and even john bolton, who doesn't think they're talking enough about foreign policy. you heard that debate a moment ago with lindsey graham. so, chuck todd, there's a lot on the table. where are we at the end of this week on the republican side? >> well, first, i'm going to stick with the baseball theme, and that is, i think the focus is on the player to be named later at this point, because of the people running right now, mitt romney is not just a front-runner, i think he's a very solid front-runner, when you look at all of the things that matter to being a front-runner. right now, all of the candidates chasing him seem to be stepping on themselves. tim pawlenty had a particularly bad week. michele bachmann doesn't seem as if she can get the nomination. you can see how she can get very, very strong, and in the end, the mitt romney folks love the idea of it being michele bachma bachmann. but the idea of the player to be named later, specifically rick perry. i think when you look at how this week played out, as good of a week as mitt romney had as being a front-runner