can y'all see that big bullseye on my back? >> chris: former frontrunner rick perry and current frontrunner herman cain both trying to make sense of the fast changing republican run for president. now, to our weekly group. let's start with herman cain who has soar to the top of the polls and whether you like is or not his 999 tax reform plan is getting all of the buzz, all of the attention. but jeff, as the one who goes throughout the most of all of us and actually goes into these, how real is his campaign? what kind of an organization has he got in the early states? how much time is he spending there? >> he doesn't have much of an organizationgy think herman cain is as surprised by this boomlet as any one. i spent a lot of time in iowa and new hampshire and we don't find herman cain there at all.