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Worried about jobs and economy, in all honesty, why do you think rick santorum is the most viable and qualified candidate to put up against barack obama? because i really and generally do not get why we would want to throw one senator elect president out of office to replace him with a senator who couldnt win reelection in his home state. >> first, you were in the cradle of wrestling years. if you were going to take a shot at wrestling, this is a bad state to do that. but its interesting. when y...

Joes. >> david i want to start with you. explain to us what is behind santorums move up in the polls especially this late? did people see this one coming? >> heres what its about. rick santorum actually is the type of candidate that fit the mold of what iowa likely iowa republican caucus-goers look for. he has that social conservative piece and a lot of evangelical christians are eager to embrace him. as well as hes trying to make an electability argument. hey he was a republican elected in a bl...

>> but i think the first thing you see when you talk to any iowa republican is that desire to beat birmingham because we understand that we cant afford four more years of an obama administration that is hostile to our partys values and our principles. and thats the tension. while you still have two out of every five iowa caucus-goers have not yet made a decision. thats really going to get down to on tuesday night, you always hear the mantra, organization, organization, organization, the organize...

>> jamie: what about skipping new hampshire and moving to south carolina for any of these candidates, in which position could you get away with doing that? >> its not a smart move and i dont think it will do you any good, south carolinians look at the new hampshire decision and it can influence how they end up voting and while people, voters might forgive you for skipping iowa because of the unique nature of the caucuses they are looking at skipping a conventional primary like new hampshire as t...

That victor strong finish and represelicate it in new hampshi. >> jamie: what about skipping new hampshire and moving to south carolina for any of these candidates, in which position could you get away with doing that? >> its not a smart move and i dont think it will do you any good, south carolinians look at the new hampshire decision and it can influence how they end up voting and while people, voters might forgive you for skipping iowa because of the unique nature of the caucuses they are loo...

Joes. >> david i want to start with you. explain to us what is behind santorums move up in the polls especially this late? did people see this one coming? >> heres what its about. rick santorum actually is the type of candidate that fit the mold of what iowa likely iowa republican caucus-goers look for. he has that social conservative piece and a lot of evangelical christians are eager to embrace him. as well as hes trying to make an electability argument. hey he was a republican elected in a bl...

see the difference between somebody whos trying to help the country and somebody who is simply running a negative campaign. >> campaign insiders, do you have to play dirty to win. plus a phenomenal tim tebow. superstar even if you know nothing about football. who is he really? why his on section with 24-year-old christian quarterback. ill talk with former nfl coach and the man who wrote the book on tebow. also kenneth brener. shakespeare, to hollywoods leading man. this is "piers mor...

also kenneth brenner. shakespeare, to hollywoods leading man. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. while the rest of the country is deep in the holiday preparations, the world is buzzing over the official opening of the 2012 campaign. the first in the nation iowa caucuses are two weeks away. the stakes couldnt be higher in the republican field. latest cnn orc poll puts newt gingrich and mitt romney in a dead heat battling for the top spot. ron paul makes a surprisingly stron...

welcome to you, both. mary, is it too late for sarah palin? >> not technically. obviously newt gingrich came from a position of apparently being dead to being front-runner and the surge has temporarily hit the buffers, although hes still in joint lead with mitt romney. whats your reading of these fluctuations? >> theres durability in newts numbers based on what youve shown. theres other polls that confirm what youve shown. mitt romney has basically been the front-runner. hes been runn...

Describe themselves as conservative. 51% of those folks say mitt romneys a moderate, 56% of those republicans in florida say mitt romneys a moderate. going through what we went through in 2010, find me the evidence that right now where the republican party is today that a moderate can win a republican primary. it is very difficult -- moder e moderates used to win a lot. theyd figure out a way in, use the electability argument. its really hard if you become the self-identified moderate, if youre ...