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Voters is a fascinating question. enthusiasm isnt one of the questions asked when we measure likely voters. we use seven questions weve tweaked including questions about knowing where people vote or how you vote, if you vote by mail. how much attention you pay to the campaign, how much thought youve given, how certain you are to voting your own self definition and your history of voting, which we take into account for young people. we put that together and isolate likely voters. it can be suscep...

They start getting pounded? because as ive said before, 1968, lbj didnt lose new hampshire, he lost the expectations game. 1992, george h.w. bush didnt come close to losing to pat buchanan, but he lost the expectations game and the headlines game and it haunted him throughout the campaign. whats that number for mitt romney? >> i think he can survive with lower than 38%, but if he clears 38%, he goes to south carolina with more momentum -- >> what about second? >> depends where second is. if the ...

Think you can beat expectations, pat buchanan beat dole here and then didnt take advantage of it. youve got to take advantage of a strong showing. >> whos in the position, john, to take advantage of the strong showing against romney? >> well, going to the questions of expectations and how the media and others interpret whats going to happen, i think the most fascinating thing about the huntsman -- possibility of a huntsman second place is theres really an audience of one in the country who is go...