day americans and we will leave the nonsense to the media on the side. >> reporter: that seems to be working for now. in a dead heat for second place, senator rand paul at 13%. ben carson and mike huckabee at 11%. what about that guy that walker seemed to be jabbing at this nashville appearance? >> unlike some out there, i didn't inherit fame or fortune from my family. >> jeb bush is in fifth plate with 10%. that's the race with 622 days to go. 622 days to go. let's bring in cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. gloria are you surprised by how well walker is doing? >> he gave a good speech in iowa in late january that jazzed up the base and since then he has done very well with the base as you say we in the media think he did not so well on the rudy giuliani thing but it doesn't matter because he made it about us and that's always a good political strategy. what struck me in these polls is