he is the right candidate, right time, right message. but it also could be a sign of a massive void within the republican party if he's the only name out there as a real potential vice presidential candidate. and i wonder if the challenge really ahead for these new names is to break past sarah palin's name recognition, tell hard truths and stick to a conservative mandate for the first time in a long time. >> yeah, republicans haven't been conservative enough through the years on economic issues. they blew the budget, deficit wide open. jonathan capehart, i don't think there's any doubt -- let's go back to chris christie, for instance. if you have a governor like chris christie making tough decisions every day running against sarah palin who is known now primarily as somebody who sells a lot of books and has a reality tv show. that's a picture on tv that does not lie. >> right. you know, that's the thing about sarah palin which we've talked