it em boldined romney. you can see perry say who are these people and why are they questioning me. >> it's like he's running "meet the press." he's the guy that says let's take a look at what you said. let's take a look at what you said a year ago on social security. let's take a look at what you said. this guy has to defend it against a fellow republican. >> rick perry was a good prospect, now it's like welcome to the majors. mitt romney wants to call him, hey meat. you haven't been around but you have to answer this and deal with bad news. he is a functioning governor. mitt romney is only responsible for his own campaign. on death penalty, the environment, the economy, whatever he does in texas is open to scrutiny the way barack obama is open to scrutiny. it's a lot to handle. >> is it your sense, before i move on with my own notes here, do you think it's possible that here we are in september, the year before, the iowa caucuses could come quickly. do you think there could be a dynamic here that romney co