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An opening for someone like christie and ryan to tkpwhet and tap peoples' enthusiasm for that reason. jenna: we talked about mitch romney and tim palenty as well. will the issues define the candidacy, meaning that the economy is nut one issue going into this presidential election, is that going to define who the gop puts out there or will the tkaeupts themselves put out the issues that they speak of and define the campaign? >> i think the latter. candidates will define what they think the presidential cast is and the main advice would be sure, everyone is talking about the decifit and the econ...

It hasn't happened yet this year. why? >> well, that's true. i think in 2008, we're talking about the early part of 2007, there was the feeling that there was a strong frontrunner in john mccain and a lot of the lesser known candidates had to get out early, especially in iowa, to break through. that was mitt romney at the time, spent a lot of money early, fast forward four years, mitt romney, now the national frontrunner in all the polls, he says he's going to run a different kind of campaign in 2012 and that would suggest a leaner campaign in iowa where he doesn't need to break through the wa...

Winner went on and ronald reagan in the 80s and '84, jordan in 2000, of course. but the thing is, that they -- that, you know, you really have to see here with the straw polt is that it can develop some buzz for somebody like a tim palenty, let's say. did it for mitt romney in 2007, even though, you know, he didn't go on to win, it did generate some buzz for him, you know, that can lead to fund-raising, can lead to money, can grab some tiffists who will go and knock on doors for you. it's a show of organizational muscle, as well. >> you know, speaking of the buzz out there, really, donald trum...

Think governor palenty was correct when he said that the president is being a little bit hypocritical here because as you reported on fox last week the president himself when he was senator voted against the debt sealing increase. bill: that was back in 2006. what the white house would argue is it is suicide not to raise the debt limit. are they right? >> reporter: there is going to be an increase in the debt sealing. we can't default on our debts, we can't not make our payments we have to make. the real question, the showdown is going to be when we increase that debt sealing whether it comes ...

Republican governors now going public urging their party members in congress do not raise the debt sealing that would take that number and crank it up even higher. tim palenty was making his case with chris wall as. >> reporter: you would say to the republicans in that building behind me do not raise the debt limit. >> that's right. send the president a piece of legislation that authorizes the federal government the sequence the paying of its bills so we don't default on the debt ol tkpwaeugss, then have the debate how we reduce the other spending. bill: here is the argument. steven moore seni...