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Kerry by only 10,000 votes, a difference of one point. in 2008, it was a very different story. barack obama beating john mccain handily by 9 points and see you in 48 hours when the iowans go to caucus, how much the map behind us changes or does not. bret and meg megyn, back to you in des moines. >> bret: as bill said, a baptist preacher turned governor from arkansas came into iowa and turned into the caucuses. >> megyn: mike huckabee is working for us on fox news channel and hes here with insigh...

In 2008, it was a very different story. barack obama beating john mccain handily by 9 points and see you in 48 hours when the iowans go to caucus, how much the map behind us changes or does not. bret and meg megyn, back to you in des moines. >> bret: as bill said, a baptist preacher turned governor from arkansas came into iowa and turned into the caucuses. >> megyn: mike huckabee is working for us on fox news channel and hes here with insights, what it takes to win in iowa. welcome, governor, al...

Hasnt always been kilt, is their point -- consistent, is their point. at the end of the day, does it all get lost because one erases the other? >> i think that whats going to happen is, first of all, im not so sure its going to be mitt romney. im sitting here in south carolina, and he doesnt have a ground game here, he doesnt have the pr here that newt and the others have had, and newts taken off the gloves. were looking forward to blood on the ground here in the next three weeks, and i think yo...

For you in 2008? >> well, its a big deal, because when you go and vote in the typical primary, you quietly sneak into the voting precinct and you walk into a booth and you close the curtain and mark the ballot. nobody knows who you stood for. when you go to a caucus, youre going to have to stand up and be counted. standing up with people i can making speeches, might be your childs teacher, your best friend from high school or your church pastor makes a passionate plea for a candidate. its very, ...

Stand to lose from whats going on. you say the u.s. economy wont suffer, and i agree, but weve often seen that its directed towards preserving the banking system as it is here. so will there be u.s. measures to protect american banks? do you see american banks suffering? >> well, we should be thankful for the federal reserve -- ive always thought the european central bank does not want to take the kind of bold and dramatic and controversial action that the fed did back in 2008 to save the u.s. f...

For you in 2008? >> well, its a big deal, because when you go and vote in the typical primary, you quietly sneak into the voting precinct and you walk into a booth and you close the curtain and mark the ballot. nobody knows who you stood for. when you go to a caucus, youre going to have to stand up and be counted. standing up with people i can making speeches, might be your childs teacher, your best friend from high school or your church pastor makes a passionate plea for a candidate. its very, ...

In 2008, it was a very different story. barack obama beating john mccain handily by 9 points and see you in 48 hours when the iowans go to caucus, how much the map behind us changes or does not. bret and meg megyn, back to you in des moines. >> bret: as bill said, a baptist preacher turned governor from arkansas came into iowa and turned into the caucuses. >> megyn: mike huckabee is working for us on fox news channel and hes here with insights, what it takes to win in iowa. welcome, governor, al...

Candidate. how important is that ground game-wise and what did it mean for you in 2008? >> well, its a big deal, because when you go and vote in the typical primary, you quietly sneak into the voting precinct and you walk into a booth and you close the curtain and mark the ballot. nobody knows who you stood for. when you go to a caucus, youre going to have to stand up and be counted. standing up with people i can making speeches, might be your childs teacher, your best friend from high school or...

In 08 you had the support of the evangelical community here in iowa which is a big voting block and an important endorsement for you, as it was a few years ago. they seem to be coalescing to some extent around rick santorum. and theres a question if he does well or wins in iowa, whether he could parlay that into something more, in states like new hampshire and parts of the country that are not strong when it comes, as strong when it comes to evangelical voters. what are your thoughts on that? >>...

Our system, in part because its driven for all of these powerful personalities pouring blood, sweat, and tears in it. theyre not -- >> theyre not giving up. they dont want to give up. so again, its like -- its like a version of prisoners dilemma. theyre all attacking each other to be the alternative, mitt romneys getting through the caucuses with no sustained attack against him and may be too late to stop him. >> the simplest reason is that there is no huckabee coalition this time. right? the ch...