zim, i'm going to let you take it.nt might produce more excitement than dan quayle's endorsement. the point is i can report to you and to the panel that initially former vice president quayle was going to endorse herman cain. it was easier to spell. now romney, obviously, is easier to spell thank gingrich. a political note worth observing, if this is a long, protracted battle, delegates are chosen proportionately, arizona might be in play. that's why dan quayle might be relevant to a long-term strategy. >> patricia? >> i think we should hope that it doesn't have too much of an effect on that. i don't think that a dan quayle endorsement will do a whole lot for romney although i do think for newt gingrich we do have a really unusual situation here. very few people who served with gingrich in the house including dan quayle have endorsed gingrich. he is trying to run as an outsider and this way it does look like he's an outsider but we've had heard from people who served with gingrich when he was leading. they did not like