welcome back to "hardball." a clear sign he's the one to beat. rick perry took most of the heat in last negotiate's tampa and he gave as good as he got. he might not have won every exchange. he showed republican voters how the guy rolls. let's listen. >> it has been called a ponzi scheme by many people long before me, but no one has had the courage to stand up and say here is how we're going to reform it. >> all right, governor perry. you were dealt four aces. >> i was going to see, mitt, were you doing pretty good until you got to talking poker. he had $800 billion worth of stimulus in the first round of stimulus. it created zero jobs. if you're saying that i can be bought for 5,000, i'm offended. >> i don't know whether it's priceless. this morning, advertising executive donny deutsch. i didn't like that exchange. suggesting i'm more expensive than that. he called the style arrogant pug nasty, i appeal. is this what ipeels to