presidential run and he's testing out some speech lines. here he was yesterday in san antonio. >> this is one of our darkest ho hours. i'll tell you this west texas optimist sees our brightest hour as just around the corner. i believe in this country because i believe in americans. >> you know, it says something about mitt romney's fragile hold as front-runner that every time it seems this race is about to finally take off, finally we know what the state of the race is going to be, it is noncandidates or new candidates that seem to be everywhere, everyone is looking, looking for something else. at some point, it is as if they're saying to romney, we still want to date before we settle on you. the next three days will be crucial for the minnesota republicans who essentially camped out in iowa. tim pawlenty and michele bachmann.