the point that, what mitt romney was doing was standing up to a bully. i think rick perry was acting like a bully. it was very unpresidential of him to come on to the stage and take round house swings at romney and other candidates up there. we have serious chals we face in this country. the biggest challenge is turning around this bad economy. mitt romney has 59-point plan to make things better. this debate was being held right in nevada. nevada is ground zero in the obama economy. the housing foreclosure crisis is extremely severe here. and we would have much preferred to spend all of our time talking about how we will fix things and make them better. but of course, if mitt romney is going to be atablged then he is going to defend himself and set the record straight. >> eric, i want to ask you about iowa. your candidate is going there tomorrow. iowa is a tough call for him. we know, you know, it is ground