let's bring in larry winget and cheryl casone. cheryl, leaving aside what the governor said, does it wipe out everything he's done? >> it may. governor perry has been a strong leader in texas. remember when he made a run for the presidency, there was verbal missteps there. neil: absolutely. >> he's done this again, and i'm not sure what he was thinking when he made that statement but he was in san francisco, the worst place to make that kind of statement. i don't know why he said that. neil: he is conservative, everyone winced a little bit. i believe we should look in remarks and history. i wonder if this is a todd akin moment for him and larry winget, and regret it? >> i think he will regret it. there's a price to pay for this. i remember nixon and think about the good stuff and only think about watergate. george w. bush read my lips and mission accomplished. words like that stick with you and you can't get past them unless you turn it around quickly and do something positive to take some of the focus off of it. neil: what do you