shape the future of the republican party, texas governor rick perry, former massachusetts governor mimhny touting their abilities, and criticizing president obama. bret baier, anchor of "special report" joins me now, how you doing? >> good morning, bill. bill: i thought this rasmussen report was quite revealing, rick perry enters the race, within five or six days, he has a lead on mitt romney, essentially been running for the lead in the white house in the past two or three years. what that tells me is voters are all over the floor now and they're trying to find a person, be it a man or in this case, michele bachmann, who is third on that poll. what do you make of this? >> reporter: i agree, bill. it is a poll that raised a lot of eyebrows, and definitely governor perry made a splash into this race. it's important, obviously, to put the caveat in there that this is one poll, but he has shaken up this race, excuse me, and i think the big battle within the republican party is the heart of the conservative movement, the tea party and conservatives who are frankly very upset about the situ