i think huntsman has been described as an afterthought. who do you think will get knocked out by the straw poll this weekend? well, we ll see. governor pawlenty has staked a lot in the straw poll here, spent a lot of money on the air. he spent most of the last month here in the state of iowa. he has the most at risk here. if he does well it could provide momentum, a jolt in fund-raising. if he does poorly he may be running out of money and it will be unclear where he goes. nbc s mark murray and phil rucker, live from des moines thank you so much. after weeks of speculation, rick perry jumped into the race with both feet. over the next few days he ll travel to several key campaign states. the governor told mark palperin of time and msnis nbc he had intention of running until a couple of weeks ago. i went from no to today to being fully engaged in this process of