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next hour. egyptian officers raid the -- they may have made some powerful enemies in the process. one group is chaired by madeleine albright. the other is chaired by john mccain. im wolf blitzer. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the clock is ticking. were only five days away from the iowa caucuses. the focus has now turned to a certain degree, to rick santorum. an extraordinary surge in his poll. can rick santorum keep on climbing? j...

Weve discussed newt gingrich and ron paul. its the so-called second tier candidates that are hoping to surprise everyone with a stronger than expected result next tuesday. while an all out win for perry or bachmann or santorum, a second or third place finish would go a long way as the primary season continues in new hampshire. joining me no to discuss the likelihood of what is going to happen, perry supporter steve forbes. what these guys are going through in iowa and new hampshire is very famil...

And ron paul. its the so-called second tier candidates that are hoping to surprise everyone with a stronger than expected result next tuesday. while an all out win for perry or bachmann or santorum, a second or third place finish would go a long way as the primary season continues in new hampshire. joining me no to discuss the likelihood of what is going to happen, perry supporter steve forbes. what these guys are going through in iowa and new hampshire is very familiar to you. in a sense, the b...

Talking about him in a bad way. the race is over within a week. i take davids point, but in practical political reality, if romney wins iowa and new hampshire, are we looking at a reverse 2004, the race is effectively over for romney, or not? >> you may be looking at a reverse 2004 but david is right, the social conservatives want to have their say, and they want to have a choice, and in iowa, you know, they have manyç choices. theyre going to splinter among many candidates. i think the intere...

>> erin, ive been following republican politics for a long time, and ive never seen that youve got a party so culturally conservative, youve got a fight going on over whos the true home-schooler. i mean, this is getting back to basics here. >> well, thats what mike huckabee did in 2008, right? and that worked for him. michele bachmann has been pushing that message for a long time, and it worked for her over the summer, but suddenly her support dissipated. so rick perrys not really talking to the...

Is against mr. romney, its like 34%, i was just reading. if you addç the santorum, bachmann, the whole far extreme right vote, thats actually 50%. so if that 50% coalesces around one candidate, if people start falling out after iowa, you could in south carolina have a very singular formidable anti-willard candidate and take some big south carolina victory into florida, and it could upset the whole thing, even if willard pulls out of iowa and new hampshire. >> its possible, but remember number ...

Conservative. >> so obviously the name of the game here is to get as far to the ideological right as possible, but the whole question of who is the tea party candidate, who is it? is it ron paul? >> well, it could be ron paul. it could be michele bachmann. perry has a claim to it, santorum has a claim to it. and then theres also the kind of fiscal end of it which, you know, those people, any of those people who have latched onto ron paul may be second guessing their decision at this point and mo...

Conservative, youve got a fight going on over whos the true home-schooler. i mean, this is getting back to basics here. >> well, thats what mike huckabee did in 2008, right? and that worked for him. michele bachmann has been pushing that message for a long time, and it worked for her over the summer, but suddenly her support dissipated. so rick perrys not really talking to the home schoolers, but hes talking about his values and going to church and his own, his own faith, and how he came to god ...

This from salon. it seems to me he has a shot of winning this very narrowly in a rural match with the other two cultural conservatives, perry and bachmann. >> he has a chance of winning it, but does he win it in a way that makes him a player beyond iowa. >> can he get beyond third place? >> theres third place where he beats him out with 13% of the vote and romney wins a state with 27. i dont think thats really worthwhile. but then theres the question of, if you can add together bachmann, perry, ...

Which ron paul is going to win, and then youve got the moderate primary, which gingrich and romney are scrumming for. and then youve got three folks who are running as strong conservatives. and you know, i think if we win that primary, were in very good shape, as the non-newt/romney. >> well, the three people running as strong conservatives that hes talking about are himself, rick perry, and michele bachmann. real clear politics lays out the state of play in this conservative primary. santorum w...