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Biggest problem is people look and go, yeah, thats nice but rick santorum just doesnt have the wherewithal. does this -- i asked both our iowa politicians, do you think this race comes down -- this race in iowa right now comes down to caucusgoers wanting the most electable or caucusgoers wanting the person that most defines who they are. >> thats the big struggle. for the moment the polls suggested theres a sort of pragmatism out there, a lot of evangelical voters moved by a core set of issues l...

today, ron paul on the perils and promise of the efforts here and rick santorum on the sudden spotlight over his booming campaign, then the lay of the land from two influential iowan republicans, governor terry branstad and congressman steve king. fresh off the campaign trail "the washington post" dan balz "the wall street journals" neil king give us their perspective. im candy crowley in des moines. and this is "state of the union". its been a rough couple of weeks for ron paul. his t...

Washington. iowa isnt talking about this. this is a real problem for him here, that we are talking about. in iowa, not consuming them this way. they worry about the day-to-day stuff. going to holiday period in a week people take it off. and not paying attention. i dont know that it does damage to him. >> bret: we talk about the electability issue. one would argue that gets to that question and opponents bring it up. >> ron paul has a high floor. but a low ceiling. the independent voter start to ...

Washington. iowa isnt talking about this. this is a real problem for him here, that we are talking about. in iowa, not consuming them this way. they worry about the day-to-day stuff. going to holiday period in a week people take it off. and not paying attention. i dont know that it does damage to him. >> bret: we talk about the electability issue. one would argue that gets to that question and opponents bring it up. >> ron paul has a high floor. but a low ceiling. the independent voter start to ...

This week we were talking about our poll, "the wall street journal", nbc news poll and it showed the negatives for gingrich among his electability issue, independent voters, all of that. i thought that kind of recast how even conservatives were starting to talk about him. and conservatives attacking gingrich as a big government conservative. the ann coulters and glenn becks said they couldnt support him. i think that does matter and represents an important part of the party. >> one other big sto...

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Becomes an electability issue. you said youve measured. but you were 55 at the time these things were going on, hardly a young man. and at the same time, just this year you talked about what was going on in your life at the time. this is what you told the christian broadcasting network. >> theres no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate. >> do peop...

Lets hear, listen what he said about ron paul. >> i have a great club thats 15 minutes away. by the way, ron paul could not get elected, im sorry to say. [ cheers and applause ] sorry. and you know what else? i like ron paul. i think hes a good guy. but honestly, he has zero chance of getting elected. you have to win an election. >> thats how you steal a show in any sort of political environment, just tell them the truth. no one else is going to. >> well, donald trump has a little bit of problem...

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