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newly elected president obama faced the american people and i said, look, if i cant turn this economy around in three years, ill be looking at a one-term proposition, and we are hae here to collect. >> romneys big win in florida definitely cat at that pults it into a hefty lead in the count. he now has an estimated 84 delegates, more than three times the number collected by gingrich. santorum and paul, once again, left in the dust. gingrich says its a two-man race now. >> we are going ...

Primaries coming up. >> "the washington post" had an article asking what happens now? because clearly what you saw with the iowa results is that therery aa lot of people who still cant say romney is my guy. so whats going to happen going into new hampshire? he has the lead there but what happens next? >> those buttons that say "abr," anybody but romney. hes clean-cut, hes got the family, he just doesnt have that ground swell of base support. but he does have this. hes got his words and hes good ...

>> and we are a little punch drunk, as you can tell. >> its been quite an exciting night. mitt romney declared the winner here. 30,015 votes. and rick santorum, 30,007. if you do the math, it is eight votes that separated them. and as ashleighs been saying, you should always exercise your right to vote. that last precinct, we had to wait until they reported in order to get to these numbers. it was back and forth and back and forth. >> like 2 1/2 hours ago. the whole cnn team has been h...

About the additional coverage you may need. ♪ todays iowa poll brought good news for ron pauls campaign. hes virtually neck and neck with mitt romney. paul doesnt hit the campaign in iowa until this afternoon with events planned in le mars, sioux city and siuox center. tell us whats going on with the paul campaign today. >> the paul campaigns reaction to the poll is they believe that their base support is solid. and they are counting on

Trying to figure out how to connect with the american people on issues and ideas. and that is what they want. >>clayton: what do you see in this, mike? is it saying they are still locking for the right candidate? >>guest: a base that support romney and the rest of republicans who are not sure what to vote for. so, the race shows romney slow and steady, who is moving on, hasnt built a base support and the other candidates would have popped up in the polls, they get just any, they blow up, and the...

22%, respectively, then tln ron paul and michele bachmann, rick perry and newt gingrich each with 7%. and rick santorum at 5% and jon huntsman at the bottom at 1%. joined now by susan page, the washington bureau chief for "usa today." susan, good sunday to you. >> craig, great to be with you. >> why are cain and romney so far out front at this point? >> romney as a base support. hes been pretty steady as you go. herman cain has been the phenomena in this poll. he came out of nowhere, is now in t...

Theyre on their own. thats not the way of america. i havent heard a single republican say that. >> when he says its going to christmas tree country, in that very same speech, hes saying to the congressional black caucus, symptom complaining, symptom grumbling, stop crying. this is his own base that he has to lecture and woo back, because he has the lowest numbers, 68% base support for him. how does he reach out to the center, the people leaving him in droves, if he has to shore up his base? >> t...

Theyre on their own. thats not the way of america. i havent heard a single republican say that. >> when he says its going to christmas tree country, in that very same speech, hes saying to the congressional black caucus, symptom complaining, symptom grumbling, stop crying. this is his own base that he has to lecture and woo back, because he has the lowest numbers, 68% base support for him. how does he reach out to the center, the people leaving him in droves, if he has to shore up his base? >> t...

Joining us is scott rasmussen. its interesting to watch your polls because so much changes in a week. in california, incumbent democrat barbara boxer has a five-point lead and now she neck and neck with the republican challenger, carly fiorina, what a difference a week makes? >> it sure does. boxer was up by seven points back in july. its an uphill fight for any republican in the state where barack obama has a 55% job approval rating but the fact were talking about boxer in california. just give...

Nation, we should take that bottom 5% of schools, schools that are dropout factories, are 60%, 70% of students are dropping out each year and do something dramatically better and do it now with a real sense of urgency. >> one thing you hear parents of public school kids say nowadays is their kids are being taught to the tests. teachers spend too much time teaching to the test. i know your plan wants to change that. how will you measure achievement in the future? >> well, well measure achievement...