with the results. and the picture that people can t stop talking about, but newsweek s queen of rage isn t the first cover to create controversy. controversy. our flip side is next.