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at the winners and losers and dan lothian and david mattingly looking ahead to the battlegrounds that are now more important than ever. all right, lets start with dana bash. dana? >> well, we have some potential news this morning about what this caucus has did to the field on the republican side. michele bachmann who, of course, came in a disappointing sixth, effectively dead last here in iowa is going to hold a news conference in a few hours. her campaign is not saying what it is abou...

do you have the tape? >> yep. lets listen. >> guess what, joining us now on the phone, edith and carolyn. lets give them a big round of applause. >> yeah! >> by then it was almost 3:00 in the morning and all of us were giddy to begin with. we were having a little fun covering this election. >> wolf, this is the back story, he never left the computer, never goes to the restroom. anderson was sitting on the floor. erin took her shoes off. what was john king doing? >> he was looking at th...

presidential race moved into new hampshire today and became a ground war. newt gingrich arrived this morning, a fourth-place finnish iowa, opened fire on the iowa winner, mitt romney. >> i find it amazing the news media continues to say hes the most electable republican when he cant even break out in his own party. i dont think -- hell do fairly well here. this one of his three best states. but the fact is that governor romney, in the end, has a limited appeal in a conservative party. ...

Carolina. >> you can watch that interview tonight on "john king usa "at 6:00 eastern time. will romneys fair but steady numbers be enough to pull off a win tonight or could it be a repeat of 08? ill ask the man who ran the campaign four years ago. first, a political junkie question for you, what percentage of 2008 gop caucus-goers consider themselves to be evangelical christians. ill have the answer after the break. ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money ...

Youll probably agree with this, john, is so different than any election that youve ever seen in the past that to try to go back and make some comparables between an 08 or 04 or 2000 election with whats going on now is an interesting exercise. this election is far from decided. and today wont decide it, i will suggest to you. south carolina will come near giving us a better clue whos going to be the republican nominee. you know were going to work hard the rest of date here and expect to have a go...

Who is driving this santorum bus across iowa. he backed huckabee in 08. hes urging evangelical voterers to get behind santorum now. >> he has a proven track record, a conservative thats always stood for whats right. >> reporter: t-- >> the chuck truck. >> reporter: santorum doesnt ride in the bus. he rides in pickup truck. better for his pitch. jim acosta, boon, iowa. joining me is dana lash, st. louis tea party organizer, political contributor ari fleischer and democratic strategist paul bega...

Courts intervene in the case of terri schiavo, a woman in a vegetative state whose family was over war whether to remove her feeding tube. santorum has no regrets. >> what i carried about with terri schiavo was to make sure that a judge looked fairly at the case. they did. they made their decision. >> reporter: santorum outraged gay rights activists when he seemed to compare homosexuality to bestiality in 2006. in every society the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included mom...

Ago, that tells you anything about turnout, at least enough of an anecdote youre wondering which way is it going to go? >> i spent time with paul, there were a lot of people -- remember in 08, obama had nontraditional voters, independents, paul seemed to have hit that. if its a huge turnout, that will help him because his supporters have gotten out in bigger numbers than you would have guessed. >> are you feeling energy or not? >> depends who youre with. talking about earlier, when you go to san...

Christian conservative reality tv star jim bob duggar whos driving the bus across iowa. he backed huckabee in 08. hes urging evangelical voters to back santorum now. >> a proven track record, a christian conservative that has always stood for whats right. >> the chuck truck! >> reporter: santorum doesnt ride in the bus. does he his campaigning in a pickup truck. a better fit for santorums down to earth pitch. jim acosta, cnn, boone, iowa. lets dig deeper into santorums surge. joining me is dan...

Millions of dollars competing in iowa. so theres that. but if it doesnt tell you anything about who the nominee is going to be, there has to be some other reason why it is a big deal. part of the common wisdom about why it is still a big deal is that theres this theory that iowa may not pick the winner on the republican side, but at least it has a way of picking the losers on either side. one part of the common wisdom is iowa separates out the candidates who are viable from the candidates who do...