next to me is a first time guest, dana pa ry no. she is a former white house press secretary and co-host of "the five" never heard of it. and he is a fraud. good to see you pinch. >> >> ♪ one pill makes you larger ♪ one pill makes you small ♪ and ones mother gives you ♪ don't do anything at all >> i'm afraid pinch actually drank david carr's quote, coffee this morning. >> maybe we should start the show, greg. >> ♪ i am a golden god ?oad -- >> that's a lot of production work for those eyes. >> i don't know what you are talking about. >>> he is out in president fro of the presidential hunt. i speak of texas governor rick perry who after a few weeks is lapping the competition like a fast swimmer in a pool that allows you to do laps in a pool past other swimmers, a lap pool perhaps. the new poll has the gov getting 27% of republicans with the former front-runner mitt romney. that's a difference ever a lot. and perry's entry into the race has caused candidates like michele bachmann and ron paul to fall behind too. with perry now leading

dana: doing her job as an analyst. so the question this goes back to the maya cull pa you had to do -- mea culpa.analyst and rumored to be a presidential candidate. it's a tricky line to walk. what is interesting is what she is saying is governor romney was not a profile in courage in the debt ceiling. i don't think any of the candidates were sticking their heads up. part of it is a strategy. >> andrea: eric, is it because -- >> greg: smart move. it was a satan sandwich. he didn't want to take a bite out of it. >> eric: obama took a bite out of the satan sandwich and said don't raise the deal. >> andrea: that is the issue with romney. he ords and sandwich and proclaims to love it and then someone else says it's disgusting and he says you're right, it is. but a new poll out today shows he is beating obama in florida. >> eric: guess what? after the meltdown in the stock market and who knows what will happen with the job market, they all might be leading. generic republican is leading everywhere anyway. obama is on the ropes. >> andrea: bob, does he scare democrats the most, romney? >> bob: oh, yeah