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Dropping out after iowa. after iowa -- lets say -- suppose mitt romney wins iowa and new hampshire. he gets 12 delegates out of 1,144 needed to win. the fact we talk about people needed to drop out when less than 1% of the delegates have been allocated, i think you stay in. theres no insen stcentive to g. >> these things typically end when less than 10% of the delegates have been selected. you look at how bob dole basically put them away after south carolina in 1996. george bush sr. after new ha...

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 dont have a prayer and the ones who dont have a prayer will drop out of the race after losing big in iowa. in 1996, republican senator phil gramm ...

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 dont have a prayer and the ones who dont have a prayer will drop out of the race after losing big in iowa. in 1996, republican senator phil gramm ...

Two hours, youre probably not going to be somebody whos going to tamper with the system too much. >> doug, to be clear, since you have been in iowa, i know youve been there a long time handling communication now, trying to make sure everybody understands things from the perspective of the party, has there been a fight within the party over gt fact you dont have to show a photo i. d. to vote? has there been consternation for that? theyre trying to change the rules for the states election. there h...

>> doug, to be clear, since you have been in iowa, i know youve been there a long time handling communication now, trying to make sure everybody understands things from the perspective of the party, has there been a fight within the party over gt fact you dont have to show a photo i. d. to vote? has there been consternation for that? theyre trying to change the rules for the states election. there has not been worry about that for the caucuses? >> not at all. ive been with the secretary of state...

>> iowa is great. but we need a little more -- >> you know how much the pizza buffet costs? >> 9.99. >> no way. >> oh, god. >> no way. he got oust campaign. >> yet his legacy lives on. >> it does. by the way, its only been three weeks since herman cain dropped out of the race. >> thats disturbing. >> it seems like a year. >> weve been a little immersed. >> herman, we hardly knew you. >> lets go back to the point. not a lot of people at these events. >> right. and a very simple thing. roughly an ...

>> iowa is great. but we need a little more -- >> you know how much the pizza buffet costs? >> 9.99. >> no way. >> oh, god. >> no way. he got oust campaign. >> yet his legacy lives on. >> it does. by the way, its only been three weeks since herman cain dropped out of the race. >> thats disturbing. >> it seems like a year. >> weve been a little immersed. >> herman, we hardly knew you. >> lets go back to the point. not a lot of people at these events. >> right. and a very simple thing. roughly an ...

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 dont have a prayer and the ones who dont have a prayer will drop out of the race after losing big in iowa. in 1996, republican senator phil gramm ...

Dropping out after iowa. after iowa -- lets say -- suppose mitt romney wins iowa and new hampshire. he gets 12 delegates out of 1,144 needed to win. the fact we talk about people needed to drop out when less than 1% of the delegates have been allocated, i think you stay in. theres no insen stcentive to g. >> these things typically end when less than 10% of the delegates have been selected. you look at how bob dole basically put them away after south carolina in 1996. george bush sr. after new ha...

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 dont have a prayer and the ones who dont have a prayer will drop out of the race after losg gramm dropped out of the race after a poor finish in t...