gingrich would be the best gop presidential candidate. would you say wow, i guess newt is now the front-runner? possibly not. now i'mrom the los angeles area so i don't like anybo picking on pomona. b, is iowa gng to pick the president? >> wl, listen, this is the quadrennialttack on the hawkeyetate and i think iowa is representative. if you look at the last four national presidentl elections, ia's popular vothas mirrored at has hpened nationally. you also have to think what our role in the process is. we're first. we're not last. we're not the decider. we start winnowing the ield. the one thing you can't discount, there are very few ings the last few presidents inhe united states have in common but their path to the whithouse did start winning the iowa caucuses. >> what are you looking for the next couple of days? >> t me it's the rick perry number. he is the wild card here. newt ihink we clearly know gingrich is on his way down and he frankly may enter single digits before it's all said and done. so this little boomlet of his, amazing rise and fall. what happens to the perry orter? does the rry supporter who walks in on caucus night who is