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Grassroots support. ken buck, got the spaert of the tea party movement. both have shown themselves to do well when there were caucuses. colorado has this caucus process before you actually get on the primary ballot. the question is do they have the money to sustain a longer campaign. both parties here in washington are nervous that if either romanoff or buck respectively end up as nominees that neither one of them -- both of them will start off a little bit behind going in to the fall. so thats ...

The question, what happens in the general? the fact is, in utah, in 2010, our nominee and we still have a primary going on now between two contestants on the republican side, whomever emerges there, odds on favorite to be -- >> what about democrats? especially washington types, incumbents, learn from the robert bennett experience in utah? >> dont take your base for granted. clearly, with the caucus process you have to go out there and find the most energized, the most active of voters to support...

>> well you know i have to say no. and i say that, because all along it was a mission to get a platform, the planks of the platform first hammered out in iowa under the caucus process. and through new hampshire, south carolina and beyond. and that platform is now in the oval office. presidents have a right to change their mind. i dont know that the president has, i think he wants all the ep forcement he can get. if i had anything to do over again, i dont know if i would do it differently. i thin...

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Sure. hes a force. hell be a serious force for the campaign and we think that will probable -- i dont think that will diminish. this is a campaign election and he is doing well. and we still have to make our case but we knew that was going to happen. in the iowa caucus no one other than incumbent or tom harken has ever gotten more than 50% of the o vote. it is going to be a slog but i feel like she will win and prevail. >> did that sound like expectations management for coming under 50 points? w...

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Introduce yourself to a larger constituency in the nation? >> well, he began to introduce himself, you know, after iowa when he thought he came close to winning, we later learned he actually won iowa. and those caucus results as we saw in maine raise real questions about this caucus process. but for rick santorum who has been introducing himself now for quite some time, he has an economic message, a blue collar appeal. these are the rust belt states, michigan then ohio where he ought to do very ...

All candidates can have a representative during the process. then that gets reported to the media. there is no charge if you want to participate, although the party usually will ask for donations, and we should expect results, we hope, within about 60 minutes from the time things get under way. how about that? so when you have a question, you google it, and as the clock starts ticking, the remaining undecided voters in iowa have some questions of their own. so what or who is getting searched rig...

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