we, joining us nowis anna marie cox, national cpetent for air americand contribor to "layboy" magine. anna marie, nice to see you. >> good to be here. welcome back, rachel >> thank you vermuch. thank u r filling me on air america. it was vernice of you thave done so. >> i enjoyed every minute of it. >> in terms of t coervative se oe republican party and their electoral hopes,s it definitely brownback/huckabee 2012? is there anybody el left on the right? >> well, i think we ned to be rylear about this, rachel. it is very early, and although barack obama actuay is probably atypica in even four years before h ran,people were talking about him a possility, that's usually not the way presidentialolitics workand i don't think w in front.ow who is going to be also, think to my mind ensign and sanford were never closer to the presincy until they had, you know, their affairs. i actually had never heard of them talked about in any real serious way. so i thi that the ground is still empty for anyone that wants totep in there. >> well, the questn though in terms of how somebody builds up leship c