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Coming in tonight, the predictions going on? >> well, i have no reason to think otherwise, look, polls have margins of error and if you look at them you realize each of these candidates, you know, following could be within 3 or 4 percentage points up or down, and you could jumpble the order of finish pretty, in any number of different ways and you could certainly bring up one of the candidates who looks like he might come in-- he or she might come in fourth and have that person come in in the to...

I mean, he has -- >> got the biggest downside, you think? >> spent the most money going after newt gingrich. he is the biggest name in the field. he has done a pretty good job the last couple of weeks in iowa, but if he doesnt finish, you know, first or second, i think the social conservatives are going to smell some blood, and they are going to say, hey, wait a minute, you know. i really believe that iowa is so different. it really is a crap shoot all the way down to the end. even the governor ...

If rick santorum comes in second maybe rick santorum is the story out of iowa. you dont know how these things play. who doesnt finish in the top three. if newt gingrich is fourth or fifth or michele bachmann is sixth, there is going to be questions about how and whether they should carry on. >> does it widdle the field down and narrow the selection? it seems in this landscape that most everybody will likely stay in. they have no reason to leave. >> i think if bachmann is in a distant sixth place...

In fact, his last event isnt until january 3rd, which also happens to be the day iowans finally cast their votes. ray sullivan is communications director for the perry campaign. ray, it does not take a political genius, and im not professing to be one, to say that you guys are spending lots of time, energy, and money in iowa. given that, if rick perry doesnt finish in the top three, does he have to drop out of the race? >> i dont think theres any definitive answers right now, chris, in this wild...

Rights. he passioned the healthcare program ma massachusetts thats so similar to obama-care. he didnt get the opportunity to kick thing off the way he wanted to in iowa. but he will be kicking off his campaign officially in new hampshire officially thursday. shannon: i got to ask you, i understand -- >> reporter: popcorn that doesnt pop and a campaign event that doesnt finish is not the metaphor he wants. shannon: he wont answer the question that if he was president would you sign the budget pro...

Its a national tragedy and a study by princeton university and city university of new york put the toll of at that at $292,000. its the nations cost for each kid that doesnt finish with a high school degree and that matches a larger human toll. we know the potential correlation. >> whats the cost for the states doing this? >> prison, a life of prostitution and not to participate in this. >> you are against this. tell me why. >> its a little bit of a blame the victim here where a lot of the kids ...

When he gets a task, he dives into it and doesnt finish until hes satisfied hes finished. and whats interesting about this pick is that hes his own man. hes not going to be one of those guys who says yes to everything. and hes going to want -- and i bet argued for, and got, at least a monocouple of independence so he can do whatever he needs to do to be the independent thinker and the independent person who structures our national security objectives and then presents well thought out m decision...

>> do you think the polls hold coming in tonight, the predictions going on? >> well, i have no reason to think otherwise, look, polls have margins of error and if you look at them you realize each of these candidates, you know, following could be within 3 or 4 percentage points up or down, and you could jumpble the order of finish pretty, in any number of different ways and you could certainly bring up one of the candidates who looks like he might come in-- he or she might come in fourth and hav...