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Be done. i predicted hes going to do better than expected, i think he will be one of the top three. megyn: but what if we see a ron paul victory, and i should point out ron pauls placing third in the national polls right now as well. but santorum not so much. so what if we see somebody whos not polling at least in one or two nationally, does it marginalize iowa in some way? >> not necessarily. what usually happens, iowa winnows the field, so the top two or three contenders, and if somebody does ...

Debates, experience, and i think those are the features that are driving the campaign so far. >> weve been everywhere, and people really appreciated that. people told us no other candidate has told us. youre the only candidate. that is not reflected in polls, and i think thats what people are going to see on tuesday night. >> the tide has changed. now the opportunity is there, and now im a serious contender. martha: all right. lets look at whats heated out there, and the contenders are up in for...

Some of those voters who seem to be throwing their support at this hour behind a surging rick santorum. the presidential contender meeting with voters as well in iowa. now seeing packed audiences wherever he goes. overflow crowds spilling out the door for him. for months rick santorum was polling in the low single digits. now according to the "real clear politics" average, he has more than quadrupled his support in the past 30 days and is within striking distance of mitt romney and ron paul t wo...

Of "the des moines register," so you should know what the pulse is and what the feeling is back in iowa. >> absolutely. i spent the last weekend in iowa. this is whats going on out there right now. voters are trying to figure out who they want to support in this race for the republican presidential nomination. and out of nowhere, multiple story lines right now all working their way out in des moines, but out of nowhere, rick santorum has shown that he is a strong contender right now. we started ...

Why would they pass my laws? i wanted to stop this is a long time ago. that is what i went to washington for. the tide is changed and now the opportunity is there and now im a serious contender and this is why there is optimism in my camp and so much excitement. >> chris: i want to ask you one question. you and congresswoman bachmann is about to be on got into a flap when her state chair jumped ship from her campaign to your campaign. she alleges that he said that your campaign was paying him to...

Why would they pass my laws? i wanted to stop this is a long time ago. that is what i went to washington for. the tide is changed and now the opportunity is there and now im a serious contender and this is why there is optimism in my camp and so much excitement. >> chris: i want to ask you one question. you and congresswoman bachmann is about to be on got into a flap when her state chair jumped ship from her campaign to your campaign. she alleges that he said that your campaign was paying him to...

>> i do. thats the way i think it should be done. i predicted hes going to do better than expected, i think he will be one of the top three. megyn: but what if we see a ron paul victory, and i should point out ron pauls placing third in the national polls right now as well. but santorum not so much. so what if we see somebody whos not polling at least in one or two nationally, does it marginalize iowa in some way? >> not necessarily. what usually happens, iowa winnows the field, so the top two o...

Only two with the sort of national scope, high name identification, big fund raising operations, governor of the second largest state, former speaker of the house. he doesnt want them to get any momentum. if ron paul wins, rick santorum wins, its easy for romney to say, well, iowa, you know how iowa is, theyre conservative, theyre super, and we think theyre great, but dont pay any attention to them. but if right is starting to unite behind perry or gingrich, that sets them up for a strong showin...

Driving the campaign so far. >> weve been everywhere, and people really appreciated that. people told us no other candidate has told us. youre the only candidate. that is not reflected in polls, and i think thats what people are going to see on tuesday night. >> the tide has changed. now the opportunity is there, and now im a serious contender. martha: all right. lets look at whats heated out there, and the contenders are up in force today. we just saw mitt opny, were going to see a couple of th...

Why would they pass my laws? i wanted to stop this is a long time ago. that is what i went to washington for. the tide is changed and now the opportunity is there and now im a serious contender and this is why there is optimism in my camp and so much excitement. >> chris: i want to ask you one question. you and congresswoman bachmann is about to be on got into a flap when her state chair jumped ship from her campaign to your campaign. she alleges that he said that your campaign was paying him to...