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Today in "time" magazine talking about barbour and lobbying, that he lobbied for mexico, the government of mexico and for amnesty for illegal immigrants. is that going to hurt him? >> his entire career will be looked at. i think he's still getting his arms around everything that the firm did. he said he doesn't want to be held responsible for lobbying the firm did that he wasn't involved in. we'll see if he has that applied to him. i don't think being a lobbyist or a southerner is as big a detriment as others in terms of winning the republican nomination or general election. the country faces ...

Straw poll ron paul won by 30%. mitt romney got 23%. of course donald trump says ron paul there's no chance he'll ever get elected. let me square that, then, with the latest opinion research poll by cnn that shows huckabee in the lead at 21%, palin, romney, gingrich, paul, barbour. david, since you're the pollster, do you think that that number has any significance at this stage? does it matter? or it really depends on once the public starts to vet these guys and they have the first debate, for instance, here on nbc. >> i mean clearly it matters at this point because what it says is here's the...