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Independents in a general election race. >> you were out in iowa. according to the fox news entrance polls, who got the tea party vote? rick santorum with about 30%. mitt romney had about 20 as did paul, gingrich with 15. andrea, one of the reasons were talking about this, theres an interesting, provocative, if you will, op ed in the l.a. times yesterday asking is the tea party over and one of the things they said is regarding iowa, the three candidates who were closest to the tea party line, mi...

They rolled their eyes thought oh, jeez. he crossed over so many times. that is what they feel about mitt romney. again, he needs conservative support. he needs tea party support. that is who romney needs to get. bachmann or perry. >> bob: new hampshire a different state than iowa. that is the reason they often split the outcome. new hampshire is a much more secular state. much more concerned about the economic issues and much legislation value oriented. probably have the largest pro-choice repu...

♪ ♪ >> kimberly: i love it. all right. time now for one more thing. our favorite new segment, right? an degreia, you have something for us. >> andrea: michele bachmann, we touched on her briefly. kudos to her for running a top-notch campaign. she never took the bait from the media. she was unfairly criticized for headaches. listen, the main stream media gives me headaches every day. >> kimberly: literally. >> andrea: this woman is remarkable. attorney, raised 20-some kid. it cant keep anorch...

After it in their way of thinking. the catholic vote here, john, its 40% of the vote in the states i talked about. in wisconsin, michigan, ohio and indiana. i mean, so i think liberals have got to take rick santorum very seriously at this point. and, of course, money is going to have everything to do with it. >> yeah. they should take him seriously. they should also take seriously the fact he isnt just talking about abortion and same-sex marriage. >> no, hes not. >> every one of his speeches inv...

Indiana. i mean, so i think liberals have got to take rick santorum very seriously at this point. and, of course, money is going to have everything to do with it. >> yeah. they should take him seriously. they should also take seriously the fact he isnt just talking about abortion and same-sex marriage. >> no, hes not. >> every one of his speeches involves an address that talks about manufacturing. >> yeah, were going to talk about that. >> bring jobs back to the united states. >> you bet. were g...

Can newts negativity take down mitt romney? john nichols will join me on that. michele bachmann calls it quits after a disappointing finish in iowa. oh, yes, we have the greatest hits from the campaign trail. those moments coming up in "psycho talk." with santorums popularity on the rise, ill take a look at where he stands on issues, with ezra klein, when it comes to jobs. share your thoughts on twitter using #edshow. well be right back. et a script and had them read it. no, sorry, i cant ...

We both came into this business as reformers, and the thing thats interesting is if you take the votes that you add from perry and bachmann, you begin to see the size of the conservative vote compared to romney, but if you take santorum and perry and bachmann and gingrich, you get some sense of what a small minority romney really represents. >> a small minority. here he is in politico. by the way, this morning, politico reports on a planned meeting of conservatives to find a consensus conservati...

Its 40% of the vote in the states i talked about. in wisconsin, michigan, ohio and indiana. i mean, so i think liberals have got to take rick santorum very seriously at this point. and, of course, money is going to have everything to do with it. >> yeah. they should take him seriously. they should also take seriously the fact he isnt just talking about abortion and same-sex marriage. >> no, hes not. >> every one of his speeches involves an address that talks about manufacturing. >> yeah, were go...

You. >> can we crash the party? >> no, you cannot crash the party. theres a lot of money in this big security. theres a movement now amongst some conservative leaders to get together next weekend in texas, go try to find them in texas, not too bad of a state. to get together and decide on one consensus candidate. >> i think this is extremely important. what theyre trying to decide on is the conservative consensus candidate. so as weve watched this whole election cycle play out or at least campai...

Romney. does it matter? will it backfire? >> mitt romney, his problem with conservatives is they dont trust him. hes just as conservative if not more conservative than some of the other people in the field, especially on immigration where hes gone far off the deep end to the right wing. people dont trust him because he shifted his position so many times they dont think hes a guy whos going to go into the oval office and fight for the things they believe in. having john mccain come out the day af...