fundraiser sunday in iowa. paul burka is senior executive editor of "texas monthly." you've been watching governor perry for a long time. this is very tactical what his weekend plans are given the fact that all the other candidates are in ames? >> absolutely. it's very shrewd move. he steals the thunder from whoever wins the iowa caucuses. this is the way governor perry has operated throughout his career. he never plays by other people's rules. he plays by his own rules. he's always pretty successful at it. i think this is -- this is pretty typical. he has a veteran team. they've been together for ten years and they always have a plan. >> and what is -- what is his power base right now? people see him as a threat perhaps to michele bachmann because he comes from that wing of the party and he also has evangelical roots. within texas we know there was a divide between him and george w.