as strong as republicans are going to get. you can't really tell from these numbers. somebody like tim pawlenty or somebody else would jump up. but the palins, the bachmans and even the trumps, et cetera, are not the ones that are going to make it. let me also say, chris, another number in the polls show that the president's favorable on favorable ratio is down to a plus seven. he lost almost ten points in one week and that's the closest favorable/unfavorable that he's had since he's become president. that's got to be a concern to them, it really does. >> these numbers are getting tricky. you're a numbers guy as well. i'm just trying to figure here, romney, i don't -- i think he is, like they saidรง of mondale years ago, he was called palenta, a boring italian food. i'm serious. i think the whole excitement about mr. trump, and i know it could be quick silver, i don't know, but it seems to be really a statement of these other guys bore them out of their trees.