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Somebody like gingrich and perry surge, fall, and then surge again and go on to win the nomination? >> no, this has been a very unusual process. the fact that anybody is talking about making a comeback at this point to stay viable is unusual. there is still that battle, who is going to be the primarily challenger to mitt romney down the road. megyn: guys, thank you so much. an increasingly confident mitt romney saying hes ready for anything in this campaign and newt gingrich is not pulling any p...

Register that they are from where they say they are. theyll have to show proof of the address in that area. we think thats important. then when you get past that, when you get to the actual caucus process, itself, the uniqueness of the iowa caucus, true whether youre talking about the democratic caucus or republican caucus, its really neighbors meeting neighbors. these are meetings that happen in schools, in churches. and in few cases, even in private homes. if people are meeting at a private ho...

You know, its something we want to make sure, though, as people register that they are from where they say they are. theyll have to show proof of the address in that area. we think thats important. then when you get past that, when you get to the actual caucus process, is itself, the uniqueness of the iowa caucus, true whether youre talking about the democratic caucus or republican caucus, its really neighbors meeting neighbors. these are meetings that happen in schools, in churches. and in few ...

Trip there. we started in january 6th of last year to start planning the caucus process. i believe all along that i would pick a time in september or october and there would be a candidate that would bring my head and my heart together and i would jump in with both feet. >> that just never happened. >> that has not happened. >> just didnt get there. >> a lot of people thought you were getting close with rick santorum. is rick popular in your district? >> he is popular. hes built a good foundatio...

Where they say they are. theyll have to show proof of the address in that area. we think thats important. then when you get past that, when you get to the actual caucus process, is itself, the uniqueness of the iowa caucus, true whether youre talking about the democratic caucus or republican caucus, its really neighbors meeting neighbors. these are meetings that happen in schools, in churches. and in few cases, even in private homes. if people are meeting at a private home or meeting in a classr...

Increase in people searching for any candidate. >> 1600 percent, people are using the internet more, maybe because of the volatility of this and needed more information. >> exactly. >> what did you find out in terms of the top search trends in the last few hours? >> this is just in iowa the last few hours, you can see people enter into the caucus process and in terms of candidates, ron paul and rick santorum. >> whats notable the names missing. mitt romney number ten and after that no other cand...

Start it tomorrow morning. bill: his words have been sharper than they have been up to this point, carl. you point out if you get three tickets out, a win, place and a show it could be santorum, ron paul or mitt romney or some sort of that order? is that how it measures up now. >> reporter: it is but you cant really hold onto any presumptions or assumptions in the caucus process. you got to remember this is a republican party event. that theres a small number of people who actually show up. that...

Story, this is about ive done it. megyn: how about your ground game in terms of going forward? how well organized are you, how much money do you have to do it? >> oh, absolutely. when you look at the other candidates, theres not anybody were talking about here who has a better ground game, whos got the ability to raise national money, who has the ability to win and take it to barack obama. you want a stark contrast with barack obama? rick perry is it from the standpoint of economics, from the st...

Hold on, hold on, wait for it. they are from taylor high school, teachers are michael and mandy, they are here to learn how a caucus takes place watching democracy in action. history and u.s. government and politics. what do you think of the process so far? [laughter] awesome be. thats a pretty cool field trip, i have to say. we went to, like, the state museum. these guys traveled from outside of cincinnati, hemmers hometown, all the way to iowa to see how it works. welcome. hope you enjoy it. ...

Hold on, hold on, wait for it. they are from taylor high school, teachers are michael and mandy, they are here to learn how a caucus takes place watching democracy in action. history and u.s. government and politics. what do you think of the process so far? [laughter] awesome be. thats a pretty cool field trip, i have to say. we went to, like, the state museum. these guys traveled from outside of cincinnati, hemmers hometown, all the way to iowa to see how it works. welcome. hope you enjoy it. ...