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Supercharging their ground games. theyre hoping how many people can turn out in this caucus process. so far looks like anybodys race. bill: sure does. right now the mitt romney holds the edge of the front-runner. does he have a chance, if not who does? we have extensive team coverage of the caucuses here on fox. first, john roberts, live on the road, dubuque, iowa. what is the latest from the trail, john? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. were headed out to three mitt romney events ...

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...

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...

A while ago, people were eating pizza on the set, except me. no one told me pizza was coming n. any event, thats what it has come to. we await the official, official tally. and the question for you guys is, what now? >> you are going to make us get serious after all of that? >> the buildup -- >> listen. no. honestly, were talking about rick santorum. he did very well tonight. 7 days? is that enough to go from 4 to 41% in new hampshire to overcome mitt romney? >> thats a lot to make up, obviously...

Gingrich, prior to that mccain and prior to that perry. when we talk about frenzied chase for caucus goers in iowa. last year and a half republicans have been playing about their field saying they want a stronger christian conservative to mid romney. that lack of conservative, division among conservatives in the caucus process is part of why the enthusiasm is tempered here. republicans desperately want to beat barack obama but they are still not entirely thrilled by their choices. as we head int...

Gingrich, prior to that mccain and prior to that perry. when we talk about frenzied chase for caucus goers in iowa. last year and a half republicans have been playing about their field saying they want a stronger christian conservative to mid romney. that lack of conservative, division among conservatives in the caucus process is part of why the enthusiasm is tempered here. republicans desperately want to beat barack obama but they are still not entirely thrilled by their choices. as we head int...

He he has said legitimate question to ask. i repented for that. i think voters so far have seemed in large part to accept that. he has kind of navigated that mine field better than ive seen another candidate do. >> ron paul has devoted following in iowa to say the least in a very sturdy and deliberate organization that is vital to that unique caucus process. did he suffer a setback or maybe a near debilitating setback during the thursday night debate. what do you think? >> i think ron pauls perf...

To give the partys rank and file more power. >> the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was we dont want to see any more smokeilled rooms. >> bret: iowans caucus historian said it led to big changes in the state. >> in 1972, they decided to elongate the process and pick delegate at prestinct level, county and the state and national convention so there was input from the start. >> bret: that new elongated process required iowa democrats to...

The caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, elongated process, required io...

Rank and file more power itch the caucus process came out of democratic party reforms in light of the 1968 convention. the idea was, we dont want to sigh any smoke-filled rooms. >> iowa caucus historian, jeff stein, said that led to big changes in his state. >> for 1972, they decided to elongate the process, start picking delegates at precinct level, then the county and then the state and to the national connection. -- national convention. so there was citizen input from the start itch the new, ...