miller. radio talk show host monica crowley. jim pinkerton, contributor editor the american conservative magazine and bureau chief of talk radio news service, ellen ratner, i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> let's start off looking at polls. four months ago mitt romney in front for the presidential nomination by 9 points, michele bachmann in seconds. a month later, rick perry has the top spot in a cnn poll, knocking romney down a notch and newt gingrich shows up in the top group. in a usa today poll, from september, perry is on top. gingrich in second, ron paul in third. no sign of newt. and then in october, an msn bchmsnbc wall street journal poll, herman cain in the top spot. romney two, ron paul, no perry, no gingrich. this month, a fox news poll has newt gingrich on top, romney tight second and followed by herman cain and then ron paul. what are we to make of all of these polls. we in the media love them. do the viewers? >> probably. we know the media love them. they're cheap and give awe automatic story and you could go on tv and i could go on tv. here is a story. who ahead and who is behind. don't have to interview anybody or