candidates. i mean, right now herman cain is leading nationally in today's nbc news/"wall street journal" poll and in the new ppp poll. that is seen largely by people outside of republican politics as being, if not a surprise, at least a little bit inexplicable. should we see the fact it seems surprising and inexplicable as a wake-up call that republican politics are sequestered, a self-contained universe that doesn't interact with the rest of mainstream american politics? >> maybe michele bachmann was on to something last night when she suggested we turn 9-9-9 around and get this bewitching number. i think what you really heard in the republican debate and also heard from the republicans in the senate when they blocked the jobs bill is their ideology says that the way government solves problems is by being sure the government doesn't do anything about the problem. they have an ideological block now to government action.